Book Reviews

Book Review – Jukebox

…uthors Publisher – Kurious Kind Media Pvt. Ltd. ISBN – 978-93-858543-3-0   Book Review– Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore? –Henry Ward Beecher There was a time when I could not be trusted with a credit card in a bookstore :). A visit to the mall always ended up with me spending big chunks of time and money on browsing through, and buying, lots and lots of books. Now I can’t be trusted with a credit card and a fast internet connecti…

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Book Review – The Face At The Window

…March 2016) Language: English ISBN-10: 9381506787 ISBN-13: 978-9381506783 Book Review: Let me begin my review with this heartfelt emotion, fearful regret. I rue the day I decided to read ‘The face at the window’ by Kiran Manral. Why? Because I am terrified of being alone at home, a place I felt perfectly safe in, until now :). Thank God we have box beds; there is no chance of someone hiding under my bed to grab my ankles and pull me down. I gave…

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Book Review – The Doodler of Dimashq

BOOK REVIEW Book – The Doodler of Dimashq Author – Kirthi Jayakumar Publisher – Readomania ISBN – 978-93-858544-4-6 Pages – 201                         A doodle is like life. Random. When you finish the entire picture, you can’t pull one out without pulling all of it along – Kirthi Jayakumar The book starts with a doodle and ends with one. There is a story being told by these intricate designs along with the captivating words. Kirthi has written…

Book Reviews, Guest Posts

Book Review -My Book Of Poems – A Patchwork Quilt

Welcome to my blog. Letter of the day at #AtoZChallenge Dear readers, I write this post from cloud nine, for my wonderful mentor and guide, Mrs Kanwal Bedi, is the chief guest writer here at my blog today. The charismatic and charming Mrs. Bedi was instrumental in my journey into the field of creative writing. It was with her encouragement and support that I first dared to venture into this field, by conducting my first-ever classes in creative w…

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Book Review – The Angel’s Share

BOOK REVIEW Title: The Angel’s Share Author: Satyajit Sarna Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN No: 9350293331, 9789350293331, 978-9350293331 Price: INR 250/- (Paperback) Book Blurb: Zorawar Chauhan lives two lives. In one, he has the big money corporate law job he used to dream of. To the young lawyer, the world tenders an endless promise of wealth and privilege. In the other life- the one in his head- he is haunted by the ghosts of a past from which…

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Book Review – Miracle

Book Review Title – Miracle (Poetry book) Author- Aabha Vatsa Midha Publisher – Authorspress Miracle, by Aabha Vatsa Midha is a great collection of poems that deal with various issues in our everyday lives and society. As the title suggests, this fascinating book is primarily about the marvels of life. The various poems in this book describe emotional attachment between friends, lovers and also humans and God in a very simple and honest way. The…

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Book Review – The Dove’s Lament

…ion and is the author of two books, Stories of Hope and The Dove’s Lament. Book Review– Book Title: The Dove’s Lament Author : Kirthi Jayakumar Publisher: Readomania Language: English ISBN-10: 8192997561 ISBN-13: 978-8192997568 After reading the first story from The Dove’s Lament, I was convinced I couldn’t read any more of these heartbreaking stories. I cried myself to sleep that night and woke up thinking about the protagonist of the first story…

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Book Review – The Calling

Book Title: The Calling Author: Priya Kumar Paperback: 166 pages Publisher: Books That Inspire; 1st Edition (2016) Language: English ISBN-10: 935258970X ISBN-13: 978-9352589708   About the book- The Calling is a spiritual adventure. It is an encounter with the truth, the wisdom and the force that is innate to us all. At the brink of a divorce and personal breakdown, Arjun took a trip into the heart of the Himalayas, on the insistence of a sadhu,…

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Book Review – The Woman Who Saw the Future

…uthor – Amit Sharma Publisher – Readomania Pages – 272 ISBN -9789385854552 Book Review Was Sapna Vaid gifted or cursed? Girls her age dream of Sidharth Malhotra, Ranbir Kapoor, Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, etc. A college going girl, happy and carefree, with a friend, Saahil, who is more than a friend, Sapna should have been happy. But she was destined for other things. She could see the future. This power was given to her unasked. The trauma this li…

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Book Review- Where Even the Present is Ancient: Benaras

BOOK REVIEW– Where Even the Present is Ancient: Benaras By Maitreyee B Chowdhury Editor: Surojit Mohan Gupta Genre: Poetry Sub-genre: Lyrical Poetry Back Cover Blurb Where Even the Present is Ancient: Benaras is a book that seeks to tell the little stories that make us who we are. The author believes that Benaras resides in all of us Indians, in some beautiful often unknown way. The author is the Sutradhar, in that she attempts to connect an Indi…

Book Reviews, Mine, My Published Stories/Poems

A Patchwork Quilt

…slideshow requires JavaScript. Our first book review by Urmi Kaur Wachher Book Review – The book you are reading has a lot to do with how motivated you’ll be to finish it. And this is exactly what happened with me. I read the mesmerizing poems of “A Patchwork Quilt” at one sitting and couldn’t get to sleep after i finished it. The combination of a strong yet emotional content and creative imagination kept buzzing in my mind. The collection of poe…

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Book Review – Brida

Festival of Words : Book Review Day 4   Author: Paulo Coelho Genre: Romance & Spirituality/Fiction Publisher: Harper Collins Pub date: 2008 The story starts in Dublin with the 21-year-old Brida’s pursuit of magic, and when Magnus asks her why she wants to learn about magic, her answer doesn’t satisfy him. He is smitten the moment he sees her and believes her to be his soul mate. He poses a tough question to her and asks to choose between true lov…

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Book Review – The Candidate

BOOK REVIEW Title: The Candidate Author: Anirudh Bhattacharyya Publisher: Penguin India ISBN No: 9780143422570 Price: INR 295/- (Paperback) The Candidate is a fictional tale of elections in India and the various colorful party candidates involved. The story is a humorous take on the shenanigans of the Indian political party offices. It introduces us to some good, bad and ugly characters in the system, without revealing their true identities or th…

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Book Review of IPOTW

Book Review of ‘In Pursuit Of The Woman’ Book Title- In Pursuit of the Woman Author- Rajbir Gill Publisher- Author’s Empire Publications Though there is no dearth of love stories being written today, with writers all trying to outdo each other in this genre, the truth is that some succeed, while the others get left behind in this race to the finish line. In Pursuit of the Woman, as is clear from its title, is a love story with a dash of mystery a…