Rani & Sukh

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Rani & Sukh by Bali Rai
Reviewed by Tanya
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I remember reading this book at school and absolutely loving it, but 10 years later it just doesn’t have the same effect on me as it once did. The story is basically about Rani & Sukh falling in love even though Rani’s family are strict. Things take a turn when they both find out that their families who are from the same village in the Punjab had a feud. It touches upon sensitive topics and shows the problems between old school families and their western teenagers; highlighting the problems of 2nd generation immigrants who came to the UK for a better life versus their western children who are brought up in a western culture, yet are expected to retain the old traditions at home.

Tanya Ahmed

Soy Tanya. I’m the youngest of the group...and I don’t really know what to say except that I find these things really awkward. When Linda first came to me with this idea of an online bookclub/review page I was 100% down, although I was a little worried and felt like backing out on many occasions as I felt like my reviews were awful - I’m not good with words at all. If anyone was to ask me a year ago how I found a book, I’d reply: “good” - that’s my review done. But being part of this club with such amazing girls has really made me a lot more confident and comfortable. So I’ll forever be grateful. It’s always a laugh when we’re together, we are guaranteed to get side-tracked but our meetings are always productive and a lot of fun. This is just the beginning for us. I like reading all kinds of books from different genres but prefer romance/YA. With work being full on I like feel-good books that are light and easy. I’m currently in the middle of reading a few books lol but sticking to The Zanzibar Wife by Rebecca Rodriquez. Reading for me is a form of escapism, just getting away from the stress of real life and getting lost in book and falling in love with characters. I can’t list my top 5 or even top 10 so here are a few of my all-time favourites: The Sicilian by Mario Puzo To all the boys I’ve loved before by Jenny Han, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hoseeini, The Forty Rules of Love by Shafa Kelif Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith and Moonlight Over Manhattan by Sarah Morgan.

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