Pranjali Wakde, Author at Booked4Books

19 Oct

Creepypasta: Exploring the Unknown and Unfamiliar Abyss of Internet Horror

Pranjali WakdeArticlesbully story, Creepypasta

Movies and short films like Slender Man (2018), The Sleep Experiment (2022), and The Backrooms: Found Footage (2022) have two things in common. Firstly, they belong to the horror genre, designed to make you freeze in terror. And secondly, they have the same origin – Creepypasta! Creepypasta has been quite popular since the last decade, the term always used in the context of horror and terror. It is an all-encompassing word for horror-related legends that you may find on the Internet. That includes not just paranormal stories but also images, videos and audio. You can also say it is fanfiction…

11 Oct

The Dark Allure of Ero Guro Nansensu

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When society is oppressed, they find a way to resist it, may it be a violent way or an artistic way. Euro guro genre and the subsequent movement, ero guro nansensu, comes under the latter category. The genre was limited, perused by only a set percentage of people. However, it soon transformed into a social movement as a response to the suffocating cultural complexities of the times. It provided a way for people to express their dissatisfaction with the state of affairs with provocative means. Ero guro nansensu is an artistic rebellion, holding a mirror for society’s anxieties, hidden desires…

03 Oct

The Battle of Disturbing Genres – Bizarro Fiction & Ero Guro!

Pranjali WakdeArticlesBizarro Fiction, Ero Guro

Literature is no short of weird genres, ranging from New Weird and Literary Nonsense to Ergodic Literature and Incoherent Writing. The books of such genres evoke the most intense emotions in readers, challenging their perception of the bizarre. But standing somewhere on this range are two genres, possibly the weirdest of all – Bizarro Fiction and Ero Guro. The two genres come from opposite ends of the world but have similar yet different characteristics at the same time. One thing is for sure – both Bizarro Fiction and Ero Guro will unsettle you in the most bewitching way possible! …

01 Oct

The 3rd Survivor: A Unit 22 Thriller Author: Mainak Dhar

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As an avid reader of military thrillers, I was intrigued when I picked up "The 3rd Survivor" by Mainak Dhar. With its promising premise of a covert military unit and a high-stakes mission, I was ready for an adrenaline-pumping adventure. However, while the book delivered on some fronts, it fell short in others. The story revolves around Unit 22, a group of operatives who undertake missions that officially never happened. When their latest operation garners unwanted media attention, they are sent into hiding at a remote base. But just when they think they can catch their breath, they are thrust…

23 Sep

7 Celebrity Memoirs You Should Read in 2023

Pranjali WakdeArticlescelebrity memoirs, Chita: A Memoir, Pageboy: A Memoir, Paris: The Memoir, The Woman in Me, Worthy

Celebrities are an anomaly in the truest sense of the word. It’s because the world sees them only how they want to show themselves. Because apart from their reel-life persona, would you claim to know how they are in real life? Of course not! The appeal of knowing about the lives of celebrities is always there, even if you aren’t that much of a fan. To see if they have an equally glamorous life off-screen or if they have the same harrowing ups and downs as you and the rest of the world. To get to know them intimately enough…

14 Sep

7 Best Book Boyfriends of All Times

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It’s not a secret that when readers get immersed in their books, the characters start to haunt their real lives. Wishing fictional families and friends becomes a part of your daily life, and so does envisioning the book scenarios. But the most common practice is to daydream about book boyfriends! Books have given us many boyfriends, from the charming Mr. Darcy to the borderline-toxic Edward Cullen. All of them have made us laugh and cry, whine with pleasure and dance with joy. And ultimately, they have made every reader wish that they were real and with you. Since there are…

09 Sep

Dark Romance and its Rise to Popularity

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If you search for the top three trending book genres of 2023, you will find that romance holds one of those thrones. Moreover, if you deep search, you’ll find dark romance and fantasy romance are most requested and reviewed on NetGalley and GoodReads accordingly. Romance, with its shades of soft love and sensual lust, and with its happy endings or hopeful open conclusions. Why does it seem to be in trend, with no inkling of leaving people’s to-be-read pile anytime soon? That is because many authors – budding or seasoned – have stepped in to darken the lines of this…

05 Sep

8 Newsletters to Subscribe to if You are a Writer

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The idiom where there’s a will, there’s a way, is perfectly true in the context of content. That’s because content is dynamic and fluid and can weasel its way to you if you want it! But while content is reaching corners of the world, filtering it out to your needs is becoming more difficult. There is a solution, though, in the form of newsletters! But wait, what is a newsletter? The word newsletters is tossed all around the internet (hint: LinkedIn) like it’s something everyone already knows. But many of us don’t know what it is all about. Generally, businesses…

26 Aug

What is Gaslamp fantasy?

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The nature of genres is never concrete; developments take place almost every day, making its entire concept fluid and dynamic. One of the lesser-known genres that embrace this essence in the truest sense is Gaslamp fantasy. This genre is technically a sub-genre of Steampunk Fantasy, which, in turn, belongs to the parent genre of science fiction. In simple words, gaslamp fantasy brings together historical fiction and fantasy. Thus, the books in this genre have a Victorian or Edwardian setting, gothic elements, and a fantastical plot. As you can imagine, there will be ballrooms, polite manners and witty conversations, but also supernatural…

11 Aug

How to write morally grey characters?

Pranjali WakdeArticlesgrey characters

Gone are the days when characters used to be completely good or downright evil. Nowadays, readers love books about characters living in the grey area between black and white. For example, there are sympathetic villains who are obviously evil but evoke sympathy in readers. Then there are the anti-heroes, who take the crooked path to achieve something good, and anti-villains, who exhibit heroic traits but are still clearly the bad guys. And there are also the pragmatic idealists, who uphold their morally pure image, but won’t hesitate to break some (or many) rules to maintain that! You know what all…