Heena is the author of the award-winning novel Deceived. She works as the novel critic and the chief editor at a local publishing house in Pune, India. She is an animal lover as well as an animal activist.
She loves books, music and wine. Travelling and learning about new cultures is an integral part of her life.
She is presently learning Piano and French language.
She lives in Pune, India with her beloved husband and 6 cats.
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My First Video Podcast!
Hi, everyone! As most of you might know, I’ve been working on creating Podcasts for my book blog from last 1 month. Finally I was done with the first one on June 1, but when I launched into the frantic research on uploading the podcasts and finding a decent podcasting host, I miserably failed. Well,…
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Month End Updates: May’16
Hello, all my lovely readers and friends đ This month has been the most important one so far this year, yet it was also a lot fun. Read on to get to know about THE BIG NEWS!!! My month in: WRITINGâ I worked with my editor on the first round of edits for the first…
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Interview with Heena Rathore P.
My author interview on The Beauty Of Words by Cathleen Townsend. Thanks a lot, Cathleen, for the lovely opportunity and for such amazing questions! Please visit Cathleen’s blog to read the entire interview…
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Instagram’s New Look – Yay Or Nay?
Those of you who know me well know that I spend a LOT of time on Instagram. [For those of you who don’t know, I have two Instagram accounts, one is my personal Ig account (authorheenarathore)Â and the other one is my book blog’s Bookstagram (thereadingbud)] So yesterday afternoon when I was working on a presentation…
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Book Review: The Legendary Haunting of Quentin Wallis
Author: C K McKenzie Release Date: February 13, 2016 Genre: Fantasy Edition: Kindle (mobi) Pages: 214 Publisher: Self-Published Source: Author Buy it here: Amazon Rating: â â â Blurb: It has been in the nature of fairy tales that they begin with ‘Once Upon a Time’ and end with a ‘Happily Ever After’. However this is not…
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Month End Update: Aprilâ16
Hello all the lovely readers! This month has been a really tough one, mostly because I completed the first round of editing of my book. My month in: WRITINGâ I completed the first round of editing. And as soon as I did, I was like: Outlined Sinister Town in detail. Won Camp NaNo April [60K…
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Editing Vs Revising
We all are aware of what revising a draft means and what it means to get your manuscript edited, but very few writers really know the real difference between the two. If you’ll ask around, the most common answer is that what we do ourselves is revising and what an editor does is editing. But…
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Checking In
Hi, guys. I’m participating in Camp NaNoWriMo and on top of that I’m down with cold and cough. So forgive me for being MIA and for not posting new stories or posts. I’ll be off for another week or two and then will be back with new and fun stuff. đ All the best to…
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TRB’s New Bookstagram!
Check out our new Bookstagram!
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TRB’s New Bookstagram!
Hello all the lovely readers of TRB! As you can see I made some serious changes to the theme and graphics of this blog. I love this new look- rugged and hardcore. What do you think about it? Anyway, after a long consideration, I decided against having a separate Instagram profile for TRB. But then…
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Win A Doodle! Woo!
Check out this amazing post!
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Month End Update: March’16
Hello guys, It’s been a long month and I hope that you all were able to do the things you wanted to do for this month. My month in: Writing– I wrote a fresh outline for Sinister Town and presently I’m tweaking it. Reading– Baggage by S.G. Redling – 4/5 The Eighth Day by Joseph…
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Book Review: The Nth Day by Jonathan Huls
Author: Jonathan Huls Release Date: November 11, 2015 Series:Â – Genre:Â Fantasy Edition:Â E-Book (mobi) Pages:Â 330 Publisher:Â Duvinchi Media Group Source: Author Buy it here:Â Amazon Rating: â – DNF Blurb: Justin is an immaculately conceived deity who roams the earth wreaking havoc as an adolescent. As his supernatural powers become catastrophic for the whole world, Cassie and Theodore must…
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2 Year Blog Anniversary (Happy Birthday TRB)
Thank you, everyone, for all your love and support! Today TRB has successfully completed 2 years <3 This year in numbers: (Marchâ15 â Marchâ16) No. of books read: 90 No. of books reviewed: 87 (including reviews from contributors.) Blog followers: 592 No. of comments: 1,918 No. of spam comments blocked: 6000+ Facebook followers: 1,286 Twitter followers: 235 Plans for this year: I’m starting…
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Trying To Get Home
Trying To Get Home- a short story by Heena Rathore P.
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My New WIP- Sinister Town
Exactly a year before, Deceived was only an idea in my head which kept on brewing constantly until I finally decided to get it on paper. And today here I am with Deceived getting published and another book’s first draft in hand. This sure has been one hell of a year for me. Let me…
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Book Review: The Illusions of Eventide (House of Crimson and Clover #1)
Author: Sarah M. Cradit Release: December 14h, 2013 Series: House of Crimson and Clover Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal Romance Edition: Kindle Pages: 407 pages Publisher: Self-published Source: Author Buy it here: Amazon Blurb Nicolas Deschanel was betrayed by the only two people who matter to him. Their disloyalty stung and an overwhelming sense of loss lingers.…
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Month End Update #1
I’ve realised that I’m able to post as m much as I used to and as much as I’d like to and as a result, I haven’t been able to keep all my readers updated about my writing and reading and life in general. So, after a while of thinking, I thought I’d start with…
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Quotes Challenge #2
One of my good blogger buddies, Hemangini, nominated me for the 3 Day Quotes Challenge. Thanks a lot, dear! Sheâs a really good writer and youâll find some amazing posts on the here blog, My Petridish. So what are you waiting for, hop over to her blog right away because Iâm sure youâre going to love…
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Word Of The Week (WOW #44)
Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly prompt created by Heena Rathore P. (me.) Itâs a fun way to improve oneâs vocabulary by learning new words every week. If you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on one of my WOW post. Hereâs…
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Testimonial #1
I thought I’ll share all the amazing testimonies that I’m receiving for The Reading Bud (one by one.) Here’s the first one: âI was very impressed and pleased with all my interactions with The Reading Bud. When I initially contacted Heena requesting a review of my YA horror novel, Sisters of Sorrow, she was polite and…
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Update
Hey, everyone! I got back home from my mom’s place yesterday night itself, and today completely went in a haze… I guess I’ll be back to blogging by the day after tomorrow as I still need a some time to get in the blogging mood again. From tomorrow, I’ll start writing 1K words every day and…
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The 3-Act Structure: In Detail
In order to utilize the 3-Act Structure efficiently, there is a need for a systematic sequence of elements to be followed that carries the story forward. Â In the 3-Act Structure, each act has some particular story moves and by following these particular set of acts, you can rest easy that there will be no place…
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Word Of The Week (WOW #43)
Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly prompt created by Heena Rathore P. (me.) Itâs a fun way to improve oneâs vocabulary by learning new words every week. If you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on one of my WOW post. Hereâs…