Welcome to this week’s edition of Wishlist Wednesday! I am featuring a debut author today, Nisha Sharma, and I am so excited about her new book, My So-Called Bollywood Life. Read on to learn more about this new title releasing this spring!
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about and have yet to read. It is a spin-off of the original meme, Waiting on Wednesday that was formerly hosted by Breaking the Spine.
This Week’s Book: My So-Called Bollywood Life
Title: My So-Called Bollywood LifeAuthor: Nisha Sharma
Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: May 15, 2018
Winnie Mehta was never really convinced that Raj was her soulmate, but their love was written in the stars. Literally, a pundit predicted Winnie would find the love of her life before her 18th birthday, and Raj meets all of the qualifications. Which is why Winnie is shocked to return from her summer at film camp to find her boyfriend of three years hooking up with Jenny Dickens. Worse, Raj is crowned chair of the student film festival, a spot Winnie was counting on for her film school applications. As a self-proclaimed Bollywood expert, Winnie knows this is not how her perfect ending is scripted.
Then there’s Dev, a fellow film geek, and one of the few people Winnie can count on to help her reclaim control of her story. Dev is smart, charming, and challenges Winnie to look beyond her horoscope to find someone she’d pick for herself. But does falling for Dev mean giving up on her prophecy, and her chance to live happily ever after? To get her Bollywood-like life on track, Winnie will need a little bit of help from fate, family, and of course, a Bollywood movie star.
Thoughts
I am loving these Indian-themed books right now! There is nothing more entertaining and interesting than learning about a new culture. The Bollywood aspects of this one just sound like so much fun. It reminds of When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon. Looking forward to reading this one in the spring!
About Nisha Sharma
Nisha Sharma grew up on Bollywood movies, eighties classics, and romance novels, so it comes as no surprise that her first novel My So-Called Bollywood Life (Crown 2018) , features all three.
Nisha credits her father for her multiple graduate degrees, and her mother for her love of Shah Rukh Khan and Jane Austen. She lives in Pennsylvania with her cat Lizzie Bennett and her dog Nancey Drew. You can find her online at nisha-sharma.com or on Twitter and Instagram at @nishawrites.
Ahhh this one sounds great! This is the first time I’m hearing about it, thanks for putting on my radar ^_^
Great post,
~Brittany @ Brittany’s Book Rambles
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I hope that we both enjoy it! 🙂
Hope you love this !!!
Barb (boxermommyreads) recently posted…Can’t Wait Wednesday (148)
That book sounds like so much fun, I can’t wait to read it either! 🙂 x
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This sounds like a great book. I love that it is diverse. We need more diversity in books. I hope you get a chance to read this soon.
Mary Can’t Wait Wednesday
Right?! I am here for all of the diverse reads that are coming out! 🙂
It sounds really good! Hope you get a chance to read it soon.
This one looks fun, and I love that cover- it definitely adds something, makes it kind of jump out!
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The cover is the first thing that caught my attention! 🙂
I really like the sound of this book, especially the film geek part. And I’m absolutely in love with the colors of the cover. Pretty!!
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I love watching those Bollywood films, so this should be a good one! 🙂
This is not a book that I would generally pick up. But I am glad that I read the synopsis, because this sounds really good! I am definitely interested in it!
The cover is a bit deceiving! 🙂
Yes! I just had this on my list of spring reads I wish I had. She had me at Bollywood for sure, but kept me with all that prophecy vs. heart stuff. Love it! Need it!
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Same! Bollywood is such a great theme! 🙂
I’m kind of baffled by the Bollywood thing that is going on lately. I feel like I’ve been under a rock and missed some important news flash!
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Ha! I am seeing a lot of K Dramas lately as well. It’s certainly not a new thing, but I think it is something that we are seeing more and more on our side of the world. 🙂
I’m so looking forward to this book! 🙂
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How did I not know about this book?!?!?!? I’m adding it to my tbr immediately <3
Had not heard about thisbook. Thanks for the headsup!
I like this, nice drama in the story I bet.