#parini shroff

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The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

Exactly, we’re a bunch of housewives. We make your food, we watch your children, we hear your business. We know your lives well enough to ruin them. So I’d be careful.

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Setagaya parc in Vienna was small but beautiful! I took the time to relax and start reading The Bandit Queens, by Parini Shroff

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Travel Destination: India

The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri

Vishnu, the odd-job man, lies dying on the staircase of an apartment building while around him unfold the lives of its inhabitants: warring housewives, lovesick teenagers, a grieving widower. In a fevered state, Vishnu looks back on his love affair with the seductive Padmini and wonders if he might actually be the god Vishnu, guardian of the entire universe.

The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

Five years ago, Geeta good for nothing husband walked out leaving her, however the local villiage believe she killed him.

This untrue rumour has some perks, no one messes with her, harasses her or tries to control her (aka marry her), it’s even great for business nobody dares not to buy her jewellery.

However it does have it downside because other women are asking for advice on “losing” their husbands as well and some aren’t asking nicely.

The Marvelous Mirza Girls by Sheba Karim

 To cure her post–senior year slump, made worse by the loss of her aunt Sonia, Noreen is ready to follow her mom on a gap year trip to New Delhi, hoping India can lessen her grief and bring her voice back.

The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi

Lakshmi Shastri has spent years carving out a life for herself as a henna artist after fleeing her abusive husband and backward rural village for the Rajasthan capital.

Well-versed in apothecary and the miraculous properties of herbs, her services are highly sought after by upper-caste women, and Lakshmi’s success brings her within inches from her goal: total independence. That is, until the past she has so desperately tried to run from comes knocking at her door...

The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey

Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father's law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Armed with a legal education from Oxford.

While handlings the will of a wealthy mill owner, Perveen comes across something strange all three widows have sighed away their inheritance to charity, how will they survive with nothing Are they being taken advantage of by an unscrupulous guardian? Perveen tries to investigate and realizes her instincts about the will were correct when tensions escalate to murder. It's her responsibility to figure out what really happened on Malabar Hill, and to ensure that nobody is in further danger.

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oh geeta…you are a mess <333 really on a roll of books about women who can be pretty damn rude and inconsiderate

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Top 7 of 70 for 2024 ❤️📚

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Title: The Bandit Queens | Author: Parini Shroff | Publisher: Ballantine Books (2023)

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Monthly Reading Summary – March 2024

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Book Club Book Review: The Bandit Queens by: Parini Shroff

Post by: BookGirl Title: The Bandit Queens By: Parini Shroff Cover: The cover was interesting enough. I think it went well with the story. I thought the black with the bright colors was fun and eye-catching.   Story: ★★★ This was a book club book so not my usual read. It takes place in a small village in India. Geeta the MC “lost” her husband five years before the start of the book. He just…

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Book Club Book Review: The Bandit Queens by: Parini Shroff

Post by: BookGirl Title: The Bandit Queens By: Parini Shroff Cover: The cover was interesting enough. I think it went well with the story. I thought the black with the bright colors was fun and eye-catching.   Story: ★★★ This was a book club book so not my usual read. It takes place in a small village in India. Geeta the MC “lost” her husband five years before the start of the book. He just…

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The unfortunate status quo is that it is tough for women everywhere, and female friendships are what will carry us through the darkness and absurdity of life. Such connections, however, are not always easily forged in a world keen to divide, mark, and label as "other." — Parini Shroff, in the Authors Note of her debut novel, "The Bandit Queens."

Five years ago, Geeta's abusive husband mysteriously disappeared, and the gossip in their small town is that she murdered him. Geeta was ostracized, but she never bothered to quell the gossip because she had grown to love the solitude. People left her alone. And she had more money than most of her neighbors. Without her husband using all their money to buy alcohol, she can now save up, bit by bit, to hopefully buy a refrigerator. Everything is well and good. That is until a neighbor approaches Geeta and asks her to help kill the neighbor's husband.

At its core, The Bandit Queens is a book about the power and the necessity of female friendships. And the sad reality of how hard it is for women to find and lean on each other because of the patriarchal system and our own internalized misogyny.

This book is both funny and heartbreaking, which I am very fond of. Some might find that disrespectful or making light of serious things, but I'd argue that mixing humor in the concoction makes the horrid more bearable (for the characters) and impactful (to us readers).

I finished this in April, so I don't recall many things superbly. However, one thing that struck me upon reading, and I still remember today, is the passage about sanitary napkins: "Geeta prevaricated. She didn't purchase pads; no one from their village did; they were prohibitively exorbitant. Even Geeta, who had few other expenses, couldn't reconcile paying six rupees per napkin." Before switching to menstrual cups, I would find the cheapest ones—Sisters and later Charmee—because I can't afford to bleed into three or so packs of 50-100PhP/pack sanitary napkins per month. That passage made me think about women in my own country who perhaps cannot spare 25PhP to buy the cheapest pack of napkins. And it just breaks my heart, the humiliation and injustice of not having access to those necessities.

This book also reinforced my belief that misandry is not the opposite of misogyny. Misandry is hatred of men. And it hurts very few men, compared to the damage done by its supposed counterpart. Misogyny is a systemic oppression that affects different aspects of our lives, even when we're not aware of it.

Content warnings for domestic violence. But if you enjoy reading about flawed characters, female friendships, and the murder of a bunch of men in a comedic spin, I highly recommend this book!

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Book Review - The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

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Before getting to the actual review, though, let me preface this by saying there’s been a considerably long gap between when I finished reading this and when I’m posting this review.

Book description (taken from Goodreads):

Geeta’s no-good husband disappeared five years ago. She didn’t kill him, but everyone thinks she did–no matter how much she protests.

But she soon discovers that being…

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Review: The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

Author: Parini ShroffPublisher: Ballantine BooksReleased: January 3, 2023Received: NetGalley Book Summary: We’ve all heard it before – when somebody dies (or goes missing), they all blame the spouse. Greeta is experiencing that firsthand. Her useless husband disappeared five years ago, and everyone still thinks she has something to do with it. On the bright side, now that everyone thinks…

[madhyanas]

whats that? little miss 'hasn't read fiction in years' just finished TWO NOVELS in ONE WEEK? groundbreaking.

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😈📚 characters from hazbin hotel as books 📚😈

i finally got around to posting all of these on my bookstagram, and i figured i'd post them here too! putting this together was so much fun that i just had to share. full book list below the cut!

👑 Charlie: - Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson - One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

✖️ Vaggie: - The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff - Hopepunk by Preston Norton

🎥 Angel Dust: - Rented Heart by Garrett Leigh - Gay Bar: Why We Went Out by Jeremy Atherton Lin ♣️ Husk: - The Lost Weekend by Charles Jackson - The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky

📻 Alastor: - A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers - Lost Signals by Max Booth III

🧹 Niffty: - Maid by Stephanie Land - The Dead Janitor's Club by Jeff Klima

🍎 Lucifer: - Angels Before Man by rafael nicolás - Dayspring by Anthony Oliveria

🐍 Sir Pentious: - Soulless by Gail Carriger - Boneshaker by Cherie Priest

💣 Cherri Bomb: - Girls to the Front by Sara Marcus - We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

🚬 Valentino: - Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk - Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity by Robert Jensen

📺 Vox: - Universal Harvester by John Darnielle - White Noise by Don DeLillo

📱 Velvette: - The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger - Followers by Megan Angelo

🎸 Adam: - Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James - Why Men Love Bitches by Sherry Argov

🗡️ Lute: - Joan by Katherine J. Chen - The Valkyrie by Kate Heartfield

😇 Sera: - The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom - Dark Rise by C.S. Pacat

👼 Emily: - Halo by Alexandra Adornetto - Blue Skies by T.L. Martin

🥀 Rosie: - In the Garden of Spite by Camilla Bruce - Woman Eating by Claire Kohda

👸 Lilith: - Lilith by Eve Marmery - Jezebel by Megan Barnard

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Mis lecturas de noviembre

Durante el mes de noviembre yo tenía planes de hacer progreso en mis retos de lectura. Un último empujón antes de que se me acabe al año. Además, del dieciséis al vientinueve participé en el Mixtape Readathon – Cabin Edition. Y, aunque reconozco que no me lo tomé tan en serio como otras versiones, tampoco fue como que me fue tan mal. Pero vamos a ver qué nos dicen los números. Durante el mes…

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Or actually just any decent book lighthearted or otherwise please

Does anyone have any book recs? Ideally something fairly lighthearted but well written, or a story that draws you in. Don’t really mind what genre and it doesn’t have to be all sunshine and roses the whole way through but if it has a happy ending that would be great