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Selling a few pre-loved original books (fiction and nonfiction )to clear shelf space and fund new reads 📚

Most books are in readable condition with visible signs of age/yellowing/shelf wear, but all are original copies and well maintained.

Fiction:
• Asura - SOLD
• False Impression - ₹150
• P.S. I Love You - SOLD
• The Good Husband of Zebra Drive - ₹100
• Deception Point - ₹120
• The War of the Worlds - ₹70
• Scion of Ikshvaku - ₹80

Non-fiction:
• Mein Kampf - ₹90
• Think and Win Like Dhoni - ₹60
• The Test of My Life (hardcover) - ₹150
• 13 Steps to Bloody Good Luck - ₹50
• Attitude - ₹60
• Develop Your Leadership Skills - ₹50
• Leadership for Leaders - ₹60
• How to Win Any Argument - ₹90
• Masters of Networking - ₹90
• Quantum Marketing - ₹120
• 5 Pillars of Leadership - ₹70
• The Greatest Networker in the World - ₹50
• Think Like a Winner - ₹50

Shipping extra based on location.
Can share more photos if needed.
Location - Chennai

Selling a few pre-loved original books (fiction and nonfiction )to clear shelf space and fund new reads 📚

Most books are in readable condition with visible signs of age/yellowing/shelf wear, but all are original copies and well maintained.

Fiction:
• Asura - SOLD
• False Impression - SOLD
• P.S. I Love You - SOLD
• The Good Husband of Zebra Drive - ₹100
• Deception Point - ₹120
• The War of the Worlds - SOLD
• Scion of Ikshvaku - ₹80

Non-fiction:
• Mein Kampf - ₹90
• Think and Win Like Dhoni - ₹60
• The Test of My Life (hardcover) - ₹150
• 13 Steps to Bloody Good Luck - ₹50
• Attitude - SOLD
• Develop Your Leadership Skills - SOLD
• Leadership for Leaders - SOLD
• How to Win Any Argument - SOLD
• Masters of Networking - ₹90
• Quantum Marketing - ₹120
• 5 Pillars of Leadership - SOLD
• The Greatest Networker in the World - ₹50
• Think Like a Winner - ₹50

Shipping extra based on location.
Can share more photos if needed.
Location - Chennai

It is a very short story book of 60-70 pages and I finished it in one sitting. In this book the narrator/author addresses the reader directly. About the protagonist Lucas who seems to be an extreme introvert who avoids interacting with people at all costs. It is a funny heat warming, almost comical story of how a frying pan changed the lives of Lucas and his neighbours. The ridiculous events that happened in the story made me chuckle. As an introvert myself, I was able to understand Lucas’s actions. It has comedy, moments of warmth, empathy, and pure chaos. Overall a very good read.❤️

So I picked this up because everyone and their mother has been recommending it. Kindle edition, thankfully, because I would have regretted a physical copy sitting on my shelf.
Freida McFadden writes well. Simple language, fast pace, characters that made me actually laugh in the first few chapters. I got hooked quickly and read the whole thing in one go basically.
Here is the thing though. This book goes dark. Not just thriller dark. Abuse, manipulation, torture level dark. The kind of content that sits in your chest and does not leave. I finished it the way you finish a horror movie even when you are scared. You keep watching but you feel worse with every scene.
It ended okay. That helped. But I closed my Kindle feeling hollowed out and a little annoyed at myself for spending the time on it.
1 star from me. Not because McFadden cannot write. She clearly can. But because I am not the reader this book was made for and nobody warned me about how dark it gets.
If you love psychological thrillers that go to genuinely ugly places, pick this up. You will finish it in a day and love every second.
If you are someone who needs your books to leave you feeling okay after, maybe sit this one out.
Not reading part two. That is final.
Anyone else felt this way about a hyped book? Would love to know what your 1 star but technically well written reads are.

Not a long post. Just want to put this book on your radar.
The Correspondent is an epistolary novel told through letters, emails, and diary entries. The protagonist Sybil Van Antwerp is prickly, guarded, and hard to warm up to at first. But she grows on you. Slowly and then all at once.
She reads everything. She writes letters to authors about their books. And when she is wrong, she owns it immediately. Those small details made me root for her more than any grand gesture could have.
I will not say anything about where the story goes. Just that I closed it feeling something unexpected. And I have been thinking about it since.
5/5 stars. Read it if you like literary fiction, unconventional protagonists, or books that make you think about how you want to live and age.
Anyone else read this one?