The Good Girls

Subtitled: An Ordinary Killing 

Nonfiction by Sonia Faleiro

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Two girls, aged 16 and 14, were found hanging from a tree in rural India. Were they murdered? Did they commit suicide? Was it some kind of honor killing? The police sure won’t figure it out; they either are too corrupt or too incompetent. This book tries to present all the facts without giving any opinions. 

I really tried to like this book but in the end I just couldn’t. Maybe I’m not smart enough to appreciate it, but I don’t like all the technical detail coupled with absolutely no conclusions.

The Henna Artist

 Fiction by Alka Joshi

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Set in 1955 India, this story is exotic and absorbing. Thirteen-year-old Radha is desperate to escape the village where they call her the Bad Luck Girl. With both her parents dead, she goes looking for the older sister she's never known: a henna artist in the big city of Jaipur.

This is a very good book!!

Slumdog Millionaire

Fiction by Vikas Swarup.


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Wow. WHAT a great book. I have not seen this movie, but it might be worth the risk. (Usually I'm afraid the movie will ruin it.)

On a side note, the title "Slumdog Millionaire" is WAY better than the original title, "Q&A."


I also read by this author: The Accidental Apprentice.

The Accidental Apprentice

Fiction by Vikas Swarup.


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I haven't read Slumdog Millionaire, the book this author is famous for. However, after, after reading this book, I definitely will.

This was a really good story set in India, about a Sapna, young woman trying to help her family survive after a run of bad luck. Suddenly, Sapna is dealt a huge stroke of good luck: she attracts the inexplicable attention of a billionaire, who says he wants to make her head of his company, if she can only pass a series of tests. Or maybe it only seems to be a stroke of good luck....

Good book!