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Can you believe it we are just 4 weeks away from 2018 and I am still wondering where the whole of 2017 went by... Sigh! :(

Nevertheless, the sight of some lovely books to be devoured this month make me feel a little better. But this time instead of listing them like always I will share some of their pictures. Well, I tried my hand at book styling and where else to show them off other than here. Please do let me know your thoughts on them. Would love to hear what you think So here we go:


Well, these are just some of the titles that I tried my hand.

Some of the other titles are:

1. Pawan by Sorabh Pant

Source: Amazon.in

2. Bengalis by Sudeep Chakravarti

Source: Goodreads.com

3. Coffee and Ordinary Life by Mitali Meelan

Source: Amazon.in

 4. The Indigo Sun by Rupa Bhullar



 5. The Greatest Urdu Short Stories


6. Rani Padmavati by Anuja Chandramouli



Will be sharing my views on these during the month. Till then keep reading and sharing your love for books!
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