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Do you remember how you developed a love for reading? Was it from a particular person, or person(s)? Do you remember any books that you read, or were read to you, as a young child?

My dad was a voracious reader. He used to read us everyday from Hindu Mythology mostly. With lots of illustrations. When we started reading, he bought us whatever we wished for. He even got us subscribed to a few children's magazines. And he made sure we read all those from page to page. He also used to read us from Physics books telling us the basics of it. He in his own story telling way made sciences very easy for us. Maybe that was the reason all three of my brothers branched out into various engineeering streams and I took up Chemistry. (I am PG in Chemistry). However, he always encouraged us to read anything we wished to. Maybe he also kept a tab if we read any porn! Somehow I was not much inclined to read those books. I was too busy reading the classics, Daphne Du Mairier, Ayn Rand etc etc.

My mom too had no lesser role. At night she sat down with us with a book in her hand. She mostly read human interest stories. Readers Digest was one of her favourite magazines. She still reads those so I subscribe for her. I love it when I and my mom read together. Yes, we do miss my dad. But I know he must be pleased looking at us from up there!

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I received the following books:

1) Blasted by Kate Story from the author

Blasted is a story of Ruby Jones, an irreverent, exuberant, and troubled woman who lurches between love affairs and cities. The narrative shifts between generations and geographies, between contemporary life and stories as old as the hill that looms over Ruby’s birthplace.

2) In The Shadow Of The Glacier by Vicki Delany from the author

Delany's intriguing series opener introduces young constable Molly Smith, who almost literally stumbles across a rare murder victim in peaceful Trafalgar, British Columbia.

3) The Mechanics of Falling and other Stories by Catherine Brady from Serena

The perils and thrills of life’s unexpected junctures, and the decisions made as a result, are featured in this enticing, challenging collection.

4) The Perfect Bride by Brenda Joyce from Stacy

5) The Mercy Seller by Brenda Rickman Vantrease from the author

In the fifteenth century, with religious intolerance spreading like wildfire across Europe, English-born Anna Bookman and her grandfather, Finn, earn a living in Prague by illuminating precious books, including forbidden translations of the Bible.
In London, Friar Gabriel dutifully obeys church doctrine by granting pardons . . . for a small fee. But then he is sent undercover on a spying mission to France, where Anna has set up a temporary stall as a bookseller.

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading This Week? is a weekly event hosted by J. Kaye of J. Kaye's Book Blog, "to list the books completed last week, the books currently being read, and the books to be finish this week."


I finished reading and reviewing:

Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji

The Perfect Bride by Brenda Joyce

Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy

The Killing Tree by Rachel Keener (yet to be reviewed)

Currently reading:

Death's Daughter by Amber Benson

The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams