![]() While all my characters are realistic, there is no one-to-one mapping of a character to a real-world person. Is my belief in love outdated and overrated? Why do people get and stay married? ![]() I am in love with the same guy for 15 years. ![]() Would I be dating lots of guys or would I still be waiting for my soulmate to sweep me off my feet? What have I missed out in my life? Look at me. It got me to wonder how I would behave if dating and sex were so accessible and acceptable when I was in my twenties. The article also discussed various other dating apps available for Indian youth. You no longer needed to get married because of societal pressures. The app promised every girl an opportunity to live her dreams, while it fulfills all obligations of a boyfriend on social media for her friends and family. In 2014, when I was looking for a plot for my third book, I chanced upon a piece on the new ‘Invisible Boyfriend’ app in a business daily. Parul Mittal: Every three years, I get this itch to write a book and tell a story. YourStory: What prompted you to write this book? In an interview with YourStory, the author speaks about the premise behind her third book, the popularity of the chick-lit genre, and how humour has influenced her writing. This is Parul’s third book, after Heartbreaks & Dreams! – The Girls IIT, and Arranged Love. Let’s Have Coffee, a book by Parul Mittal, explores the dynamics of relationships, love and sex in changing times. ![]()
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Hugo Burnand/Buckingham Palace // Getty Images ![]() King Charles wears a pinstripe suit by Anderson and Sheppard in his official coronation portrait. ![]() ![]() ![]() While stressing the lasting influence of Fleming's work, Boyd described "Solo" as one of his books which happens to have Bond as a character. 26 by Jonathan Cape - Fleming's original publisher - and available from HarperCollins, a subsidiary of News Corp, in the United States and Canada from Oct. ![]() "Solo" will be published in Britain on Sept. there is a very precise reason why I chose that year," Boyd added, declining to comment further. ![]() There are no gimmicks, it's a real spy story. "He goes on a real mission to real countries and the world he's in is absolutely 1969. And he's fully prepared to take the consequences of his audacity," Boyd said. ![]() "Events conspire to make Bond go off on a self-appointed mission of his own, unannounced and without any authorization. The plot of the book focuses on Africa, but spans Europe and the United States, as it reveals a realistic, 45-year-old Bond based on the wealth of biographical detail taken from the original Ian Fleming novels, British author William Boyd said. The latest James Bond novel is titled "Solo" and will see the world's most famous fictional spy go on an unauthorized mission at the height of the Cold War, the author of the book said on Monday. ![]() ![]() ![]() Through a series of vignettes that chart a course across the American landscape, Jones draws readers into his boyhood and adolescence-into tumultuous relationships with his family, into passing flings with lovers, friends, and strangers. The 'I' it seems doesn't exist until we are able to say, 'I am no longer yours.'" Haunted and haunting, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir about a young, black, gay man from the South as he fights to carve out a place for himself, within his family, within his country, within his own hopes, desires, and fears. We sacrifice the people who dared to raise us. "We sacrifice former versions of ourselves. ![]() One of the best books of the year as selected by The New York Times The Washington Post NPR Time The New Yorker O, The Oprah Magazine Harper's Bazaar Elle BuzzFeed Goodreads and many more."People don't just happen," writes Saeed Jones. From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives-winner of the Kirkus Prize and the Stonewall Book Award-is a "moving, bracingly honest memoir" (The New York Times Book Review) written at the crossroads of sex, race, and power. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Tsar of Love and Techno, Anthony Marra. Intriguing and beautifully written triller/fantasy/alt-history/steam-punk mashup based on Soviet Russia. Wolfhound Century Truth and Fear and Radiant State. One view of the other side of the Vietnam war. Atmospheric, oblique narration, post-War Eastern Europe. I’ve said before this guy should be the literary toast of the country. A native American girl and the woman she adores come of age through terrible tradeoffs? What is power? Authenticity? Extinction? What IS an endangered species?Īny Deadly Thing, Roy Kesey. ![]() Morgan goes for it and writes an old-fashioned but updated Great American Novel that draws from but transcends Faulkner and the rest. Will it meet expectations? Be too ambitious and fail? Be more of the same and therefore be boring? Ha, again. After the exquisite gem of Morgan’s first novel, what did her readers expect? It’s always difficult to come out with the career-defining second book. In case you’re bored, here’s the best of what I read last year: Late again… But you were probably needing some books to read this summer. ![]() |