Heena R. Pardeshi
Heena R. Pardeshi
@heenarathore@verbatikmedia.com

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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  • Subscribe to my monthly NEWSLETTER

    My newsletter is a strictly monthly newsletter. It will contain all about the posts that I put up each month along with some some fun stuff as an additional bonus, like some great writing articles, or some other awesome blogs that catch my attention, etc.. As this newsletter will be monthly, there is no chance…

  • JuNoWriMo Participation Announcement

    Hey guys… It’s been quite a while since I posted something about what I’m doing these days. Actually I’ve been a bit busy writing the chapter-summaries of my debut novel and also organising stuff for the next month as I’m participating in JuNoWriMo. JuNoWriMo is June Novel Writing Month, started by Becca J. Campbell and…

  • Word Of The Week (WOW #18)

    Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me), it’s a fun way to improve one’s 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…

  • Book Review: Barking Benjamin

    Author: Gareth Barsby Release Date: February 13, 2014 Series: None Genre: Fiction | Short Stories Edition: Mobi Pages: – Publisher: – Buy it here: Amazon

  • It

    Hello all, I hope you guys are having a great start to this amazing week! I wasn’t able to write a post for Monday and Tuesday, but I’ve promised myself to be more regular. So here’s my 3rd story for the Five Photos, Five Stories Challenge. Today’s Describli promo is Fear (A Ridiculous Fear) and here’s…

  • Book Review: The Fifth House (ARC)

    Author: Andy Goldman Release Date: May 11th, 2015 Series: Book 2 of The Only City Left series Genre: Science Fiction Edition: Kindle (Mobi) Pages: 5581 Publisher: Self-Published Source: Author (Thanks Andy!) Buy it here: Amazon

  • Reading Her Mind

    Here’s my second story for Five Photos, Five Stories Challenge. This post is a scribe inspired by today’s  Describli photo prompt. Reading Her Mind The sun is setting and the shadows are stretching. She takes a sip of her lemonade and keeps it in her mouth for 5 secs before swallowing it. She looks relaxed with her feet dangling beneath her in…

  • Little Black Hockey

    Hi guys… 🙂 I’m here with my first story for Five Photos, Five Stories Challenge. As this is my first short story ever, please ignore any mistakes. I know it’s not my best piece but it’s the only thing I have ready for now. I’m going out and will not be able to put up a post till…

  • Word Of The Week (WOW #17)

    Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me), it’s a fun way to improve one’s 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…

  • Five Photos, Five Stories Challenge

    Hi guys! This post is more of an announcement than a post. The awesome, Aletta, who blogs at Nowathome, nominated me for Five Photos, Five Stories Challenge. I’m so glad to be doing this fantastic prompt as I was already planning to start writing stories with daily photo prompts. I already have ideas for 2 short-stories and will try…

  • Book Review: Earth 3

    Author: Richard Ross Release Date: September 1st, 2014. Series: Genre: Science-Fiction. Edition: mobi Pages: 3812 (kindle) Publisher:  Self-Published Source: Author Buy it here: Amazon

  • Word Of The Week (WOW #16)

    Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me), it’s a fun way to improve one’s 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…

  • Book Review: Arrival (From The Sky #1)

    Author: David McGowan Release Date: September 15, 2014 Genre: Science-Fiction | Fantasy Edition: Kindle (mobi) Pages: 251 Publisher: Self-Published Source: Author Buy it here: Amazon

  • Caged

    Hello everyone! I hope you all are having a great week start 🙂 Last week I had a lot of things going on and as a result I had to abandon most of my reads and my 3 blog posts. My mother stayed with me for almost a week and we had quite a lot of…

  • Word Of The Week (WOW #15)

    Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me), it’s a fun way to improve one’s 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…

  • Reading ‘ascm’ files on MacBook

    I wouldn’t have come across this horrific file type had I not been a NetGalley addict. I requested a dozen Graphic Novels and when I was approved, I found out that their format was “.ascm” which doesn’t open in Kindle and most of the e-readers. I did ferocious Google searches every time I had free time…

  • Graphic Novel Review: Copperhead #2

    Author: Jay Faerber Illustrator: Scott Godlewski and Ron Riley Release Date: 1st April, 2015 Series: Copperhead Genre: Science-Fiction | Western | Mystery | Suspense | Action | Comics Edition: ascm file Pages: 77 Publisher: Diamond Book Distributors (Image Comics) Source: NetGalley Preceded By: Copperhead #1 (A New Sheriff In Town) Followed By: Copperhead #3

  • Word Of The Week (WOW #14)

    Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me), it’s a fun way to improve one’s 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…

  • Word Of The Week (WOW #13)

    Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me), it’s a fun way to improve one’s 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…

  • Review Roundup March

  • Something Spectacular: My Choice by Vogue Empower

    Here’s a video that is trending in India at the moment. It’s about Women empowerment. Please feel free to share your views on the video as well as on the subject.

  • Graphic Novel Review: Copperhead: A New Sheriff In Town (Vol. #1)

    Author: Jay Faerber Illustrator: Scott Godlewski and Ron Riley Release Date: 11th March, 2015 Series: Copperhead Genre: Science-Fiction | Western | Mystery | Suspense | Action | Comics Edition: ascm file Pages: 128 Publisher: Image Comics Source: NetGalley

  • Word Of The Week (WOW #12)

    Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me), it’s a fun way to improve one’s 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…

  • Creative Blogger Award

    Hi all my dear lovely readers! A big hello **friendly waves** One of my dearest blogger buddies, Erika, has nominated me for Creative Blogger Award. Erika is a very beautiful and an awesomely strong person. She is a huge source of inspiration to those who follow her blog. I truly admire Erika as she is…

  • Word of The Week (WOW #11)

    Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me), it’s a fun way to improve one’s 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…

  • Are you a “Professional Reader” at NetGalley?

    Check out my article on NetGalley 🙂

  • Are you a “Professional Reader” at NetGalley?

    “Do you love to discover new books? Do you review and recommend books online or in print, for your bookstore, library patrons, blog readers, or classroom? Then you are what we call a “professional reader,” and NetGalley is for you. Registration is free, and allows you to request or be invited to read titles, often…

  • Graphic Novel Review: Edward Scissorhands Volume 1: Parts Unknown (Edward Scissorhands, #1)

    Author: Kate Leth Illustrator: Drew Rausch Release Date: 19th May, 2015 Series: Edward Scissorhands Genre: Science-Fiction | YA | Comics Edition: ascm file Pages: 124 Publisher: IDW Publishing Source: NetGalley

  • Word Of The Week (WOW #10)

    Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me), it’s a fun way to improve one’s 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…