Mythology Monday: Aru Shah and the End of Time

I know I haven't posted a Books of Interest in a while let alone a book for Mythology Monday. Between experiencing a reading or readers slump and feeling a little reading burnout, I've had very little interest in reading let alone looking at any books. However, I'm still (slowly) reading Supernatural: Nevermore by Keith R.A. DeCandido and I'm almost finished with it but my reading slump is making it difficult.

So, this morning when I woke up actually interested in reading as well as looking for a book, I was a happy little bookworm. It didn't take long before I found Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi, it's the first book in a middle grade fantasy that's inspired by Indian mythology. The description totally sparked my interest and I have to admit I immediately ordered it. It's seems like a fun and interesting read with Aru Shah finding herself on an adventure trying to stop Sleep, the God of Destruction. I really can't wait to read it.

Book: Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava book #1) by Roshani Chokshi

Description:

Best-selling author Rick Riordan introduces this fantasy adventure by New York Times best-selling author, Roshani Chokshi, inspired by the great epics she grew up on.

Twelve-year-old Aru Shah has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school. While her classmates are jetting off to family vacations in exotic locales, she'll be spending her autumn break at home, in the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture, waiting for her mom to return from her latest archeological trip. Is it any wonder that Aru makes up stories about being royalty, traveling to Paris, and having a chauffeur?

One day, three schoolmates show up at Aru's doorstep to catch her in a lie. They don't believe her claim that the museum's Lamp of Bharata is cursed, and they dare Aru to prove it. Just a quick light, Aru thinks. Then she can get herself out of this mess and never ever fib again.

But lighting the lamp has dire consequences. She unwittingly frees the Sleeper, an ancient demon whose duty it is to awaken the God of Destruction. Her classmates and beloved mother are frozen in time, and it's up to Aru to save them.

The only way to stop the demon is to find the reincarnations of the five legendary Pandava brothers, protagonists of the Hindu epic poem, the Mahabharata, and journey through the Kingdom of Death. But how is one girl in Spider-Man pajamas supposed to do all that?