WIN COPIES OF THE NOVEL THREE TIMES LOSER BY AKASH VERMA

We are back with a very simple contest for you

Title : Three Times Loser... Love Never Dies
Author : Akash Verma
Publisher: Srishti Publishers & Distributors (2011)

About The Book:

Megha, a home-maker in Gurgaon, receives a letter. Mandira, a top MNC executive in New Delhi receives a letter.

Shonali, a Corporate Slut in Mumbai receives a letter.

Three unknown people; three different lives; one common thread that binds them together. Alok.

Why is he calling them after so many years? What is it that he has, which he wants to return back to each one of them?

Three times loser... it the story of love and friendship; of sacrifice and deceit and of victories and heart-breaks. The story meanders through the narrow by lanes of Paliwal Park in Agra to the politically alive corridors of Lucknow University and finally lights up the studios of Smile FM in New Delhi. The quest for love continues over years; over time; and over cities. Does it find its destination in the end?

From the bestselling of 'It happened that Night' comes another intriguing tale that wrenches your heart, and makes you look fondly at the emotion called love; that is so hard to find; yet so easy to lose.

About The Author:
Akash Verma is a management graduate and the co-founder of an Advertising Venture that he started a year before.

In his sixteen year old professional career, he has worked across the leading companies in the FMCG and Media sector. His work has taken him across the country and he finds this experience very relevant while giving shape to his stories.

Akash took up to writing fiction in 2007; and he attributes this sudden urge towards writing to his compelling passion in understanding human relationship and behavior. He has deep interest in music, history and travel. This is his second novel after his last work 'It happened that Night; which was a National Bestseller.

Akash is currently based in Gurgaon, India and can be reached at threetimesloser@gmail.com

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CONTEST 

We are giving away free copies of this newly launched novel

In order to win one you need to answer a simple question.

Question - Name the first book written by the Author Akash Verma

Send in your answers to bookreaderslounge@yahoo.com with your full name and the subject as GIVEAWAY

Contest ends on 29th December

 PS - The answer to this question is hidden in this blog post itself. 

WINNERS:

1. SOHINI MUKHERJEE
2. RAJA RAM MOHAN
3. MALA MIRCHANDANI
4. SUDESHNA DAS
5. VIJAY RAJPUT

FREE EBOOK GIVEAWAY

We have a very simple contest for you..

Title : Autumn in my Heart
Author : Saptarshi Basu
Publisher: Vitasta Publishing House & Times Group Books

About The Book:

Does love really end when you have a breakup?
    Does life really end when your long time love leaves you?

         Does Love always mean you have to be with the opposite sex?

Ayantika longs to become independent by becoming a bank officer whereas her mother wants her to settle down in an arranged marriage. She meets Deb online and friendship blossoms into love.

Deb, I will be waiting for you. You know I just did the waxing yesterday! Oh God! Pooja, not now!

-A big flirt

How much he was mad about her! And then it was all over. The razor shined the last unforgiving minute. A puddle of blood formed on the white carpet as Deb lay there, his soul still fighting to unite with his creator  

- An attempted suicide

Ayantika’s mother was shouting...this conversation had been going on for long...since last November and it was already April....I don’t want to marry now mom, I have told you a million times...Please Dad, make mom understand 

- Arranged marriage blues

Na Hanyate Hanyamane Sarire-Consciousness is eternal it is not vanquished with the destruction of the temporary body. My son, you need to seek the truth within yourself, and that will set you free

– Guru Lama’s word

And Vinod started his story... When Ashwini Uncle  knocked the door, he was already all wet . And then… All I could feel was the prickling of the moustache and my lips locked   – A confused Soul

As the rain slowly kissed his face soaking him, he couldn’t stop thinking about Ayantika and how much he loves her. It was difficult to look up as it had started raining heavily. He silently thanked someone, somewhere up above .Love never dies

- A transformed Soul

 

In Autumn In My Heart, the author explores these areas and tries to find answers to some questions. The characters of Deb, Ayantika, Saurav, Tina, Vinod and Sagarika are finely etched and their changing relationships keep the reader spellbound.

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GIVEAWAY

We are giving away more than 20  e-books for the author's first novel titled - Love, Logic & The God's Algorithm.

In order to win one you need to read the synopsis above and answer a simple question.

Question - Name the 6 characters from the book - Autumn in my Heart.

Send in your answers to bookreaderslounge@yahoo.com with your full name and the subject as Ebook Giveaway

Contest ends on Sunday 4th December

  

FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY

See the image given below (click on it and it will open clearly) 
and 
Guess the name of the personality of the lady on the front cover. 

Send your answer to bookreaderslounge@yahoo.comwith subject - The Legend of Amrapali

Correct entries will win copies of the best selling novel - Reality Bites by Anurag Anand

The Legend of Amrapali by Anurag Anand is a gripping cocktail of fantasy,fiction, fable and history (set during 500 BC). Is the story of mayhem and turmoil brought out by the obstinate desires of one man - a man blinded by the intoxication of power. It is a story of sinister plots and political wizardry, of chaste love and unbridled passion, of naked ambitions and dogged realities that lead to the transformation of an innocent young girl into one of the most revered, even worshipped, and occasionally feared personalities of her time.

PS - The answer to the question is hidden in this blog post itself

CONTEST - WIN AUTHOR SIGNED COPIES OF FANTASY FICTION NOVEL ENTRAPPED

Entrapped Slogan Writing Contest is now live

 

Title : Entrapped
Author : Sneha Kedar
Publisher: Cedar Books (2011)

Genre : Fantasy Fiction

About The Book:

What would you do when you start hearing mysterious voices in your dreams saying “We are trapped… free us?"

What if these voices keep coming back to haunt you?

There is something unusual about the seventeen-year-old Myra Bose. Born to human parents, she is a fairy, who soon starts her new journey at Fae High – a high school for faes and fairies all over the world. This strange new life was not enough to add to Myra’s troubles, she also starts getting strange dreams with mysterious voices, which she is unable to comprehend. They keep her entrapped perpetually.

The recurring dreams will unfold many dark secrets. Myra has lots of things to handle – her attention seeking first love Ryan Swift, her trustworthy new friends and the never-ending haunting dreams. Will her life get any better at Fae High? Will Myra ever find out the voices behind the dreams? When her love, Ryan demands her attention, what would be her first priority?

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Description:

Make an interesting poem/prose/sentence which should contain word "Entrapped" in it atleast once. Your sentence can be funny, sad or any thing which is creative and original.

Send in your entries to bookreaderslounge@yahoo.com with your Name, City of Residence and Subject as 'Contest - Entrapped'   

A maximum of 5 entries per person are allowed.

The best entries would be chosen by the author and winners would be declared.

Contest begins - Nov 17, Thursday - 11.30 pm

Contest ends -  Nov 23, Wednesday - 11.30 pm

We have autographed copies of the novel "Entrapped" written by Sneha Kedar for this contest.

This contest is open to Indian residents only. 

To get you started, given below are two sample entries - one poetry and one prose.  So get creative and send in your best entries to win.
Please remember, for a particular entry, be it Poetry or Prose, it should not exceed 20 lines.


Sample Poetry
"She loses herself in me
Entrapped within my shadows,
She finds her wings from dust
As she falls asleep, yet another dream
She loses herself in me"

Sample Prose
The doctor convicted of killing Michael Jackson has said he was "entrapped" by the late singer in the run up to his death.
Jackson's personal physician Dr Conrad Murray said he had felt obliged to stay with his patient, who had desperately wanted his doctor at his side.
In a documentary screened on Channel 4, Murray said: "I went there to take care of a healthy man, who said he was fine, to just keep surveillance in case my kids get sick or I get the flu, help us to choose right, better foods, and wash our hands so we don't get infected. But once I got in there I was entrapped."


 

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PREY BY THE GANGES BY HEMANT KUMAR

“The imagery is vivid, the story gripping and the writing unsurpassed"

Title : Prey By The Ganges
Author : Hemant Kumar
Publisher: Wisdom Tree (2011)

About The Book:

1948.

A cold, rainy night in a forest across the Ganges, deep in the heart of eastern India.

An unarmed man with anger in his heart and a fortune on his person.

A handsome Thakur with evil on his mind and blood on his hands.

Both chasing a rare diamond, but for completely different reasons.

As the chase draws to a nerve-wracking climax, the night, too, is ticking down to a bloody end.

There are the others too—the Thakur’s beautiful wife, the sleazy psychopath, the angry muscleman, the corrupt dairy manager’s stunning daughter and the aging ranch hand with angry welts across his body and soul.

Each is a pawn in this bizarre game of life and death, and each with a story to tell. Or hide.

Will there be a sunrise for Shambhu? Or will he die like his friend, whose brutal murder triggered his perilous journey?

Find out…

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On The Web:

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Book Praise: 

“Violent, shocking and deeply moving”. Shekhar Suman, film & television actor

“The suspense just reaches out and grabs you”. Sathya Saran, veteran journalist

About The Author:

Growing up in Bihar through the troubled sixties and seventies, Hemant has witnessed turmoil from such close quarters, that he says he has looked into the bowels of the monster called violence. But in the same turmoil, he says he has come across character of extraordinary solidity – in men and women of ordinary means. Hemant says Prey By The Ganges has cooked in his mind for as long as he can remember.