Zoya Factor has been in my books to read list since it came but somehow I was not picking it because everyone knows I am not a cricket fan but then I consistently started hearing good reviews about it and that still didn’t motivate me enough to buy it… wanted to read it but didn’t want to spend the money… I can be like that for some books haan 
and then came Just Books… a library in Bangalore… man I love this… I was a member of Easy Lib when I was carrying and used to only read read and read but somehow in Easy Lib the problem I found was that there were too many complications in the way they issued, u needed to have the price of the book as the deposit etc but Just Book I like I like…. and they have a good collection of kids books too….though I like easy lib too
Ok enough I divert too much from the topic all the time 
coming back to The Zoya Factor, it’s a book that kept me holding on to it and I laughed, I cried (a little bit), I felt for the protagonist…. “Zoya” a young so-called independent woman working in an Ad Agency who was luckily or unluckily born at the exact same time when Indian Cricket Team won the world cup and along with that time came the luck that she could make any team win a match if she had food with them before the match funny and strange….
The book takes us through the time when she discovers this and how is dragged to Australia for the upcoming World Cup and how her personal and professional life goes through the ups and downs of this so-called “Zoya Factor”
The book balances itself with right amount of cricket, right amount of advertising and now cricket and advertising can’t be separated anyways right, right amount humor, right amount of romance and right amount of hindi… yes the novel can safely be called as a Hinglish novel, I loved the fact that the author was bold enough to go do that experiment, I mean most of the books are shunned away for using the local language and yes I agree to the fact that they also limit the readership of the book but Hinglish is what we speak these days and I personally think its a good idea to have a book or two coming out like this 
The thing I didn’t like about the book though was the editing… I think it would have fared much better had a good editor looked at it once…
But on the whole a good book which probably announces the arrival of the “Hinglish DesiChicklit”
Rating 3.5/5
Book The Zoya Factor
Authors Anuja Chauhan
Price Rs 295/-
PS: Read Smitha’s review here
PPS: I think if nothing atleast one of my resolution this year will come true… I have already finished 4 books in the last 20 days of Jan… yippe!!!
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wow! 4 books already? congratulations! i’ll also try to read this book, since you seem to have had fun with it.
yeah try it isha… and welcome here
4 books in 20days..wow…u r giving good competition to smitha
I read good review abt this book earlier too and your review has increased a desire to read it soon !!
LOL catch it rashmi i am sure u will not be disappointed
great job Monika!You know my reading list is based on your reviews only
4 books in less than 20 days is just awesome…now thats called the dedication and spirit.
Good luck…and happy reading!
wow thats nice… thanks
That does sound interesting. You guys have been giving me so many new books to add to my list – I can’t tell you how delighted I am
yeah i get so happy when i read a good review gives me one more book to read
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4 Books already…Now thats cool…Good going.
thank u prats i am feeling so good after soooo long
Nice review. Hv heard a lot abt this one but never gt inspired to buy. Maybe i should grab one copy
yeah try it out and hope u like it… and welcome to my blog
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thanks for the tag doli
Oh good, I’ll check this out at EasyLib
Good review!
thanks starry
u know i have been eyeing that book for a while now.. do u know why i havent picked it up yet? coz it had the word “cricket” on its back cover! lol.. but 3.5/5 isnt a bad score… may be i will read it afterall..
LOL u and me think alike mandy but its a good read and u can easily skip the parts in which there is too much cricket happening
4 books .. wowww! I so wanna make some time to do that nw
Wil get this one
come on swaram u can do it…
So, this is gud ???? Will try to get hold of this book, soon !!!!
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i liked it hope u like it too
I loved this book … Juicy one… Zoya gets lucky at last
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Must be an enjoyable read The Zoya Factor by Anuja Chauhan. loved the way you wrote it. I find your review very genuine and orignal, this book is going in by “to read” list.