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Book Review : Batman - Nightwalker by Marie Lu

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If I had to choose between Marvel and DC, I would undoubtedly choose Marvel for movies but when it comes to handpick one superhero from the entire universe, my vote would always go to Batman. One of the quotes that I repeat most often in my life is, "Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now.", and hence there were no two thoughts when I heard this book was coming out. Also, this is my first venture into Marie Lu books and a new author is always a new experience in my opinion. Blurb : Returning home from his lavish eighteenth birthday party, Bruce Wayne stops a criminal's getaway - disobeying the police and crashing his car during the chase. Sentenced to community service in Gotham City's Arkham Asylum, he encounters some of the the city's most dangerous and mentally disturbed criminals. Among these, Bruce meets the intriguing Madeleine who has ties to the Nightwalker gang that is terrorizing Gotham City. She's a myst

Book Review : Love Littering the Lanes by Rahul Vishnoi

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I generally prefer short stories when I'm pretty high on reading slump. My current reading slump has extended to quite a few months and when I came across this book, I did not hesitate to pick up this one. Though Rahul is a pretty close friend of mine, I assure you here that this review will be as unbiased as any ordinary one rupee coin (and not the Sholay one). Since, the book is pretty short, I'll keep the review short as well. Blurb : ‘Love Littering the Lanes’ is a collection of four quick short stories about love, lust, murder & mayhem. Based in four Indian cities of New Delhi, Ooty, Panaji and Bengaluru, these shorts are about weird love, the kind that makes you wonder why it ever existed. If it can make the world go round, it can very well make ordinary men and women like us do all the weird, unimaginable shit too. My Take on the stories: The Burnol Couple : Witty. This was a pretty promising start to the novel. It took me a while to digest how such an