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Lovely Weekends:


I always love these weekends, I mean, who doesn’t? And specially the weekend just after the exams. You don’t have to ask. Exams are pretty stressful and these are the days to cool it off. Books are a great way to relieve stress but after exams books aren’t very inviting. You don’t wanna sit in a place, you wanna play do something different. But still I’m going to talk about books. But not much. I’ve just uploaded some books which you people might like, so check it out.

Sidney Sheldon:


Stephanie Meyer:

Twilight Saga:

Book 1: Twilight

Book 2: New Moon

Book 3: Eclipse

Book 4: Breaking Dawn

Book 5 : Midnight Sun (Partial Draft)

Dan Brown:

Deception point

Digital Fortress

Angels and Demons

The Da Vinci Code

J K. Rowling:


Book 1: Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone

Book 2: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Book 3: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Book 4: Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire

Book 5: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Book 6: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Book 7: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Additional Books apart from Harry potter series:

Fantastic Beasts and where to find them

The Standard Book of Spells

Quidditch Through The Ages



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