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Archita Mitra
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|4.5 stars|A masterful piece of feminist historical fiction, a genre much ignored by Indian authors, that is well-researched and evocative. Many stories of our past survive only in the oral history of families, especially stories from the zenana or w ...more "
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read in September 2025
Archita Mitra said:
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The chokehold this book had on me...I think I did nothing for an entire weekend except suffer with Draco and Hermione.
"She could almost feel the edges of herself crumbling and breaking. Dissolving into ether. There was almost nothing left of her...more "
Mother Dear
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“Simon Snow, it hurts to look at you when you’re this happy. And it hurts to look at you when you’re depressed. There’s no safe time for me to see you, nothing about you that doesn’t tear my heart from my chest and leave it breakable outside my body.”
― Wayward Son
― Wayward Son
“There’s a low-level, specific pain in having to accept that putting up with you requires a certain generosity of spirit in your loved ones.”
― Sea of Tranquility
― Sea of Tranquility
“Vasiyat Mir ne mujh ko yehi ki
Ki sab kuchh hona tu, aashiq na hona.”
― A Thousand Yearnings: A book of Urdu Poetry and Prose
Ki sab kuchh hona tu, aashiq na hona.”
― A Thousand Yearnings: A book of Urdu Poetry and Prose
“Mom always says,
"You'd be so pretty"
- and all the big girls in the world
can finish this sentence in unison -
"if you lost weight.”
― Starfish
"You'd be so pretty"
- and all the big girls in the world
can finish this sentence in unison -
"if you lost weight.”
― Starfish
“Stay here. I can stay here. You go. Run.”
“Really.”
“Yes.”
“Okay. If that’s what you want. I mean, I could probably die or something, but you do you.”
He jerked his head up as he growled. “Die?”
I nodded solemnly. “Might trip over a tree root and break my neck. Or Ox could jump on me and crush my liver. Who the fuck knows?”
“Stupid Carter,” Gavin said.
“Stupid Carter,” I agreed.
“Know what you’re doing.”
“I have no idea what you’re talking about. So I’m just gonna go, I guess. Don’t know if I’ll ever come back, seeing as how I might be dead and all. If only there was someone out there who could have my back and—”
He put his hand over my mouth. “Stop talking. You make it worse.” His nostrils flared. “Fine. I’ll go. Stupid Carter always almost dies.”
― Brothersong
“Really.”
“Yes.”
“Okay. If that’s what you want. I mean, I could probably die or something, but you do you.”
He jerked his head up as he growled. “Die?”
I nodded solemnly. “Might trip over a tree root and break my neck. Or Ox could jump on me and crush my liver. Who the fuck knows?”
“Stupid Carter,” Gavin said.
“Stupid Carter,” I agreed.
“Know what you’re doing.”
“I have no idea what you’re talking about. So I’m just gonna go, I guess. Don’t know if I’ll ever come back, seeing as how I might be dead and all. If only there was someone out there who could have my back and—”
He put his hand over my mouth. “Stop talking. You make it worse.” His nostrils flared. “Fine. I’ll go. Stupid Carter always almost dies.”
― Brothersong
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