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Adiba Jaigirdar
Goodreads Author
Born
in Dhaka, Bangladesh
January 11
Website
Twitter
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Member Since
January 2015
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/adibajaigirdar
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The Henna Wars
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2020
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7 editions
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Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating
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expected publication
2021
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4 editions
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Keep Faith
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2019
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Momentum
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2018
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200 CCS: Year One
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2017
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Pitch Wars 2020 Wishlist!
Who We Are
Adiba: Though I have never been a mentee, I have been a mentor! I was an R7 mentor for Author Mentor Match, and a mentor for the inaugural round of Avengers Of Colour, a mentorship programme for authors of colour. Along with helping my mentees with their manuscripts, I have also aided them through querying and submission processes. I’m the author of THE HENNA WARS, which has been well-re
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| My love for this book is unparalleled! It's funny and warm and will also make your cry. It's tropey and fun, it has fake dating!!!!!!! It's basically everything you could ever want in a romcom. | |
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| There is so much about this book to love, and so much of Amir's life just felt palpably real to me. His fears of being outed and not being accepting by his family, the scorecard that he's keeping to see if his family might possibly still love him whe ...more | |
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| Love love loved this book. It's funny, sweet, swoony. It has all of my favourite topes and it's so steeped in Thai culture. It also has an all-POC cast, which I love! I cannot recommend this highly enough. It's in my romcom hall of fame. | |
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| Not only is this one of my favourite reads of 2020 but it's probably one of my favourite contemporary fantasies of all time. It really has everything: a protagonist that is hard to not root for, a plot that had me on the edge of my seat, an amazingly ...more | |
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| First of all, the art in this book is absolutely stunning. If you love the cover, you're not even prepared for how beautiful the pages inside are. Everything about it is so evocative, and I could really stare at each page for hours. But the beautiful ...more | |
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| Not only is this one of my favourite reads of 2020 but it's probably one of my favourite contemporary fantasies of all time. It really has everything: a protagonist that is hard to not root for, a plot that had me on the edge of my seat, an amazingly ...more | |
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More information about this book is forthcoming. It's currently slated to be released on May 25 2021, and I'm very excited to share it with everyone! On my website, you can find some commissioned art of the two main characters, along with a Spotify pl ...more |
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"Loved this debut by Syed M. Masood. This book was hilarious and insightful. I laughed and definitely got misty eyed. Danyal's voice shined through. I loved how he shared his love for others through food, I could practically smell the dishes. The roma"
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“I've never really thought about having a type. I guess my type is....beautiful girl. Which is a lot of them. Most of them? Pretty much all girls.”
― The Henna Wars
― The Henna Wars
“She’s inching forward.
Is there a heterosexual explanation for why she’s inching forward?”
― The Henna Wars
Is there a heterosexual explanation for why she’s inching forward?”
― The Henna Wars
“This is one of those moments that I want to bottle up and keep with me forever. Not because it's extraordinary, or because it's the kind of thing you would find in a Bollywood movie.
But because it's the kind of moment I could never have dreamed of having in a million years.”
― The Henna Wars
But because it's the kind of moment I could never have dreamed of having in a million years.”
― The Henna Wars
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