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A blogger from Ireland who lives in India

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New blog post: https://thoughtsaboutfaithandreligion.blogspot.com/2019/11/christmas-preparations.html?m=1 (at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIjm6-5lKDN/?igshid=ufg82ni2hz8u

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New Blog Post: https://www.gaelikaasdiary.com/2020/10/living-in-now.html?m=1 https://www.instagram.com/p/CIWnQ1TlPlR/?igshid=zdnntb7l5rc8

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https://www.gaelikaasdiary.com/2020/11/solitude.html?m=1 (at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIT851DFCJR/?igshid=g465q1oj22rt

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Damned Serpent

Suddenly I realise how the serpent got into the Garden

He must have got in through WhatsApp

Eve might have been looking on her smartphone

Checking data in the Heavenly libraries or perhaps the weather forecast

Deciding what fruit to eat must have been a challenge

Apples, mangoes, papayas, whatever

And suddenly, there he was

Someone might have added him to a group she was in

Where they chatted ad…

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Review - 1857 Dust of Ages - The Forgotten Tale by Vandana Shanker

Review – 1857 Dust of Ages – The Forgotten Tale by Vandana Shanker

This has to be the first review on MBB in a very long time and it was well worth the wait. Anyone who likes Indian historical fiction is going to adore this beautiful read. Maria Perry Mohan’s Review of 1857 Dust of AgesVolume I –  A Forgotten Tale by Vandana Shankar

As historical fiction goes, this is first class. We’re literally getting glimpses of a fascinating story as seen through the eyes…

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The Valley of the Kings by Terrance Coffey - TBC Review

The Valley of the Kings by Terrance Coffey – TBC Review

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  ABOUT THE BOOK

    BOOK DESCRIPTION

  Blurb In the year 1355 BCE, the land of Egypt was the superpower of the known world. King Tut’s father, Akenaten, the so-called ‘heretic pharaoh,’ and his wife, Queen Nefertiti, are on the verge of catapulting Egypt into a revolution that will forever divide its people and rip the most powerful empire on the earth from its foundation. Inspired…

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Carthick's Unfairy Tales - TBC Cover Reveal

Carthick’s Unfairy Tales – TBC Cover Reveal

  Book Cover for Carthick’s Unfairy Tales:

A damsel in distress. An evil dragon. A concerned father seeking a saviour to rescue his daughter. A hero galloping off to the rescue – a knight in shining armour. Now THAT is the stuff of fairy tales.

But what if the father’s real concern is for the dragon’s hoard? What if the damsel’s reason of distress is the marriage proposal of her pompous and…

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Darkness There But Something More - A TBC Book Blitz

Darkness There But Something More – A TBC Book Blitz

    Print Length: 182 pages

Publisher: The Blue Pencil

Publication Date: June 30, 2017

Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC

Language: English

Genre: Paranormal

        DARKNESS THERE – BUT SOMETHING MORE – About This Book:

Who has not been intrigued and enthralled by the spirit world, ghosts and other other-worldly beings?  Or to say it in a simpler way, the paranormal? Ambiguous presences…

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    Sipping one’s supermarket sauvignon

In one’s local authority dwelling (so fortunately addressed)

One reflects on the vicissitudes of fortune

Yes indeed, one is truly blessed

Check the Instagram account and you’ll wonder why

I don’t dwell in a cottage by the river with the swans swimming by?

I don’t work for a living – perish the thought!

The world needs those such as me

To reflect, ruminate and do what I ought

Making artistic creations which I share with the world for free

See my creations and you’ll see they imply

I live in a cottage by the lake with the swans swimming by

  In The Cottage By The River Sipping one's supermarket sauvignon In one's local authority dwelling (so fortunately addressed) One reflects on the vicissitudes of fortune…

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The Knight's Scarred Maiden by Nicola Locke: Cooking Up A Historical Feast

The Knight’s Scarred Maiden by Nicola Locke: Cooking Up A Historical Feast

The Knight’s Scarred Maiden (Lovers and Legends)

A maiden for the mercenary 

Mercenary knight Rhain is living on borrowed time. With a vengeful warlord pursuing him, he has accepted his fate—though first he must get his men to safety.

When he rescues mysterious and deeply scarred Helissent from her attackers, Rhain soon wishes he wasn’t marked for death. He can never be the man she deserves—his…

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The Curse of Lakeham Abbey

The Curse of Lakeham Abbey

Author Sally Quilford is an awesome storyteller with the knack of keeping readers glued to the page long after they should have put down their book and started making the dinner. She’s a favourite author of mine. Reading Sally Quilford is one of my guilty pleasures, like drinking red wine and eating chocolate. Given the choice between an evening of television and an evening of television and an…

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DISCOVERING ME by Divyanjali Verma - A Young Indian Author

DISCOVERING ME by Divyanjali Verma – A Young Indian Author

Divyanjali Verma is a young writer from Lucknow in north India. She recently published her novel DISCOVERING ME. She is currently studying clinical psychology in Amity University in NOIDA, north India. In this interview, she shares her thoughts on her book, which by all accounts, is an absorbing read.

  What gave you the inspiration to write this book?

Inspiration… I am not too sure whether it…

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DISCOVERING ME by Divyanjali Verma - A Young Indian Author

DISCOVERING ME by Divyanjali Verma – A Young Indian Author

Divyanjali Verma is a young writer from Lucknow in north India. She recently published her novel DISCOVERING ME. She is currently studying clinical psychology in Amity University in NOIDA, north India. In this interview, she shares her thoughts on her book, which by all accounts, is an absorbing read.

  What gave you the inspiration to write this book?

Inspiration… I am not too sure whether it…

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Today, mariawriter joins the blog tour of Indian author Mayank Sharma's new novel The Princess of a Whorehouse. This powerful novel has ...

Overview of an Indian book release in English

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Guest Post by the Author of Throwing The Light, KA Servian

MBB welcomes the exciting new author KA Servian to the blog today. After a twenty-plus-year career in the applied arts industry, includi...

Guest post on the writing craft by a new and exciting writer.......

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Where Words Fail, Music Speaks - Upcoming Release: Cover Reveal for DIgital Anthology

For release on 21st April. I was reading Annalisa Crawford's blog a few days back , when I came across information about an interes...

Info about an upcoming digital anthology which seems to be worth a read and in aid of a good cause too.

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New Release Spotlight: Indian Writing in English - Finding Juliet by Toffee

Finding Juliet by Toffee Can a Geek Ever Find Love? Arjun is an incredibly nice guy who believes in true love and is waitin...

One man’s quest for true love