tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30346404847189784622024-03-18T11:12:59.763+05:30The Readdicts Book BlogWe're addicted. To reading! The Readdictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097650583426983309noreply@blogger.comBlogger2349125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034640484718978462.post-84954784905949442862023-06-16T10:01:00.005+05:302023-06-16T10:01:48.866+05:30Review- Charcuterie of Thoughts by Rathnakumar Raghunath<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/158656446-charcuterie-of-thoughts?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=WQkRvC5kaF&rank=1"><b>Charcuterie of Thoughts on Goodreads</b></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>GOODREADS SUMMARY:</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Charcuterie of Thoughts is Rathnakumar's highly anticipated sophomore collection of poetry. Much like its previous iteration - the bestselling and critically-acclaimed Smörgåsbord of Musings - this book is a concoction made of love, life, laughter, anger, joy, despair, romance, disgust, yearning, pain, wonder, and hope.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">It's a tribute to the full spectrum of the human experience, with each poem offering a unique insight into the beauty and complexity of our existence, showcasing the richness of our shared humanity.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">In essence, Charcuterie of Thoughts is a celebration of all that makes us human.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1684700930i/158263295.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="510" height="400" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1684700930i/158263295.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Release date: </b>June, 17 2023</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Published by: </b>Ukiyoto Publishing</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Pages: </b>239 (Paperback), 217 (Kindle)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>REVIEW:</b></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;">Author Rathnakumar Raghunath’s highly anticipated second
collection of poetry, Charcuterie of Thoughts, has truly been worth the wait.</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;">The writer created magic with words with his début,
Smörgåsbord of Musings. A book that is a warm hug and filled with everything
relatable, Smörgåsbord of Musings is an extraordinary marvel that the author
gifted the world during Covid, when all we wanted to feel was loved and
hopeful, something this book will never fail to provide us, even years down the
line. It has indeed found a permanent place not only on the shelves of readers,
but in their hearts too.</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;">Coming to Charcuterie of Thoughts, this collection of
poetry is reminiscent of Smörgåsbord of Musings in many ways, and yet, stands
as a unique, proud and grown up collection all on its own. Just like he did
with his debut, Rathnakumar Raghunath has created even more magic and proven
that he is the epitome of a writer of our times who is a class part yet one
with us, with his new book. If Smörgåsbord of Musings is a warm hug,
Charcuterie of Thoughts is like knowing you have an umbrella on a rainy day to
protect you from the rain, while being fully aware that it is capable of flying
away, out of your hands, at any second, if your grip is not firm. At the same
time, however, and most importantly, the book pried that it’s okay to let go of
this umbrella sometimes and simply make the most of the rain. It is a reality
check about the fragility of life, that sometimes seems like a slap in the
face, in a manner that is raw, real and relatable.</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;">While reading any work of art, it is difficult to
entirely separate the creator from his creation, and Charcuterie of Thoughts
proves that Rathnakumar Raghunath has grown immensely, as a person and as a
writer. That growth is something many readers might also have experienced,
given the times we live in, which makes the book a true contemporary
masterpiece. With the right amount of bitterness, betrayal, cruelty, darkness
and disgust, balanced with the right amount of love, hope, loyalty, sweetness,
fun, humour and so much more, Charcuterie of Thoughts has something for
everyone. It is a well curated, meticulously thought of and immaculately
written collection of poetry that speaks to the heart and the mind alike. This
book romances you in way that is both loving and dangerous, which takes it to
the next level, making it an extraordinary and remarkable work of art. It
consumes you in a way that will leave you coming back to it and wanting more.</p><p style="text-align: center;">
</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;">Rathnakumar Raghunath’s writing is reminiscent of great
French poets, but he does what they could never - he puts down what’s on his
mind and in his heart, in a manner that is easy to comprehend and easier to
relate to. He pays tribute, in the most incredible ways, to everything he is
passionate about, and he proves, that above anything else, love will always
win, and there is so much peace in simply knowing that. He has the magical ability
to make you believe, to convince you to never lose hope, and to simply keep
carrying on, experiencing the entire spectrum of human emotion.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>RATING:</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3t2U0BIyX_Q/YYFKSv8DyRI/AAAAAAAAKEs/iz45MuDMVYsvLOfLM8tH4Z_wpvyzCE6gQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="120" data-original-width="320" height="120" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3t2U0BIyX_Q/YYFKSv8DyRI/AAAAAAAAKEs/iz45MuDMVYsvLOfLM8tH4Z_wpvyzCE6gQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B5.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><b>BUY THE BOOK: <span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/9357879366/ref=x_gr_bb_amazon?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_bb_in-21&linkCode=as2&camp=3626&creative=24790">Amazon</a> / <a href="https://odyssey.in/collections/pre-order-upcoming-new-books/products/charcuterie-of-thoughts">Odyssey</a></span></b></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhb8MFzdc7-7zvlOQbyB1E7kXjZNp5-mDypzC43DIkb0fbCyOzrcjUNeCWoXpbt3KsqzrRJZrY9Osn1-GHCwPQ5D37mTV2vtcJCyLOBNU3px_4UUSzdfPY-jE0hgKNq6If2owNUBDrPtWJsOaRO9sl36nPo1ID3HuGe3d3NjNZ2jb_bXA3q6T6IkDG6RA=s320" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="141" data-original-width="320" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhb8MFzdc7-7zvlOQbyB1E7kXjZNp5-mDypzC43DIkb0fbCyOzrcjUNeCWoXpbt3KsqzrRJZrY9Osn1-GHCwPQ5D37mTV2vtcJCyLOBNU3px_4UUSzdfPY-jE0hgKNq6If2owNUBDrPtWJsOaRO9sl36nPo1ID3HuGe3d3NjNZ2jb_bXA3q6T6IkDG6RA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><br />The Readdictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097650583426983309noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034640484718978462.post-71679654274639222912022-02-24T21:14:00.004+05:302022-02-24T21:14:18.152+05:30Release Day Blitz- Forever Yours by Andaleeb Wajid, Shilpa Suraj and Alisha Kay<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.b00kr3vi3ws.in/2022/02/releasedayblitz-forever-yours-novel-in-3-parts.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="1024" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNlTqTIBGkkyqD5S-3hzZaCb13lgdpw6_XcX5aLtJ3lpcOwINVAj4iov9OeVE0sZgEvUqC0s9j5oTjbD1ysyzD71-Lo8EKFhSXzb53w4qlmk3zYnmnychRfdeFyg1LZRq3AAzE-ZNP6PNSnVVrkgaCeA3bYCn-M5odwPKdreNGCpwkp4YWpyU4w-YQ=s320" width="320" /></a><br /><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">A fake engagement has gotten disturbingly real…</h3><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.b00kr3vi3ws.in/2022/02/releasedayblitz-forever-yours-novel-in-3-parts.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2396" data-original-width="1601" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgis_qxfas7zC2O-IVlhZG-RN8HYYdAbCa2w0_n_M1MdqrRaDp-anT7ryTLQ5V0FbQkpd4zyW80abYXTf2QcftBObjezuQ9Dvr9dvA4-J5NOKjYQ9pCxKeS2s2J1zeaWaypjBpc18hsBnO4Bs5a0AAHvYjtEdM8YldCnCKFMIJEzY_-Czdf--XIor6U=s320" width="214" /></a></div><div>When a pretend engagement ends in a very real combined bachelor/bachelorette weekend in Goa, three couples find their lives going from chaotic to disastrous…<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hatefully Yours by Alisha Kay</span> is the quintessential enemies to lovers story with a very interesting twist.<br />Aditi and Manan hate each other but love their mutual best friend, Karthik. Planning his bachelor party is a trip to hell sprinkled with accidental kisses that taste of heaven. Past misunderstandings, present attraction, and a future built on hope all tangles together to make this weekend one to remember.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sinfully Yours by Shilpa Suraj</span> is the story of a one night stand turning into nights that they hope never end.<br />Sidharth is Bollywood’s biggest hit-turned-overnight-flop. His best friend Sanjana’s bachelorette in Goa is the perfect place for him to hide out and drink his sorrows away. Until he passes out in the arms of the extremely hot pixie who moonlights as a bartender in a shack in Goa. And Dani is left with an armful of drunk movie star who is as messed up as he is hot.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Deceitfully Yours by Andaleeb Wajid</span> is the story of what happens when a fake relationship starts to feel very, very real.<br />Sanjana and Karthik just wanted their parents to stop talking marriage to them. So, they faked an engagement and now their parents are not talking marriage but planning a wedding instead. When their friends throw them a combined bachelor and bachelorette party, they use the opportunity to plan their breakup. Except behind all well laid plans lies the path to disaster.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Three love stories, three oddball couples, one epic weekend in Goa…</b></div><div><i>Will they find their heart’s twisted path or focus on the brain’s straight-but-boring one? Will they gamble on their happily-ever-after or choose to leave Goa as they came, single and not ready to mingle?</i><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Book Links:</u></b></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60392411-forever-yours---a-novel-in-three-parts" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> * <a href="https://amzn.to/3BEjTUJ" target="_blank">Amazon.in</a> * <a href="https://amzn.to/3BL4t1a" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a></b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><u>Short Excerpt from Hatefully Yours by Alisha Kay</u></h3><br /><div>No! God, no! Not her! Anyone but her.</div><div>What the hell was Aditi Kedia doing here?</div><div>The minute he asked himself that, Manan could have kicked himself. Of course, she’d be here. She was Karthik’s friend, just as he was, and while Karthik was the smartest guy he knew, he was completely oblivious to the cold vibes between his two best friends. Or maybe he didn’t care. He wouldn’t see anything wrong in inviting both his friends together.</div><div>Something else struck him, and the biryani that he’d had for lunch threatened to make a second appearance.</div><div>His mother hadn’t told him anything about the girl that Karthik was supposed to marry. Just said that she was a friend of his. Was it Aditi?</div><div>Every cell in his body revolted at the idea of Karthik marrying Aditi. He told himself that it was because he didn’t want his friend to be ensnared by the evil little she-devil. It had nothing to do with the way his heart sped up at the very sight of her. Or the very inexplicable impulse that came over him occasionally to kiss her senseless.</div><div>Not that he ever gave in to such an impulse. He hated Aditi with all his heart. That’s all there was to it.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div><div><b>Alisha Kay </b>writes funny, exciting and steamy stories, with spunky heroines who can rescue themselves, and hot, woke heroes who find such independence irresistible.</div><div>The first book in The Devgarh Royals series, The Maharaja’s Fake Fiancée, won the grand prize at the Amazon KDP Pen to Publish Contest 2020.</div></div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/alishakayauthor/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> * <a href="https://twitter.com/alishakayauthor" target="_blank">Twitter</a></span></h4><h3 style="text-align: center;"><u>Short Excerpt from Sinfully Yours by Shilpa Suraj</u></h3><div><br />Sid froze, the glass near his lips. “You certainly have a way with words and polite conversation.”<br />“Really? You are critiquing me on etiquette, Beach Bum?” She responded to someone hailing her from the other end of the bar with a raised hand. <br />“Listen, I’ve got to go,” she told him. “Work and stuff. You have a good night, okay?” <br />“Dani, listen.” Sid grabbed her hand before she could rush off. “When do you finish?” <br />“I finish at two in the morning,” she smiled. “Not exactly an early night.” <br />“I’ll wait,” he smiled back, something frozen in his chest thawing at the sight of her warm, beaming face. “Could we get something to eat and maybe chat or something?” <br />“I don’t ‘or something’ with guys I’ve just met,” she grinned. <br />“I threw up on you. You threw a bucket of water on me. I think we’re past first or even third date pleasantries, don’t you agree?” <br />Dani threw her head back and laughed, the same loud, warm laugh he remembered. The thawing moved on to melting. <br />“Alright,” she said. “Stick around. We’ll grab dinner during my break and chat.” She pointed a finger at him. “No ‘or something’.”<br />Sid grinned. Suddenly, ‘or something’ was all he could think about.<br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.b00kr3vi3ws.in/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1024" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_WWBMbzKnqw/X4xFjTTaYTI/AAAAAAAADfE/EwlcsyM7lnMPBAvVHvFkwh9f363Zo4-wwCPcBGAYYCw/w160-h200/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2020-10-14%2Bat%2B7.47.11%2BPM.jpeg" width="160" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br /><b>Shilpa Suraj</b> wears many hats - corporate drone, homemaker, mother to a fabulous toddler and author.<br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />An avid reader with an overactive imagination, Shilpa has weaved stories in her head since she was a child. Her previous stints at Google, in an ad agency and as an entrepreneur provide colour to her present day stories, both fiction and non-fiction.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br /><br /></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Contact the Author:<br /></u></b></span></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="http://shilpasuraj.com/" target="_blank">Website</a> * <a href="https://www.facebook.com/shilpasuraj/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> * <a href="https://twitter.com/shilpaauthor" target="_blank">Twitter</a> * <a href="https://www.instagram.com/shilpa.suraj/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> * <a href="http://eepurl.com/dt-Br9" target="_blank">Newsletter</a></span></b></p></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><u>Short Excerpt from Deceitfully Yours by Andaleeb Wajid</u></h3><br /><div>Karthik stared at Sanjana as she stood at the jetty and it almost felt like the rest of the world had faded to nothing. He could see only her, as she stood there, stark against the background of the greyish water. He was still reeling from what his mother had just said about him and Sanjana but he was also trying to look at it realistically. He had been a child then. But surely, there had to be something about her, something that had drawn them together that fateful day when he saw her seated in the garden on his favourite bench.</div><div>Fate. It had to be fate, he told himself.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.b00kr3vi3ws.in/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" data-original-height="1202" data-original-width="1800" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jH-1Y7_c7m0/YNcrzU2bwDI/AAAAAAAAHow/P_Ky9AI_JHELt-UoxPJugdwYYjcsUB3xQCPcBGAsYHg/s320/Andaleeb%2BWajid%2BAuthor%2BPic.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>Andaleeb Wajid</b> is the author of 27 published novels and she writes across different genres such as romance, YA and horror. Her horror novel It Waits was shortlisted at Mami Word to Screen 2017 and her Young Adult series, The Tamanna Trilogy has been optioned for screen by a reputed production house. Andaleeb's novel When She Went Away was shortlisted for The Hindu Young World Prize in 2017. Andaleeb is a hybrid author who has self-published more than 10 novels in the past two years.<p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Andaleeb on the Web:</u></b></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AndaleebWajid/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> * <a href="https://twitter.com/andaleebwajid" target="_blank">Twitter</a> * <a href="https://www.instagram.com/andaleebwajid/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> * <a href="https://andaleebwajid.substack.com/" target="_blank">Newsletter</a></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><br /></div>The Readdictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097650583426983309noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034640484718978462.post-56836313780487062482022-02-22T12:30:00.001+05:302022-02-22T12:30:00.228+05:30Release Day Blitz- Whisper a Kiss by Laura Haley-McNeil<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.b00kr3vi3ws.in/2022/02/whisper-a-kiss-by-laura-haley-mcneil.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="1024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSWNrg8aLMKYUtSG6QtfkTl0ZvdqRvIgqDsD2zxmep2qGwkS8fmg7I-VHEL0HAbJ8Sbceew4IkC9jauTTdF00u1NvG300yUbgMfzHLlFdBWAJQYg9JsakFRT4kAIT7bSCBySa9-lnTkk5BkJXo6yl3xYe2Vz0DU-F9Q6YCFONzQxX8cIXPQCmkR1kC=w400-h200" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><h4>He broke a promise to save her life.</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.b00kr3vi3ws.in/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlh946EB3jGMOsrjGlkVXws7jxbB1nOyEADsoh-pQcSZf4vcm2LL2Zv9dd1zruvZwe92GYgPhigu3Kghjc8MHAAanKE2JDZ0YuaDqyHN_BlT5HYjjfEb3VVns6ggzAE47o_nJ4sEhx7qlKJ8iWx2Ikk1nHR08N2EpTG3k9XgLNl6o2HDrzuruc5zLK=s320" width="200" /></a></div></div><p></p><div>Hunter Whitloch’s Wall Street career is on the fast track until he learns about his boss’, Egon Gregory, underhanded dealings. Hunter’s and Egon’s confrontation means Hunter must turn a blind eye or return to Crystal Creek and walk away from a lucrative career and the only woman he’s ever loved⸻Egon’s daughter, Bryce. He won’t let her make a choice between him and her father, so he makes that choice for her.<br />Bryce watched Hunter walk out of her life and never expected to see him again⸻until he shows up at her father’s funeral. The mystery deepens when Bryce learns her father asked Hunter to return to New York⸻the night her father died. The authorities have ruled Egon’s death a suicide but attempts on her life unearth more questions than answers⸻namely who can she trust? The man who abandoned her a year ago, or her father’s right-hand man who wants to seize control of the company from her?<br />Hunter has to return to Crystal Creek, but he won’t leave Bryce as bait to someone who wants her dead. But Crystal Creek isn’t the haven he expected, and soon he and Bryce race against the clock to find out what secret died with Egon, and how to endure the pain that has them fighting to protect their hearts and their lives. <br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u>Book Links:</u></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60000919-whisper-a-kiss" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> * <a href="https://amzn.to/3BqnZQk" target="_blank">Amazon.in</a> * <a href="https://amzn.to/3BuUxsr" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><h1><span style="font-size: x-large;">Welcome to Crystal Creek!</span></h1></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I love it when it’s time to write another Crystal Creek novel. This series combines so many of my greatest loves. First of all, because it’s set in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. This part of the country is special to me as it’s where my father grew up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">As children, we spent our summers at my father’s ranch, climbing in the hayloft, hiking in the mountains and riding horses along the trails. No matter how many times I wandered through the woods, I never got tired of being in that beautiful place filled with towering quaking aspen, wild roses, and brilliantly blue columbine. The deer and other animals kept their distance, but showed their curiosity toward these strange humans that moved through their territory.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Curling up in the hayloft with a mystery was the perfect way for me to spend the afternoon, but I also liked to read romances. When I learned I could combine romance and suspense, I knew I had discovered my favorite genre. What could be more exciting than solving a mystery with a powerfully built hero? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Now I had my favorite genre. I could spend my days on the ranch, ride horses, fall in love with a handsome man, and save the day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Bryce and Hunter, the characters in Whisper a Kiss, first appeared in A Ring Around Her Heart, Book 3 of the Crystal Creek Series. Readers wrote me and asked me to write their story. I wanted to know their story, too, and so sat down in front of my computer and started working through outlines. How did Hunter and Bryce meet? Why can’t they be together? What secret is hidden on Bryce’s father’s computer? Who’s determined to make sure Hunter and Bryce never learn that secret? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The questions kept coming. Now I had to find the answers. Even I didn’t know who had Bryce and Hunter in their crosshairs until the end. My readers worked hard to learn who hated Bryce and Hunter enough to want them dead, but I fooled even them. Through twists and turns I learned the secret so deadly it could cost Hunter and Bryce their lives. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Follow their tale as they resist love and work at a breathless pace to uncover a deadly secret that could destroy them both.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Come to Crystal Creek. Meet the Whitlochs and learn the secret that could keep Hunter and Bryce apart forever.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>About the Author:</u></b></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.b00kr3vi3ws.in/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYS1Lmr8V2PhsYsaU-ROcKt_z29uAQ953fBoupZAieA3GI5aKB0sVK-jiRJNQM9f-8kye-OXoIkO4xZSEAXEsLmTrQVUPxOCdWUibYwrca8UlClT6NrX4Gzx7SyXQmWpkKk_AYmO0LlsDkupEEVeulpxw1vv8bUkOZCOguBYtcDUvUPt88GGdGcxFN" width="300" /></a></div><br />A native of California, Laura Haley-McNeil spent her youth studying ballet and piano, though her favorite pastime was curling up with a good book. Without a clue as to how to write a book, she knew one day she would. <br />After college, she segued into the corporate world, but she never forgot her love for the arts and served on the board of two community orchestras. Finally realizing that the book she’d dreamt of writing wouldn’t write itself, she planted herself in front of her computer. She now immerses herself in the lives and loves of her characters in her romantic suspense and her contemporary romance novels. Many years later, she lived her own romantic novel when she married her piano teacher, the love of her life. <br />Though she and her husband have left warm California for cooler Colorado, they enjoy the outdoor life of hiking, bicycling, horseback riding and snow skiing. They satisfy their love of music by attending concerts and hanging out with their musician friends, but Laura still catches a few free moments when she can sneak off and read. <br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Laura on the Web:</u></b></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.laurahaleymcneil.com/" target="_blank">Website</a> * <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LauraHaleyMcNeil/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> * <a href="https://twitter.com/laurarmcneil" target="_blank">Twitter</a> * <a href="https://www.laurahaleymcneil.com/newsletter/" target="_blank">Newsletter</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /></div>The Readdictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097650583426983309noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034640484718978462.post-6278176550412962132022-02-18T20:51:00.000+05:302022-02-18T20:51:12.732+05:30Review- Vicious Traditions<p style="text-align: center;"> <b>BOOK SUMMARY:</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Love. Betrayal. Murder.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">A girl's curiosity leads her to a vampire coven.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">A lonely driver searches the night for runaway girls with devastating consequences.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">An aging actress will do anything to preserve her beauty.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">A child's tale about a witch in a forest proves to be more than a simple tale.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">VICIOUS TRADITIONS is a collection of short stories about dark and twisted encounters with the supernatural and the unexplained. Sometimes the line between reality and madness is razor thin. You will be lead on a dark and creepy journey where you'll constantly look behind your back. What's that unexpected sound? Is that a shadow or a creature? Delve into the darkness if you dare.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1629350736l/58805986._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="297" height="475" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1629350736l/58805986._SY475_.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release date: </b>February 2nd 2022</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Published by: </b>Twisted Wing Productions</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Page numbers: </b>353</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>REVIEW: </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">Another book full of interesting, spine-chilling, gorgeous and absolutely well written short stories by Azzurra Nox, <i>Vicious Traditions</i> is unputdownable and full of surprises in the most positive way possible, because no story is even slightly similar. Azzurra honestly creates magic with the way she writes women centric horror stories that are grotesque, raw, dangerous and easy to read with her brilliant writing and impeccable storytelling.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">Every story in this collection takes up a theme that is unique in its own way and has something intriguing to recount and contemplate in terms of the way stuff generally is, in the sense of how there is always a back story behind why someone is the way they are. While each and every story in this collection is worth it, some favourites that stood out are: Baby Teeth, Silent Ivy Hotel, The Invasion, Lake of Sin and Good Sister, Bad Sister. Even these five stories are so different from each other that it doesn’t seem like they’d fit in the same collection, but everything about the entire book is perfect.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">A highly recommended if you’re a fan of horror, <i>Vicious Traditions</i> is a quick read that is bound to leave you feeling afraid in the most brilliant way possible. Another gem by the diva that is Azzurra!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px;">*Note: A copy of this book was provided by Azzurra Nox in exchange for an honest review. We thank them.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXAADmeXODpBxNTUhlpY_P46X4iTJK3_xAcQwe8jXOS5Q2YNqA57zZS17fhr4hRbzATibu1c0Owf9c_Q6Kd4JMZQlHQT7Rp89vefr1JTFALBvzkb5aA0H7kZajERp54t13Lv-oIhcxNVgXxsKpa5FrZMSWP3umbkAEKhjPQz_vFQfprDGoytfmDvqbeQ=s1023" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="1023" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXAADmeXODpBxNTUhlpY_P46X4iTJK3_xAcQwe8jXOS5Q2YNqA57zZS17fhr4hRbzATibu1c0Owf9c_Q6Kd4JMZQlHQT7Rp89vefr1JTFALBvzkb5aA0H7kZajERp54t13Lv-oIhcxNVgXxsKpa5FrZMSWP3umbkAEKhjPQz_vFQfprDGoytfmDvqbeQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhb8MFzdc7-7zvlOQbyB1E7kXjZNp5-mDypzC43DIkb0fbCyOzrcjUNeCWoXpbt3KsqzrRJZrY9Osn1-GHCwPQ5D37mTV2vtcJCyLOBNU3px_4UUSzdfPY-jE0hgKNq6If2owNUBDrPtWJsOaRO9sl36nPo1ID3HuGe3d3NjNZ2jb_bXA3q6T6IkDG6RA=s337" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="337" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhb8MFzdc7-7zvlOQbyB1E7kXjZNp5-mDypzC43DIkb0fbCyOzrcjUNeCWoXpbt3KsqzrRJZrY9Osn1-GHCwPQ5D37mTV2vtcJCyLOBNU3px_4UUSzdfPY-jE0hgKNq6If2owNUBDrPtWJsOaRO9sl36nPo1ID3HuGe3d3NjNZ2jb_bXA3q6T6IkDG6RA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Readdictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097650583426983309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034640484718978462.post-10267794186703192702022-02-18T20:45:00.001+05:302022-02-18T20:45:10.120+05:30Review- Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, Lauren Myracle<p style="text-align: center;"> <b>BOOK SUMMARY:</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">A Christmas Eve snowstorm transforms one small town into a romantic haven, the kind you see only in movies. Well, kinda. After all, a cold and wet hike from a stranded train through the middle of nowhere would not normally end with a delicious kiss from a charming stranger. And no one would think that a trip to the Waffle House through four feet of snow would lead to love with an old friend. Or that the way back to true love begins with a painfully early morning shift at Starbucks. Thanks to three of today’s bestselling teen authors—John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle—the magic of the holidays shines on these hilarious and charming interconnected tales of love, romance, and breathtaking kisses.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1577556786l/33290383.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="230" height="346" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1577556786l/33290383.jpg" width="230" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release date: </b>December 2016</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Published by: </b>Speak</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Page numbers: </b>353</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>REVIEW: </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><i>Let It Snow</i> is a collection of three interwoven shorter stories by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle, that take place during one Christmas that ends up being a lovely experience full of laughter, love and warmth for the characters and the reader alike. While it took me a really, really long time to finish this book, it is impressive how well it has been written, which is not a surprise given the contributors. Each writer brings something unique to their story, making the entire book a superb read.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">The first story titled The Jubilee Express by Maureen Johnson was a wonderful story that kicked off the book in a way that left me wanting for more and at the same time, feeling super content with the way the story itself ended. John Green’s A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle, while a beautiful story of friendship and love, was slightly underwhelming given the huge name associated with it. But it was a good story overall, and that’s what matters. The last sorry, Laureen Myracle’s The Patron Saint of Pigs was a cute and coming of age sorry that left me laughing and crying tears of joy.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">Overall, this is an amazing collection of three stories set in the freezing cold but that’ll warm your heart, just like your favourite beverage does at the end of a tiring day.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzbv5ohMcj_Ip3585WUr1ywQr3Pmf313_j-LpnSOYfuoZpYdZfpOwzpxYaHgY4UsrsrwFJQNBXgVORGGcheWnbaLpGL5m82VMBgyde-R9zLQvODpIMDx_3VUc1AH-q_5Wm0pT27aQKFbFykZnuIHqMK2xXdmsfqUvIUExHNXFqv5BIzdn_EKGcJUcxvQ=s1023" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="1023" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzbv5ohMcj_Ip3585WUr1ywQr3Pmf313_j-LpnSOYfuoZpYdZfpOwzpxYaHgY4UsrsrwFJQNBXgVORGGcheWnbaLpGL5m82VMBgyde-R9zLQvODpIMDx_3VUc1AH-q_5Wm0pT27aQKFbFykZnuIHqMK2xXdmsfqUvIUExHNXFqv5BIzdn_EKGcJUcxvQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiM1RSZIimAn3rRKKKLEQGQg_ME214OPHpalUC36WfA3pF9pu0Iqn7KfLL-oWe5Nh5HLelBW9aNLMqfaMnNK1GdyTHoEcD0l-YW4W1EkoJgS3bbztlxu5rLnmX0FUjAGw3QstpKnf33NPMK3t9bK2K-C9yGqDpjeDvabyxX78c8Smr84Dj26wUrhGQ7Pg=s337" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="337" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiM1RSZIimAn3rRKKKLEQGQg_ME214OPHpalUC36WfA3pF9pu0Iqn7KfLL-oWe5Nh5HLelBW9aNLMqfaMnNK1GdyTHoEcD0l-YW4W1EkoJgS3bbztlxu5rLnmX0FUjAGw3QstpKnf33NPMK3t9bK2K-C9yGqDpjeDvabyxX78c8Smr84Dj26wUrhGQ7Pg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Readdictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097650583426983309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034640484718978462.post-66650269885677626422022-02-18T20:35:00.004+05:302022-02-18T20:51:37.063+05:30Review- The Last Latte by Dilshan Boange<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55885238-the-last-latte?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=QNdWrbGEMT&rank=1"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Last Latte on Goodreads</span></b></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1605241665l/55885238.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="302" height="450" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1605241665l/55885238.jpg" width="302" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release date: </b>2020</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Published by: </b>Darshana</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Page numbers: </b>135</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>REVIEW: </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Dilshan
is someone I’ve known for years from Twitter. I would read his tweets, shared
by my friend Ankita, who recently put us in touch, and when I got to know that
Dilshan has a book out, I knew I had to read it. Forever grateful for these two
lovely friends, I am also grateful that I got to read this incredible book,
which was so well done. I did not know what to expect from this book, but I
must say that I was really impressed, so much that it still lingers on my mind
because of its wonderful narration.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>The
Last Latte</i> is the story of two friends, Christy and Steve, who start a great
coffee lounge in Colombo, which soon becomes a hit and is visited by not only
big names from Sri Lanka, but from all over the world. During the troubled
times of the Indo-China war, Sri Lanka is left hanging for life. This was one
aspect of the book that really moved me. It was touching and saddening to know
how the country was affected, seeing as it often gets left aside in the bigger
picture. This book gives an excellent insight into how troubled times affect
people, cities and countries.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Christy
and Steve meet at Christy’s Caffe Lounge on the same day they opened it, almost
20 years later, when the times are tough. The two friends bond over all the
superb memories they have created together which they will cherish for life,
while brewing one last cup of the lounge’s popular white chocolate latte. The
entire process of preparing this tempting beverage was written in a manner that
was neat. While it did seem long, the explanation did not even once seem tiring
or monotonous, and Dilshan’s storytelling ability and talent deserve all the
credit for that.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dilshan
has mindfully and skillfully written about just one day in more than 120 pages
without leaving even a single second for anything to get boring. His simple,
neat and brilliant writing coupled with his meticulous narration and the
overall gloomy yet comfortable ambiance of this entire book, make it a great
read that will leave the reader feeling empty yet fulfilled. The characters
seem like you have known them for as long as they have known each other, with
just the right number of references to their growing up together and how the
bond between the two kept strengthening. Quite reminiscent of that one
childhood friendship that will last a lifetime, </span>Christy<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> and Steve will take you
down the nostalgic road, which is always a beautiful and sad (in the most
positive way) journey.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A
book I would highly recommend, check this one out for the writing, narration,
lots of laughter and friendship. But above all, check it out to know about the
amazing country that is Sri Lanka and its beautiful people, who make you feel
at home and welcome, even in fiction. Christy and Steve are literally people
you would love to meet one day. A really well done book, this one!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">*Note: A copy of this book was provided by Dilshan Boange in exchange for an honest review. We thank them.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEid3Fq3ntPp3py6h6Kr1QIx7EQfc_8wsLtibRLAfTQ35hCetxi8IdONUs5-8E1KDPOU8R_DVTrh2ulbb1CKrZ6V4jvyC2ZVnGpGrL9A6EFjruKBvrn_PAHlfogBY_wotbMExGiyWcKc4EU4020Ly3JG4CcEQl20ccGXnzDpFKKQrscwG1u0mR7gFB3WDA=s1023" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="1023" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEid3Fq3ntPp3py6h6Kr1QIx7EQfc_8wsLtibRLAfTQ35hCetxi8IdONUs5-8E1KDPOU8R_DVTrh2ulbb1CKrZ6V4jvyC2ZVnGpGrL9A6EFjruKBvrn_PAHlfogBY_wotbMExGiyWcKc4EU4020Ly3JG4CcEQl20ccGXnzDpFKKQrscwG1u0mR7gFB3WDA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVZhTB3Xe9io44d1w-0IJr4pOLH4thNimOO1J7xaUKKNRDp7hz36GBWJod0EaYyY9S6rpId2hcWzEW1kA_xNsUfA9TkeE3vqcntGh5Bw72wVgHO_w9EcHi7UTOIz0N4fzzVmrBgY52SgKmueFeCTFyVWt57qsh24dTbqq2a4161zInnml97IiZhukz0g=s337" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="337" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVZhTB3Xe9io44d1w-0IJr4pOLH4thNimOO1J7xaUKKNRDp7hz36GBWJod0EaYyY9S6rpId2hcWzEW1kA_xNsUfA9TkeE3vqcntGh5Bw72wVgHO_w9EcHi7UTOIz0N4fzzVmrBgY52SgKmueFeCTFyVWt57qsh24dTbqq2a4161zInnml97IiZhukz0g=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Readdictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097650583426983309noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034640484718978462.post-66698809937631343672021-11-02T19:55:00.006+05:302021-11-02T19:56:07.680+05:30Review: Les Cicatrices by Rathnakumar Raghunath<p style="text-align: center;"> <b>BOOK SUMMARY:</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Le livre de poésie « Les Cicatrices » parle de ceux qui ont ressenti cette douleur particulière que seul l’amour peut infliger à quelqu'un, et leur cheminement vers la guérison.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1632605686l/59075589._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="307" height="475" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1632605686l/59075589._SY475_.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release date: </b>October 27th 2021</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Published by: </b>Self-published</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Page numbers: </b>31</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>REVIEW: </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia;"><i>Les Cicatrices</i> by Rathnakumar Raghunath is a gorgeous collection of French poetry that is all about giving yourself a reality check every once in a while, sadness, hope and happiness. What takes it to the next level and makes it even better is the multi-talented writer’s French, which as a language is in itself extremely pleasing and poetic, and Rathnakumar’s knowledge of it takes it further ahead, making it even more gorgeous. His writing that is straight from the heart is very touching, comforting and soothing. The stunning cover designed by Reshma Dhanraj deserves a mention and a huge round of applause for the unique purple and the intricate and stunning illustrations. Overall, if you know even some amount of French, give this lovely collection a go for it is simple, pure and simply stunning.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3t2U0BIyX_Q/YYFKSv8DyRI/AAAAAAAAKEs/iz45MuDMVYsvLOfLM8tH4Z_wpvyzCE6gQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1023/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="1023" height="120" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3t2U0BIyX_Q/YYFKSv8DyRI/AAAAAAAAKEs/iz45MuDMVYsvLOfLM8tH4Z_wpvyzCE6gQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_Z8hQ_dz1zk/YYFKTYKfIiI/AAAAAAAAKEw/um-colTUeQUKrBRUo1easSUwT-sqP-sXACLcBGAsYHQ/s337/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="337" height="141" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_Z8hQ_dz1zk/YYFKTYKfIiI/AAAAAAAAKEw/um-colTUeQUKrBRUo1easSUwT-sqP-sXACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Readdictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097650583426983309noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034640484718978462.post-54792508176589960212021-11-02T19:48:00.005+05:302021-11-02T19:48:51.467+05:30Review- You Are My Love Forever by Amit Nangia<p style="text-align: center;"> <b>BOOK SUMMARY:</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">‘You don’t love someone because they’re perfect; You love them despite the fact that they’re not.’</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">TARUN has built himself from scratch, after beating all odds. He has one strict policy – to stand up against bullies and help people, especially girls.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">NEHA has started her life afresh in Shimla. No one in the small town knows her, or her painful secret. Her past has taught her to live a life of caution.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Destiny brings them together, but their deep-seated fears constantly stop them from embracing each other.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Will life give them a second chance? Will their unconditional love heal them?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Set against the stunning backdrop of Shimla, You Are My Love Forever is a charming, heart-warming and irresistible story of the power of true love.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1625736602l/58514590._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="308" height="475" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1625736602l/58514590._SY475_.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release date: </b>July 9th 2021</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Published by: </b>Srishti Publishers & Distributors</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Page numbers: </b>200</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>REVIEW: </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Amit Nangia is another Srishti author whose books are popular, but I had never read them. When <i>You Are My Love Forever</i> was out, I thought it was finally time to give it a go. A story that is both heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time, this book narrates the beautiful story of Neha and Tarun, two broken people who find hope in each other.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Author Amit Nangia’s writing is easy and sweet. It is not surprise that his books are quite popular because the simple writing, relatable characters and comforting storytelling are bound to establish a connect with readers, making it accessible for a wider audience, especially in India. The only negative about the writing was the sudden and unnecessary shift between past and present tense in the narration.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Set in Shimla, <i>You Are My Love Forever</i> explores a lot more than just human relationships. It takes the reader on a nostalgic trip to college days, exploring the beautiful Shimla and most importantly, gives a sad yet real glimpse into a difficult childhood. Overall, this book is a good one time read.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px;">*Note: A copy of this book was provided by Srishti Publishers in exchange for an honest review. We thank them.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KtFKndUzn6M/YYFIuNkL-8I/AAAAAAAAKEc/wmA3jER56Ck_htqbvUi6ivfrend4RZHDwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1023/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="1023" height="148" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KtFKndUzn6M/YYFIuNkL-8I/AAAAAAAAKEc/wmA3jER56Ck_htqbvUi6ivfrend4RZHDwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6Ag-1evydrE/YYFIui5pZTI/AAAAAAAAKEg/U-fzlLT5q1owVnTFDGTtmFQmB9AeaHQ4wCLcBGAsYHQ/s337/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="337" height="141" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6Ag-1evydrE/YYFIui5pZTI/AAAAAAAAKEg/U-fzlLT5q1owVnTFDGTtmFQmB9AeaHQ4wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Readdictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097650583426983309noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034640484718978462.post-37877946044615645832021-10-18T10:35:00.000+05:302021-10-18T10:35:00.760+05:30Review- Musings by Arjun Thapa<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: left;"> </span> <b>BOOK SUMMARY:</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">"Life is like the song Bohemian Rhapsody, a blend of completely different elements put together to trigger chaos. Opera, ballad, rock; it has got everything. Only if it was pleasing enough to put on loop and play it over and over." He took another sip for dramatic emphasis. "But that's fine, I guess," he said at last, "cause' in the end, just to reiterate, nothing really matters."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">"Musings" is a collection of short stories and poems that uncovers varied tales of monotony, politics, and betrayal. With existentialism as its central theme, Thapa's book offers a series of works that makes one contemplate, question, and even embrace the monotonous nature of modern existence. It explores how dreams are martyred and buried beneath the cycle of everyday life. The book also critics the cultural atmosphere that harbors such living and makes misery almost an inherent part of it.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1632679637l/59080512._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="298" height="475" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1632679637l/59080512._SY475_.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release date: </b>September 25th 2021</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>REVIEW: </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">Arjun Thapa’s <i>Musings</i> is an unique and poignant collection of short stories and poems that are right up my alley with all the philosophical references and questions it leaves about life. With six short stories and nine poems, this is a short read but definitely not a light one. Taking up themes that are dark and real, two short stories that really stood out for me were Dear Professor and So Does Everybody which were intelligent, contemplative and really well done. The poems titled There’s Beauty in Misery and Fitting In were really well thought of and written and spoke to me the most. Overall, Arjun Thapa seems like a promotions writer whose work, probably influenced by some of his favourite writers, was refreshing and thought-provoking. If he writes more, I for sure will be looking forward to it.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px;">*Note: A copy of this book was provided by Arjun Thapa in exchange for an honest review. We thank them.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xx-nUS3WL8c/YW0AT2vrf3I/AAAAAAAAKD8/FGU75Yoz5VQAD8cQG3OYuh7t7y7MZmwQgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1023/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B3.5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="1023" height="137" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xx-nUS3WL8c/YW0AT2vrf3I/AAAAAAAAKD8/FGU75Yoz5VQAD8cQG3OYuh7t7y7MZmwQgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B3.5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HW8V5i6VzoM/YW0AURcS_UI/AAAAAAAAKEA/ThOU26VqaiAUxha_ocMjZxR-Kzp0_OwZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s337/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="337" height="141" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HW8V5i6VzoM/YW0AURcS_UI/AAAAAAAAKEA/ThOU26VqaiAUxha_ocMjZxR-Kzp0_OwZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Readdictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097650583426983309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034640484718978462.post-13642430258156212812021-10-18T10:30:00.006+05:302021-10-18T10:30:55.409+05:30Review- Naked Soul by Aarthi <p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: left;"> </span> <b>BOOK SUMMARY:</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">The collection of poems that tells the classic tales, clad in the magic my world.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1633659404l/59238602._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="318" height="424" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1633659404l/59238602._SX318_.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>REVIEW: </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">Aarthi Vamanan’s collection of poetry titled <i>Naked Soul</i> gives a slight glimpse into the mind and life of the writer with its poems that seem inspired by what she herself has been through. While this collection as a whole is filled with nice poems, there are a few that really stood out to me, like Panacea and Who Am I. A humble and pleasing attempt at poetry, this one is a quick read that is bound to leave the reader feeling reminiscent and hopeful at once. The poems are simple to follow and understand, which makes this book an easy read. Also, the simple, minimalist and elegant cover stands out as a major plus.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px;">*Note: A copy of this book was provided by Aarthi in exchange for an honest review. We thank them.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j9BaSCyh7nw/YWz_aDpsNUI/AAAAAAAAKDs/ekX8TMP9EDMr7NpZqNzA7kabXayl6h0UACLcBGAsYHQ/s1023/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="1023" height="148" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j9BaSCyh7nw/YWz_aDpsNUI/AAAAAAAAKDs/ekX8TMP9EDMr7NpZqNzA7kabXayl6h0UACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lScavdd_dAI/YWz_amu-xmI/AAAAAAAAKDw/GXVR1bP3kecGcHNzdklq4ftkT6arUKYIgCLcBGAsYHQ/s337/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="337" height="141" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lScavdd_dAI/YWz_amu-xmI/AAAAAAAAKDw/GXVR1bP3kecGcHNzdklq4ftkT6arUKYIgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Readdictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097650583426983309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034640484718978462.post-85091850864836524382021-10-18T10:24:00.005+05:302021-10-18T10:24:55.375+05:30Review- The Journey of Our Love by Deesha Sangani<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: left;"> </span> <b>BOOK SUMMARY:</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">"“Real love sets you free from the clutches of expectation.”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">ANUSHKAA - A chirpy girl with big dreams and a bigger heart. She was chasing her dreams when she lost the love of her life. Despite that, she did not give up on her dreams, nor did she stop believing in love.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">ABHIMANYU – Young and dynamic, he is spearheading his company with gusto. The complete opposite of Anushkaa in many ways, he is equally passionate about work and achieving his dreams.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">When they meet, sparks fly! They fall in love with each other’s imperfections.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Will love claim Anushkaa's heart again? Will she accept Abhimanyu?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">There are many surprises in store for Anushkaa and Abhimanyu as they venture into The Journey of Our Love.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1631010461l/58942498._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="311" height="475" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1631010461l/58942498._SY475_.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release date: </b>September 8th 2021</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Published by: </b>Srishti Publishers and Distributors</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Page numbers: </b>208</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>REVIEW: </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">After reading author Deesha Sangani’s <i>The Diary of My Love</i>, I was looking forward to reading more from her because her character Anushkaa was a level-headed, mature and beautiful person, which was refreshing and good to read about. <i>The Journey of Our Love </i>takes Anushkaa’s story forward. After losing the love of her life before she could even confess her love, she has lost all hope and is in a sad state, when the smart and equally mature and loving Abhimanyu walks into her life.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">Just like her previous book, Deesha’s writing in <i>The Journey of Our Love</i> is also simple, beautiful and relatable. While there were times when I felt that there were repetitive situations and conversations and the story didn’t seem to move forward, there were many adorable and extremely grown up instances that made the story interesting and wonderful. Anushkaa and Abhimanyu’s chemistry was hard to miss and filled with hope.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">As a life coach, Deesha has very smoothly and organically added life lessons here and there in a manner that doesn’t seem imposing or preachy at all, but rather amicable and with good intent. Overall, <i>The Journey of Our Love</i> was a wonderful read packed with emotions, travel, fun and life lessons.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px;">*Note: A copy of this book was provided by Srishti Publishers in exchange for an honest review. We thank them.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8AEZ-ABNwv0/YWz946t1zNI/AAAAAAAAKDg/F_i87rb4aO8V37E-u_w0NRf4fBNtCee5gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1023/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B3.5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="1023" height="137" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8AEZ-ABNwv0/YWz946t1zNI/AAAAAAAAKDg/F_i87rb4aO8V37E-u_w0NRf4fBNtCee5gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B3.5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ADVv9eyL5cs/YWz98YNOVhI/AAAAAAAAKDk/r_9HBHwZrN81-6DWa5jZNcJdBVue7aFDwCLcBGAsYHQ/s337/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="337" height="141" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ADVv9eyL5cs/YWz98YNOVhI/AAAAAAAAKDk/r_9HBHwZrN81-6DWa5jZNcJdBVue7aFDwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Readdictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097650583426983309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034640484718978462.post-46320744679185150382021-10-18T10:17:00.001+05:302021-10-18T10:17:20.894+05:30Review- The Girl in the Red Lipstick by Ajay K. Pandey<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: center;"> </span><b style="text-align: center;">BOOK SUMMARY:</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Arun is a bestselling author, and the heartthrob of thousands of readers. While on a book promotion tour, he is injured and agrees to call a masseuse. Little did he know that the masseuse would turn out to be someone with a secret!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Arun sees a story in her, and in digging deeper, is amazed to discover her strength of character. Even though Lalita is a young survivor of human trafficking, she has unmatched determination.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">A single encounter with her makes Arun take decisions that he had never even thought of. He is willing to risk everything for her, his own life too.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">But the more he tries to help her, the deeper he drowns in the swamp.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Will two broken people be able to heal each other? Will society ever accept a girl from the forbidden alleys of the city?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">The Girl in the Red Lipstick is a charming story of friendship, life and finding love where we least expect to.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1629096077l/58782957._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="309" height="475" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1629096077l/58782957._SY475_.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release date: </b>August 13th 2021</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Published by: </b>Srishti Publishers and Distributors</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Page numbers: </b>216</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>REVIEW: </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">While I have been reading books by Srishti Publishers for the longest time, I realised recently that I hadn’t read anything by their most popular authors like Preeti Shenoy, Ajay K Pandey and Amit Nangia. When I saw<i> The Girl in the Red Lipstick</i>, however, I was very curious to know more about the story and how author Ajay K Pandey must’ve dealt with the topic of prostitution. I must say that I now kinda understand why he is such a popular writer and so loved among his reader friends.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><i>The Girl in the Red Lipstick</i> is the story of Lalita, Arun and Kajal. While on a book launch trip to Kolkata, Arun suffers from a physical injury and is advised a massage by the hotel staff. When Lalita shows up on his room, more than shocked or even ready, Arun is simply curious to know more about Lalita which leads to a series of beautiful events, a beautiful journey and an even beautiful end.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">Author Ajay K Pandey’s writing is simple and really beautiful. He writes about daily, mundane activities in a manner that makes the reader want to know more. Told mostly from Arun’s point of view and sometimes from Lalita and Kajal’s points of views, all in first person, the narration flows smoothly, the writing is simple in a manner that is relatable yet up to a certain good standard and the storytelling is interesting, in that, it keeps the reader engrossed.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">I have read quite a few books on prostitution, which have been interesting and enlightening in many ways, but <i>The Girl in the Red Lipstick</i> stands on its own as a more accessible and easy read for many people who could benefit a lot from knowing the lives of people who are humans like you and I at the end of the day.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px;">*Note: A copy of this book was provided by Srishti Publishers in exchange for an honest review. We thank them.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gHKT7lDRI-g/YWz8E2CnbAI/AAAAAAAAKDQ/ngpS7jERw_wInGkzaVPjTYepxGcGljHyACLcBGAsYHQ/s1023/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B3.5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="1023" height="137" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gHKT7lDRI-g/YWz8E2CnbAI/AAAAAAAAKDQ/ngpS7jERw_wInGkzaVPjTYepxGcGljHyACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B3.5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lMdnOjTqAKM/YWz8Fr2sIJI/AAAAAAAAKDU/U1RqfQSp2LAI8DzqZwfvkN63Ab5gLn8gACLcBGAsYHQ/s337/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="337" height="141" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lMdnOjTqAKM/YWz8Fr2sIJI/AAAAAAAAKDU/U1RqfQSp2LAI8DzqZwfvkN63Ab5gLn8gACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Readdictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097650583426983309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034640484718978462.post-18647566442299797452021-08-29T10:01:00.002+05:302021-08-29T10:01:57.823+05:30Review- The Isapuram Tales by Anita Satyajit<p style="text-align: center;">Book 1- The Chameleon Effects and Other Stories</p><p style="text-align: center;">Book 2- Lights, Camera, Action and Other Stories </p><p style="text-align: center;"> <b>BOOK SUMMARY:</b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Book 2- </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">"Opposite game?" asked Diya. This sounded interesting. She was always interested in new games. So much fun!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Diya loves her family and friends, hates home-work, has a vivid imagination, gets into trouble, and thinks elders don't understand children! She is also super curious about everything. When her head and heart start buzzing with doubts or confusions, Diya heads straight to Baba for answers. After all, Baba is a spiritual teacher, the most respected man in Isapuram.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Lights, Camera, Action and other stories is a book about intuition, emotions, friendships, life and death. These short stories are based on the everyday lives of Diya, her friends, and their interactions with Baba.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">What are the invisible ears? What happens when Diya misunderstands Biju? Can Diya understand how to deal with anger? Read the book to know more!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1615125119l/57335271._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="318" height="470" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1615125119l/57335271._SX318_.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1599817259l/55298187._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="318" height="465" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1599817259l/55298187._SX318_.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release date: </b>July 15th 2020 and January 31st 2020</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>REVIEW: </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">What a joy it is to read children’s books!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">Author Anita Satyajit has truly created something heartwarming and enjoyable with her Isapuram Tales, stories packed with fun and some important life lessons. The kind of wisdom shared in this wonderful collection of short stories is something that takes years and years to understand. To have put it in a manner that is comfortable, easy and interesting for children is something Anita has excelled at. Even for adults like me, the two books in Isapuram Tales were a walk down memory lane, providing me a good couple of hours of escape from reality but in its beautiful way, telling me all about reality itself. Not a dull moment even once, the stories in this collection are packed with love, laughter, wisdom, lessons and friendship.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">Diya, like any kid, is a curious cat and wants to know all about the world. Luckily for her, the mystic Baba is her neighbour and is more than happy to impart his wisdom to the young minds. Baba’s character really stood out and was well done, in the sense that he seemed like someone we would all like to meet and know. Diya herself was a spark of positive and hopeful energy. With lessons about almost all the important things in life, explained in a way that is not only easy to understand, but also intriguing to read about, packed with some teasing and an easygoing adult-child friendship, Diya and Baba made for an amazing duo.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">The best part about buying these books is that the proceeds will go to charity, which speaks volumes about the author. I would highly recommend these books not just for the cause which is resin enough honestly, but these stories are gems that I see children cherishing and finding a home in.</span></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px;">*Note: A copy of this book was provided by Anita Satyajit in exchange for an honest review. We thank them.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Md7m6WaqKno/YSsNh6tXufI/AAAAAAAAKCY/GlhWBF7ilK8L61ubnH61zh1lHYHgolcDgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1023/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="1023" height="136" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Md7m6WaqKno/YSsNh6tXufI/AAAAAAAAKCY/GlhWBF7ilK8L61ubnH61zh1lHYHgolcDgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JyfTOvYLPKg/YSsNi9snfQI/AAAAAAAAKCc/ohJWqL-XeXUMZT6kg2uPR6DZnBWIWZ4awCLcBGAsYHQ/s337/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="337" height="141" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JyfTOvYLPKg/YSsNi9snfQI/AAAAAAAAKCc/ohJWqL-XeXUMZT6kg2uPR6DZnBWIWZ4awCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Readdictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097650583426983309noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034640484718978462.post-90139035284250642972021-08-29T09:52:00.003+05:302021-08-29T09:52:59.683+05:30Review- The People Tree by Beetashok Chatterjee<p style="text-align: center;"> <b>BOOK SUMMARY:</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span id="freeText3982415250446185814" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Do you want to read stories that will take you to places all over this country and to faraway lands? Do you also want to read stories that will take you back in time—decades, even centuries? Then you must taste the fruit of The People Tree. Here are fourteen stories for you, a veritable potpourri of tales, each different from the other in style and substance. From the Khalistan insurgency in Punjab to a glimpse of the Mumbai underworld. From a doomed love affair in Hyderabad to a mature gay relationship. From a lifelong friendship formed in unusual circumstances to the pangs of a schoolboy crush to robbing an art museum there is something in this collection for everybody. And more. Love, loss, survival, lust, deception, greed Beetashok Chatterjee has covered them all. And more.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1625815140l/58520123._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="300" height="475" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1625815140l/58520123._SY475_.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release date: </b>July 1st 2021</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Published by: </b>Readomania</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Page numbers: </b>192</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>REVIEW: </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">Author Beetashok Chatterjee’s second book, <i>The People Tree</i> - the first being Driftwood - is a collection of fourteen short stories. Firstly, the title of this collection is so apt and creative, just like it’s cover. For a book to have a catchy title and an attractive cover is already a huge plus. To add to it, however, the contents of this book are also brilliant, which is the cherry on the cake, making The People Tree a must read.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">While one story talks about a mature homosexual relationship, another talks about the relation between parents and children. Then there are stories about the Khalistan insurgence in Punjab and the 9/11 tragedy. Then there’s a story about heartbreak, one about gambling and another about a love that ended too soon. And these are only few of them. There are many more brilliant stories that are bound to keep the reader engrossed, escaping reality for a while.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">All the stories in this collection take the reader on a journey that explores the entire plethora of human emotions in a manner that is relatable, simple and heartwarming. Written in a language that is crisp, easygoing and flawless makes the book even better. The only drawback with this collection is that it is too short. Author Beetashok Chatterjee’s storytelling and writing are such that they make the reader want more. There’s something truly captivating about them.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">Overall, <i>The People Tree</i> is a lovely and brilliant collection that I see myself going back to at some point and highly recommend to all readers.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px;">*Note: A copy of this book was provided by Readomania in exchange for an honest review. We thank them.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8-wvxx3CaiM/YSsLd4sZ1XI/AAAAAAAAKCI/3_15afNgzQw1E4bXzYu784jqMMUMI-kPgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1023/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="1023" height="136" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8-wvxx3CaiM/YSsLd4sZ1XI/AAAAAAAAKCI/3_15afNgzQw1E4bXzYu784jqMMUMI-kPgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JEWGoizzPVo/YSsLfrorkII/AAAAAAAAKCM/HCeLrecuOnwgrJ4UCuzv6WrirXf0FQergCLcBGAsYHQ/s337/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="337" height="141" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JEWGoizzPVo/YSsLfrorkII/AAAAAAAAKCM/HCeLrecuOnwgrJ4UCuzv6WrirXf0FQergCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Readdictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097650583426983309noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034640484718978462.post-59788841014972402302021-08-29T09:43:00.003+05:302021-08-29T09:43:41.675+05:30Review- Beautiful Mess by Yuktha Asrani<p style="text-align: center;"> <b>BOOK SUMMARY:</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Whoever said you can’t have your cake and eat it too, had yet to meet Chirag Malhotra. Born into wealth and fame, Chirag has a life many could only dream of. Constantly on a winning streak with the ladies, Chirag is the most sought-after bachelor in Delhi. The unexpected strikes and Chirag is smitten from the moment a curly-haired hot mess steps out of a plane. Kajol is completely off-limits, but the sparks between them can melt glaciers.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Kajol Kapoor is down in the dumps, living a hard life in New York City. But a surprise thrown her way turns her life topsy-turvy. It just so happens that Kajol needs a favour and Chirag is more than happy to oblige. Chirag is her best friend’s brother. He is the one-man Kajol truly wants but knows she can’t have. She hopes to mask her insane attraction for him just like she had been doing in the past. As Kajol gets to know the real Chirag, she discovers there is more to the man behind the fat bank account and the Casanova image.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Would she complete her project with her heart intact, or would she give into temptation?</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1626430202l/58566496._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="475" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1626430202l/58566496._SY475_.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release date: </b>July 16th 2021</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Published by: </b>Self-published</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Page numbers: </b>306</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>REVIEW: </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">After reading and enjoying author Yuktha Asrani’s first novel, <i>Handcuffed to Love</i>, the sweet story of Saanvi and Sean, I was pretty excited to read her new one, <i>Beautiful Mess</i>. This book is the love story of Kajol and Chirag, Saanvi’s best friend and brother. The two obviously made an appearance in the first book, which- when I look back now- was just the right amount of tease for readers to be intrigued by their chemistry.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">Kajol is going through a rough patch when the news of her grandmother leaving her all property hits here out of nowhere. Keen on making something of this situation, she decides to travel to Delhi from New York to work on turning the house into a BnB, with the help of her best friend’s Saanvi’s brother, Chirag. From the sweet to the sizzling scenes, Kajol ans Chirag are an instant hit. Their story is full of everything that makes a romance novel work.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">Not as good as <i>Handcuffed to Love</i>, <i>Beautiful Mess</i>, in its own way, is a beautiful story of two wonderful people who take us through their amazing journey. While the book was slightly slow paced, all that was happening kind of made up for it by keeping the reader curious about what would follow. Not the biggest fan of romances, this one took me a while to finish and managed to keep me entertained. It was a good escape from reality!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px;">*Note: A copy of this book was provided by Yuktha Asrani in exchange for an honest review. We thank them.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-70Mmjl0mhU0/YSsJQkYVBMI/AAAAAAAAKB4/CphoVoIKEeUMryKBdaXuxv2g6XR4K9e9wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1023/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B3.5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="1023" height="137" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-70Mmjl0mhU0/YSsJQkYVBMI/AAAAAAAAKB4/CphoVoIKEeUMryKBdaXuxv2g6XR4K9e9wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B3.5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X_sjtIDxIZs/YSsJSAHlrvI/AAAAAAAAKB8/b7dswgNSnWABD5VDq29F4VkwOodUbnbYQCLcBGAsYHQ/s337/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="337" height="141" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X_sjtIDxIZs/YSsJSAHlrvI/AAAAAAAAKB8/b7dswgNSnWABD5VDq29F4VkwOodUbnbYQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Readdictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097650583426983309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034640484718978462.post-87845834210473661192021-07-31T16:53:00.000+05:302021-07-31T16:53:12.703+05:30Review- Love Thy Neighbour... Caught by Dimple Somji<p style="text-align: center;"> <b>BOOK SUMMARY:</b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">At the risk of sounding clichéd, we all want the same thing as the generations before us — love. And here’s a little secret — no generation ever knows what they want till they have it or have just lost it. Everyone is looking for the same thing: a deep and fulfilling relationship. No one can deny that the term “love” has completely changed definitions and meanings during the millennial generation. Love Thy Neighbour…Caught! is an innocent and untainted view of what love is and was Before Millennials and the transition of relationship between the spouses After Millennials! It is a poetic rendition of the journey of love and her beloved in the era of 1999- a love story without cellphones. This is a journey of two souls who have grown up together, living each day with utmost love, gratitude and neighbourliness (pun intended) for each other. It will journey you down to another place and time, when people Lived, not just existed. When couples fell asleep in the comfort of arms and not in the blue light of television playing Netflix. There are anecdotes from a personal love story spanning across a period of 20 years- a love that was modern enough to survive the times but old fashioned enough to last forever. It brings out love in its purest form – a love that survived all odds of an inter-caste marriage. A Hindu girl married a Muslim boy on the day of Christmas! Get a glimpse into the life of this rom com that will leave you inspired to believe in the magic of love, reveal secrets of a solid relationship and fill you with hope to write our own perfectly flawed love story! Through this debut book, the author is keen to keep her inbox and heart open, for you to share your love, your ambiguity about love and reach out for relationship advice. Come lose yourself in her world.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1627730364l/58666894._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="298" height="475" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1627730364l/58666894._SY475_.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release date: </b>July 20th 2021</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Published by: </b>Self Publishing</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Page numbers: </b>130</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>REVIEW: </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">A Hindu girl and a Muslim boy falling in love and getting married on Christmas sounded like a dramatic, fun and intriguing premise. When Dimple Somji sent me a copy of her book, it came with an adorable hand written note and a candy, which I thought was very touching and heartwarming. Little did I know that the book would be somewhat the same.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><i>Love Thy Neighbour… Caught</i> is Dimple’s real life love story with her husband Alnesh, which she decided to pen down and publish as a gift. It’s very much evident throughout the book which spans from anecdotes to poems to pictures that all of this comes from the heart. In a simple language, the errors in which were way to overlook, Dimple takes us with her on her journey of love and life, which is wonderful.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">This surely is a one of its kind book that could be the best gift anyone could for. Imagine your lover dedicating an entire book to your story! A short, simple, quick and sweet read, it took me barely two hours to finish this one which was a much needed break from reality. If looked at as a personal gift or recollection of memories, this one is sure to bring a smile to your face. The best part about <i>Love Thy Neighbour… Caught </i>is the little glimpses of hope and life lessons that come with it.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px;">*Note: A copy of this book was provided by Dimple Somji in exchange for an honest review. We thank them.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dSBcb6akRzY/YQUyae0WpOI/AAAAAAAAKBQ/L8zs691y-8AHB7rbdWS0XkTrDhIFOW-VwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1023/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="1023" height="148" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dSBcb6akRzY/YQUyae0WpOI/AAAAAAAAKBQ/L8zs691y-8AHB7rbdWS0XkTrDhIFOW-VwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nZL_DnEfEpM/YQUyfYXvHaI/AAAAAAAAKBU/nMworwV4_uQpgSg0PMdR0kqzyZs30niDQCLcBGAsYHQ/s337/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="337" height="141" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nZL_DnEfEpM/YQUyfYXvHaI/AAAAAAAAKBU/nMworwV4_uQpgSg0PMdR0kqzyZs30niDQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Readdictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097650583426983309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034640484718978462.post-89054212088533830862021-07-26T11:19:00.003+05:302021-07-26T11:22:09.450+05:30Cover Reveal- Twilight's Temptation by Shilpa Suraj<p> </p>
<p> </p><a href="https://www.b00kr3vi3ws.in/2021/07/twilights-temptation-cover-reveal.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="1024" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fGvKqrVBGWI/YPzGB4S1b7I/AAAAAAAAHsE/h_ZzTvgRm7AzothoXbmM-6nnY7R2sYwJQCPcBGAsYHg/s16000/Twilight%2527s%2BTemptation%2BBanner.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.b00kr3vi3ws.in/2021/07/twilights-temptation-cover-reveal.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2396" data-original-width="1601" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yGwdteOEDrI/YPzEODWDFJI/AAAAAAAAHro/XaZ_d7c5QfELNcRj8a3h8sbhSU6jA113wCPcBGAsYHg/w428-h640/Final-%2BTwilight%2BTemptation.jpg" width="428" /></a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The ace photographer and the supermodel, they should have been a match made in heaven. Instead, they fought like the demons of hell. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Complicated, surly, and sexy, Manav Apte was probably the only photographer who resented his muse. From the day he’d seen her, there had been no other. Unfortunately, she was the one woman he could never have. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Passionate, talented, and gorgeous, Diana Severes refused to give the temperamental ass behind the camera the satisfaction of knowing he got under her skin. It was, however, impossible not to notice him or his glowering disapproval that trailed her everywhere she went. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Their dislike and distrust of each other is legendary in the fashion industry and yet, the sparks that fly when they come together for work are enough to light the sets on fire. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Will the Golden Girl of India’s fashion scene be able to see beyond his hatred to the love he’s desperately trying to mask? And will the country’s most talented photographer realise that his true talent lies not in what he views through his lens but what he sees through the filter of his heart?</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />About the Author:</u></b></span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.b00kr3vi3ws.in/2021/07/twilights-temptation-cover-reveal.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_WWBMbzKnqw/X4xFjTTaYTI/AAAAAAAADfE/EwlcsyM7lnMPBAvVHvFkwh9f363Zo4-wwCPcBGAYYCw/w256-h320/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2020-10-14%2Bat%2B7.47.11%2BPM.jpeg" width="256" /></span></a></div><span><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />Shilpa Suraj wears many hats - corporate drone, homemaker, mother to a fabulous toddler and author.<br /><br />An avid reader with an overactive imagination, Shilpa has weaved stories in her head since she was a child. Her previous stints at Google, in an ad agency and as an entrepreneur provide colour to her present day stories, both fiction and non-fiction.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Contact the Author:<br /></u></b></span></span><b style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://shilpasuraj.com/" target="_blank">Website</a> * <a href="https://www.facebook.com/shilpasuraj/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> * <a href="https://twitter.com/shilpaauthor" target="_blank">Twitter</a> * <a href="https://www.instagram.com/shilpa.suraj/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> * <a href="http://eepurl.com/dt-Br9" target="_blank">Newsletter</a></span></b></p><p><b style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kSZC7o1ooL8/YP5NEbk9hbI/AAAAAAAAKBA/Fp6awT9Ogf4aZzjaLy4y3HOIc1mTJ6TEACLcBGAsYHQ/s337/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="337" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kSZC7o1ooL8/YP5NEbk9hbI/AAAAAAAAKBA/Fp6awT9Ogf4aZzjaLy4y3HOIc1mTJ6TEACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></p></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />The Readdictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097650583426983309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034640484718978462.post-5222489222520169972021-07-26T11:15:00.005+05:302021-07-26T11:21:55.225+05:30Review- Seeds to Stars by Raunak Mhetre<p style="text-align: center;"> <b>BOOK SUMMARY:</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Seeds to stars is a collection of poems, a concoction of thoughts put into beautiful verses ready to tickle the reader’s mind.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">It’s divided into four sections with poems which have something on offer for every type of reader.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">It has beautiful general poems, love and related thoughts, engaging and hard hitting poems and stories revolving around the sky.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">It’s a trip through my mind you need to take.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1627277142l/58631559._SY475_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1627277142l/58631559._SY475_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release date: </b>June 4th 2021</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Published by: </b>Notion Press</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Page numbers: </b>202</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>REVIEW: </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">When I first got to know that my student for a while Raunak has written a collection of poetry, I was quite looking forward to it, and the writer was kind to send me a copy of the book. As someone who is slowly getting into poetry, I was genuinely curious to know what this collection would hold and I must say that I was quite impressed.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">A collection of poetry, this book is systematically divided into four parts: Beautiful general poems, Love and related thoughts, Engaging and hard hitting poems and Cosmos and stories beyond. While each part is unique in its own way, I found the second and third parts to be extremely well thought of and expressed. Raunak’s writing, even with its simpleness or perhaps exactly because of that, manages to touch the right chord.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><i>Seeds to Stars</i> is straight from the heart with poems that are simple and relatable. These are the kind of poems that make you feel comfortable and connected with others, solving the purpose of sharing words. Definitely a poet to look out for, Raunak has heaps of potential and there’s quite a bunch to look forward to from him.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">To pack in so much emotion in one collection itself is quite a feat which Raunak has nailed quite well. If you are also trying to get into poetry, this one is surely a great read to start with</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: small;">.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px;">*Note: A copy of this book was provided by Raunak Mhetre in exchange for an honest review. We thank them.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5lTrhjLm2f4/YP5L8r1N6xI/AAAAAAAAKA4/ivigM_hT8xkmYPHLQHi_ScYI6IEA4nz_QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1023/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B3.5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="1023" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5lTrhjLm2f4/YP5L8r1N6xI/AAAAAAAAKA4/ivigM_hT8xkmYPHLQHi_ScYI6IEA4nz_QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B3.5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kSZC7o1ooL8/YP5NEbk9hbI/AAAAAAAAKBA/Fp6awT9Ogf4aZzjaLy4y3HOIc1mTJ6TEACLcBGAsYHQ/s337/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="337" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kSZC7o1ooL8/YP5NEbk9hbI/AAAAAAAAKBA/Fp6awT9Ogf4aZzjaLy4y3HOIc1mTJ6TEACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Readdictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097650583426983309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034640484718978462.post-15601233826922482452021-07-26T11:10:00.003+05:302021-07-26T11:21:39.772+05:30Review- Her Prince Charming by Sundari Venkatraman<p style="text-align: center;"> <b>BOOK SUMMARY:</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span id="freeText608566263852265120" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">It’s instantaneous attraction when Tanuja Bhatia from Delhi meets Raj Malhotra from Bombay at the Bombay Central Station.<br /><br />The mutual attraction soon blossoms into love over the next couple of meetings.<br /><br />Tanuja and her simple father fail to see the crisis brewing in their own home. Her not-so-nice stepmother Gurinder is totally against the idea of Tanuja meeting her Prince Charming which would make her step-sister Harpreet seriously envious. By the way, Harpreet’s main aim in life is to simply make her half-sister miserable.<br /><br />While Raj’s parents and Tanuja’s father try to arrange a marriage between the two with a help of a mutual friend, the evil stepmother comes up with a plan of her own—to marry her stepdaughter off to Sonu, a good-for-nothing idiot.<br /><br />Can Her Prince Charming lift Tanuja out of this life of drudgery and boredom and give her the happiness she deserves?<br /><br />*A prequel to THE MALHOTRA BRIDE</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1550134590l/44008513._SY475_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="268" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1550134590l/44008513._SY475_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release date: </b>March 2019</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Published by: </b>Flaming Ink</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>REVIEW: </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">Not a fan of romances, I had been seeing but not really wanting to read author Sundari Venkatraman’s books through Rubina Ramesh’s work for years now. When I started following and interacting with the author on Instagram and got to know how wonderful she is, I was curious to give her romances a go. Sundari ma’am was kind to offer me a copy of <i>Her Prince Charming</i>, which turned out to be a really good read that I devoured in two days.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">A classical romance set in Delhi and Bombay of 1970s, <i>Her Prince Charming</i> is the story of Tanuja, a beautiful girl who is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters. She then meets Raj Malhotra, the two fall in love and the rest, as they say, is history. A Cinderella like romance, I really enjoyed going back in time with this one. It was amazing to sit back and read about love the way I grew up knowing about it. There was something truly endearing about this story that made a non romance lover like me smile.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">Although there are quite a few instances in the book that would be considered problematic in today’s day and age, for the time it is set in, <i>Her Prince Charming</i>, above anything else, is a really good story and does its job wonderfully of helping the reader escape reality for a while. A sweet story with characters that make it both relatable and fun, I loved going back in time the most with this book.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">The small details like food, places in the two cities and clothes did not go unnoticed and added so much charm and beauty to this story. Author Sundari Venkatraman’s writing is simple and beautiful, just like her. I really enjoyed this book and am looking forward to reading- surprise surprise- more romances from her.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px;">*Note: A copy of this book was provided by Sundari Venkataraman in exchange for an honest review. We thank them.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OD0Z8dyHNrI/YP5KvHU7nuI/AAAAAAAAKAw/FuVfq-1EN308VWINEy-ThPpaxDzWdeceQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1023/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="1023" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OD0Z8dyHNrI/YP5KvHU7nuI/AAAAAAAAKAw/FuVfq-1EN308VWINEy-ThPpaxDzWdeceQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kSZC7o1ooL8/YP5NEbk9hbI/AAAAAAAAKBA/Fp6awT9Ogf4aZzjaLy4y3HOIc1mTJ6TEACLcBGAsYHQ/s337/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="337" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kSZC7o1ooL8/YP5NEbk9hbI/AAAAAAAAKBA/Fp6awT9Ogf4aZzjaLy4y3HOIc1mTJ6TEACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Readdictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097650583426983309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034640484718978462.post-35535390829485095152021-07-26T11:04:00.001+05:302021-07-26T11:20:20.401+05:30Review- Unburied: A Collection of Queer Dark Stories by Rebecca Rowland<p style="text-align: center;"> <b>BOOK SUMMARY:</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">An asteroid miner recovering from an accident learns that the cure might be scarier than the trauma. A man discovers a mirror in an antiques shop that allows its gazers to climb inside and visit paradise. A teenager is haunted by the memory of a strange boy who appeared in his bedroom when he was a child. A future pandemic survivor is forced to make a terrible sacrifice in order to save the world's gay male population. A cult survivor sees a man who reminds him of someone from the past and begins to lose a bit of his hard-earned control. An entity that exhibits characteristics of both angel and vampire tells its peculiar story to an anonymous confessor and potential lover in the shadows of an LGBTQ club.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> Silent film actresses who haunt a Hollywood Hills mansion, mysterious beings who lurk in the closet, and witches who may or may not live under the bed: these and many other dark fiction entities from this twisted box of curiosities come together to serve the reader a cornucopia of chilling horror, sci-fi terror, and dark fantasy. In a bloody twist on the antiquated trope of "burying the gays,” sixteen established and award-winning genre fiction scribes from around the globe, including Felice Picano (Lambda Award nominee and co-founder of The Violet Quill), Greg Herren (Lambda Award winner and co-founder of the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival), Daniel M. Jaffe (Rainbow Award and American Fiction Prize finalist), and Thomas Kearnes (2019 Lambda Award nominee), put forth a dazzling array of creature features, shadow fables, and dreadful delusions spotlighting LGBTQ+ characters. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> Prepare to unearth your deepest nightmares.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1611694737l/56850615.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="494" height="400" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1611694737l/56850615.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release date: </b>June 1st 2021</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Published by: </b>Dark Ink</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Page numbers: </b>280</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>REVIEW: </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">A collection of queer dark fiction sounded right up my alley and super intriguing. To top it all of, <i>Unburied</i> is a collection of short stories that are just the perfect length and still manage to pack in heaps of action, which works perfectly. From supernatural, psychological, science fiction and paranormal horror to dark fantasy to ghost stories to psychological thrillers, this collection has something for all taste buds and each story is unique, spooky and shudder in its own way.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">While it took me a while to really get into the collection as a whole, there are many stories that I know are going to stay with me for a long time to come. I did consider mentioning them, only to realise it’s more than half of them, so I will let the titles pass. The reason I picked up this book is because it has a not so surprisingly astonishing short story by my all time favourite writer, Azzurra Nox.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">Overall, this collection is packed with engrossing and spine-chilling stories that are so well written and narrated that you will definitely want more. If you’re into horror and psychological thrillers, this is the perfect book for you. To come up with a horror stories collection that is queer only is a brilliant idea and in this case, it was executed astoundingly.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">Another point worth mentioning is that this collection is really an eye-opener in a way in that it takes up serious issues like domestic violence in same sex relationships and mental illnesses in manner that’s implicit but still makes one ponder and in turn, probably serving its purpose in the first place.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px;">*Note: A copy of this book was provided by Rebecca Rowland in exchange for an honest review. We thank them.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2l0CHGmg90A/YP5I-xDMAMI/AAAAAAAAKAo/JSxqVJ4JOf4cWIHp0YYHPxL8jlfSUs0zACLcBGAsYHQ/s1023/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="1023" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2l0CHGmg90A/YP5I-xDMAMI/AAAAAAAAKAo/JSxqVJ4JOf4cWIHp0YYHPxL8jlfSUs0zACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kSZC7o1ooL8/YP5NEbk9hbI/AAAAAAAAKBA/Fp6awT9Ogf4aZzjaLy4y3HOIc1mTJ6TEACLcBGAsYHQ/s337/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="337" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kSZC7o1ooL8/YP5NEbk9hbI/AAAAAAAAKBA/Fp6awT9Ogf4aZzjaLy4y3HOIc1mTJ6TEACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Readdictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097650583426983309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034640484718978462.post-23701327936016772732021-07-04T21:30:00.001+05:302021-07-04T21:30:00.208+05:30Release Blitz- Loving You by Andaleeb Wajid<p> </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.b00kr3vi3ws.in/2021/06/oving-you-destination-weddings-6.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="1024" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GpfxoCIQb58/YNcoIfNSwoI/AAAAAAAAHoM/FzoVmKx7HMAiKTMqCEZUCqZonMvqN_NrQCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h200/Loving%2BYou%2BBanner%2B1.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Hamza Ali is ready to get married, fall in love and live happily ever after. The only problem is, he's about to marry one woman but falls in love with another... So how will he find his happily ever after?<br /><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.b00kr3vi3ws.in/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8l-H8iTXn5Q/YNcoZzTwOPI/AAAAAAAAHoU/2EYUhElpx5ASndVPL9LBY6RzIcY7AWquACPcBGAsYHg/s320/LovingYou.jpeg" /></a><br />After watching his brother's disastrous love marriage fall to pieces, Hamza decides that the only marriage for him is an arranged one. In Mahrukh, his family finds him the perfect bride. But while Mahrukh may be the perfect bride, it's her divorced aunt Noorain who is the perfect woman for him.<br />Noorain Alam has never loved or been loved. Until the day her niece gets engaged to a man who is completely out of her reach and yet, he's everything she never knew she wanted.<br />Blindsided by the strength of emotion they feel for each other, Noorain and Hamza find themselves in a battle for their happiness. But will love win? Or will family and duty stand in its way?</p><p><br /><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Book Links:</u></b></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58429909-loving-you" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> * <a href="https://amzn.to/3h6bAHn" target="_blank">Amazon.in</a> * <a href="https://amzn.to/3qqlfwS" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a><br /><br /></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.b00kr3vi3ws.in/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="3599" data-original-width="4445" height="324" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jfTSvVFbJTs/YNcyIpSDSKI/AAAAAAAAHps/RCMQdFm1JoARygbA6jcxHFes1meo0HbRACPcBGAsYHg/w400-h324/Loving%2BYou%2BGraphic%2B4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u>Read an Excerpt from Loving You</u></span></h2><br /><p></p><p>Noorain Alam was annoyed. She was in fact hopping mad. But she kept a smile on her face as she said goodbye to her employees Kamala and Mona who would be locking up the boutique after she left. She glanced at herself in the full-length mirror in the foyer once and shrugged. She didn’t really care what she looked like but she knew that she had to be at least presentable or she wouldn’t hear the end of it. </p><p>For Haniya Apa, being presentable meant wearing at least half a kilo of gold. Noorain shuddered as she thought of her gold jewellery lying in her locker in the bank. It would stay there forever if she had anything to do with it. She left the boutique and got into her car and took a deep breath as she glanced down at herself once more. </p><p>The long peacock blue kaftan type kurta that she had paired with white leggings was stylish but if Haniya Apa’s in-laws were at home, that meant they would certainly look down at her and make faces. She was just going to have to deal with it, she thought as she started the car. </p><p>What’s the big hurry in getting Mahrukh married anyway, she thought. They could easily wait for another two years at least. The girl just finished her studies last year. Who gets married at 22 for god’s sakes? </p><p>Dumb chicks like herself who got steamrolled into doing what parents wanted, she thought. They got married so early. She rolled her eyes when she remembered her own ill-fated and short marriage that took place right after her 21st birthday. </p><p>She switched on some music and tried to keep all the negative thoughts at bay. Tonight, she was going to talk to Mahrukh and ask her if this was what she really wanted. </p><p>Let them do what they want. It’s none of your business.</p><p>She shushed the thought away. No. It was her duty to ensure that her niece was happy. That she wasn’t being forced into something she didn’t want. There had been no one looking out for her when she got married 8 years ago. And when she had got divorced, everyone was ready to blame her for it. </p><p>Mahrukh and she had been like siblings, rather than aunt and niece, but in the past few years, there had been a distance between them. Noorain wondered if it was because of her father’s family who didn’t like her at all. Had they influenced her to stay away from her? Still, she was going to try her best and reconnect with her, she decided. </p><p>She reached home soon enough and drove the car inside the basement parking. Maybe if she lingered a little, she would catch the tail end of the visit. But then, even if the boys’ side who had come to see Mahrukh left, she would still have to contend with Haniya Apa’s in-laws who would have turned up in full strength. </p><p>Oh, what the hell, she thought irritably as she got down from the car and made her way to the lift. She wondered if she would have time to hop into her own apartment and quickly shower but decided against it. Better to just face the firing squad right away. </p><p>Minutes later, she entered the apartment and looked around quickly. There were no men here, which meant that Arshad Bhaijan must have taken them to his office. So that left the ladies who had come to see Mahrukh. Warily, she walked into one of the inner living rooms and stopped at the threshold.</p><p>She could almost feel her skin break out into hives when she saw the number of women there, all dressed in iridescent colours. Smiling, she stepped inside and several women stiffened. To her credit, Haniya Apa welcomed her inside. If she had so much as flinched, she knew that Noorain would never step inside her home again. </p><p>‘This is my younger sister, Noorain,’ she said, leading her to two women who were seated on the sofa. Noorain tried to hide her surprise when she saw them. They were not dressed in flashy colours and neither were they dripping with jewellery. The older woman looked at her, eyes wide and she smiled. The younger woman was very pretty and she too smiled at her. </p><p>‘Sit, talk to them while I get Mahrukh,’ Haniya Apa said to her. </p><p>‘You sure about that?’ Noorain asked through the side of her mouth. </p><p>Haniya Apa rolled her eyes and walked away briskly, and two of her relatives got up from their sofas and followed her outside. Noorain sat down, not sure what to say or talk to Mahrukh’s potential in-laws. Small talk was the bane of her life. </p><p>‘Are you married, beta?’ the older woman asked. Great. </p><p>There was a slight embarrassed cough from the other sofa. God. These people behaved like a divorced woman was something to be ashamed about. </p><p>‘No, Aunty,’ Noorain replied. ‘I was. But I’m not any longer.’</p><p>The younger woman looked at her in surprise even as the older woman’s eyes widened as she understood what that meant. ‘I’m Ghazal,’ she said. </p><p>‘What a pretty name,’ Noorain remarked with a smile on her face. She liked this girl for some reason. There was something very pleasant and non-judgmental about her demeanour.</p><p>‘Noorain is a pretty name too,’ Ghazal said. </p><p>‘In school, I used to get teased a lot,’ Noorain said with a smile. ‘I contemplated changing my name almost every month, back then whenever I heard kids sing Noorain, Noorain, go away, come again another day.’</p><p>Ghazal grinned and was about to say something when Haniya Apa had returned, this time with Mahrukh in tow. Noorain looked at her niece, a little exasperated. Mahrukh was pretty and had delicate features but was easily swayed and didn’t have enough determination or grit. </p><p>Right now, one of Haniya Apa’s relatives was holding her back in such a way that her head was bent low. Anger surged through Noorain but she controlled herself as the woman led Mahrukh towards the sofa and helped her sit down. Mahrukh was dressed in a royal pink ghagra with a deep green trim. She looked like a bride already, especially with all the jewellery. </p><p>Noorain stepped away from there, even as introductions were made, although Mahrukh was expected to act like she was a mannequin. Ghazal bent low and tried to talk to her but Mahrukh just replied with a shake of her head or she nodded. </p><p>Ghazal and her mother-in-law exchanged a look with each other and smiled and Noorain knew then, that there was no way they would reject Mahrukh. She probably ticked all their mental checkboxes. But she looked forward to meeting Ghazal again, she realised, when after sometime Mahrukh was led away, back like a sweet little lamb to the slaughter. </p><p>Noorain lingered near the door, when Arwa who was Haniya Apa’s sister-in-law turned to her. ‘Don’t get too friendly with them, okay? We don’t want to spoil our family’s reputation unnecessarily.’</p><p>Bristling, Noorain straightened up but decided not to retort. Most of the women in Haniya Apa’s family couldn’t bear the sight of her. Not only was she divorced, she was also an independent woman and she didn’t look like she needed any man in her life. What’s more, before their father passed away, he had gifted Noorain an apartment of her own in this building. So she had her own place as well. </p><p>She was a far cry from the other women who seemed to enjoy being simpering and helpless, letting their men take care of them. </p><p>She was snapped out of her uncharitable thoughts when Ghazal turned to her as they were leaving. ‘It was nice meeting you,’ she said. </p><p>‘Same here,’ Noorain replied, beaming at her. ‘I have a boutique on Wheeler Road. Maybe you’d like to come and visit?’</p><p>‘Oh I’d love to. But I hope you’re open on the weekends? I have work during the week,’ Ghazal replied. </p><p>Noorain was surprised. Ghazal worked? She had an actual job? </p><p>‘Yes, we’re open on weekends too,’ she said warmly, as she pulled out a business card from her handbag and handed it to her. She could sense the judgmental looks from women like Arwa and the others, and ignoring them, she smiled at Ghazal. ‘I hope to see you soon!’</p><p><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>About the Author:<br /></u></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.b00kr3vi3ws.in/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1202" data-original-width="1800" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jH-1Y7_c7m0/YNcrzU2bwDI/AAAAAAAAHow/P_Ky9AI_JHELt-UoxPJugdwYYjcsUB3xQCPcBGAsYHg/s320/Andaleeb%2BWajid%2BAuthor%2BPic.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Andaleeb Wajid is the author of 27 published novels and she writes across different genres such as romance, YA and horror. Her horror novel It Waits was shortlisted at Mami Word to Screen 2017 and her Young Adult series, The Tamanna Trilogy has been optioned for screen by a reputed production house. Andaleeb's novel When She Went Away was shortlisted for The Hindu Young World Prize in 2017. Andaleeb is a hybrid author who has self-published more than 10 novels in the past two years.<p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Andaleeb on the Web:</u></b></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AndaleebWajid/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> * <a href="https://twitter.com/andaleebwajid" target="_blank">Twitter</a> * <a href="https://www.instagram.com/andaleebwajid/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> * <a href="https://andaleebwajid.substack.com/" target="_blank">Newsletter</a></b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sXs0YWfOsw4/YN_nK8aHSSI/AAAAAAAAJ-w/n9KjpIE0Kd0u6PK2PojX-1DLCzOyBq1ZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s337/New_Sign-_Sarika.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="337" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sXs0YWfOsw4/YN_nK8aHSSI/AAAAAAAAJ-w/n9KjpIE0Kd0u6PK2PojX-1DLCzOyBq1ZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/New_Sign-_Sarika.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div>The Readdictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097650583426983309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034640484718978462.post-11300135082512978442021-07-03T10:18:00.001+05:302021-07-03T10:18:13.887+05:30Review: That's True, I Love Her by Priyanka M.A. Singh<p style="text-align: center;"> <b>BOOK SUMMARY:</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Hardly anyone ever understood where they will find love and what face will it carry. That’s True, I Love Her, the deal is a modern love story tale takes you from the heart of Hyderabad all the way to Thailand where Ammara is trying very hard to forget her boyfriend. Little does she know that after coming back to India, her life will never be the same.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">That’s True, I Love Her will leave you wanting more when Ammara will realize her true sexual nature.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Spread across three novels and 2 different countries, That’s True, I Love Her tells the story of love, LGBT constraints in India, and how strong love is all you need to fight against all odds.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1604401765l/55844901._SX318_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="318" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1604401765l/55844901._SX318_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release date: </b>August 1st 2020</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Published by: </b>Kalamos Literary Services LLP</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>REVIEW: </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">Coming across a female/ female romance by an Indian author had me sigh in relief as it’s often the L part of LGBTQIA+ that gets ignored. While the book cover isn’t exactly impressive, just knowing that it’s something refreshing was enough, which is the reason why I decided to pick up <i>That’s True, I Love Her</i>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">While there were many recurring errors in the language, author Priyanka M. A. Singh’s writing is easy to follow and understand, which automatically makes it accessible to a wider audience and that’s a huge advantage because it comes with a really simple message and that is: love is love. The story itself seemed to focus more on a holiday that the protagonist goes on, rather than the development of a same sex couple relationship, which wasn’t undesirable. A deeper look into the ways of the heart would have been better.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">The standout in this book was the portrayal of a few other relationships, like the one between the main character and her parents and her friends Abraham and Shekhar, which, as a same sex relationship, was extremely well done. The scenes from a holiday in Thailand brought back many memories of the gorgeous country, which is always a plus.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Not exactly a unique or even great read, <i>That’s True, I Love Her</i> comes with the promise of more, so that’s definitely something to look forward to. An easy quick read, this book has to be applauded for talking about love in the simplest manner, just the way it should be</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uBt4b5U0pfw/YN_r06xaHtI/AAAAAAAAJ_Y/kKGM0ke1ricf9EMHa4Zc6MOymKFxy1hCACLcBGAsYHQ/s1023/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="1023" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uBt4b5U0pfw/YN_r06xaHtI/AAAAAAAAJ_Y/kKGM0ke1ricf9EMHa4Zc6MOymKFxy1hCACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w7ODp_u7Y5g/YN_r1oD8GPI/AAAAAAAAJ_c/GUkeUJHBaAIiDMwMX9xERIkRpb6gMoY7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s337/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="337" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w7ODp_u7Y5g/YN_r1oD8GPI/AAAAAAAAJ_c/GUkeUJHBaAIiDMwMX9xERIkRpb6gMoY7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div></div>The Readdictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097650583426983309noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034640484718978462.post-78365084425509048042021-07-03T10:13:00.002+05:302021-07-03T10:13:30.813+05:30Review: Catch Me 'Cause I'm Falling by Rathnakumar Raghunath<p style="text-align: center;"> <b>BOOK SUMMARY:</b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Catch Me 'Cause I'm Falling</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Digital Pride Series by Rathnakumar Raghunath</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Lately, everything was making Abhi cry. He was kicked out of class for showing up drunk. His parents were getting a divorce. And to make matters worse, Shray, his boyfriend of two years, told him it was over between them.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">From Rathnakumar Raghunath, the author of Elevator, comes a new piece of Flash Fiction just in time for Pride Month.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1624651476l/58424741._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="297" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1624651476l/58424741._SY475_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release date: </b>June 25th 2021</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Page numbers: </b>9</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>REVIEW: </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table border="0" cellspacing="1" class="myActivity" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="readable reviewText" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;">With relatable characters, simple yet brilliant writing and a story that’s emotional and adorable, <i>Catch Me ‘Cause I’m Falling</i> by Rathnakumar Raghunath is a quick read that is guaranteed to leave you feeling warm and hopeful.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q0NXrjR3LOo/YN_qzgi1DnI/AAAAAAAAJ_I/tFtI1qZh3V4iaTpREnZYMEtenOu6SCc6gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1023/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="1023" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q0NXrjR3LOo/YN_qzgi1DnI/AAAAAAAAJ_I/tFtI1qZh3V4iaTpREnZYMEtenOu6SCc6gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1TcEpc85r_M/YN_q1I_KcWI/AAAAAAAAJ_M/bEVxbQQSB84vsBpb7iyvIpIMziVoOw8TACLcBGAsYHQ/s337/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="337" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1TcEpc85r_M/YN_q1I_KcWI/AAAAAAAAJ_M/bEVxbQQSB84vsBpb7iyvIpIMziVoOw8TACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div>The Readdictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097650583426983309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034640484718978462.post-24686702169553082752021-07-03T10:04:00.003+05:302021-07-03T10:04:38.492+05:30Review: Retrouve-moi ce soir (Meet Me Tonight) by Florian Parent<div style="text-align: center;"><b>BOOK SUMMARY:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Une romance science-fiction moderne.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Et si rêver était la plus belle chose qu'ils avaient à vivre ? Une histoire d'amour hors du temps qui dépasse les frontières du rêve et les barrières de leur confinement.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Lior est un jeune Californien qui consomme l’amour en swipant sur son smartphone, à la recherche du coup de foudre. Suite à la pandémie du Covid-19, il décide de partir avec ses amis au Lake Tahoe le temps du confinement.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Quelques semaines plus tard, un midi, Lior leur raconte un rêve très étrange qu’il a fait. Étrange dans le sens beaucoup trop réaliste. Dans son rêve, il rencontre Julian, un homme brun et très séduisant. Une rencontre digne d’un film. Le genre de rencontre dont il fantasme depuis toujours, et bien plus excitante qu’un match sur une application dans la vraie vie. Mais, malgré son excitation, son réveil mit fin à son rêve et à sa romance avec Julian.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Ce qu’il ne sait pas encore, c’est que ce rêve n’est que le début d’une longue histoire.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1615897467l/57431527._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="297" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1615897467l/57431527._SY475_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release date: </b>March 2021</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>REVIEW: </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">When I first came across <i>Retrouve-moi ce soir</i>, I was quite intrigued by the whole idea of a French novel set in San Francisco during the COVID-19 global lockdown of 2020. Author Florian Parent was kind to offer me a copy of his book, which I read in French but to make the review accessible to the majority of you, it’s going to be in English.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">The pandemic and the lockdown which followed have been quite a rollercoaster for almost all of us, which is what made this book a relatable and heartwarming one. There was a sense of reassurance in knowing that although we all live in different parts of the world, emotionally, we’re all more or less the same and we go through similar experiences which connect us in a way even technology can’t.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">Divided into three parts, the first two parts of <i>Retrouve-moi ce soir</i> are dedicated to a third person narration from the points of view of our protagonists Lior and Dorian, who dream of meeting their soulmate in a manner that seems real and super adorable. In the last part of the book, and this is where the science fiction aspect which I was apprehensive about, comes into the picture in the simplest, most brilliant manner. From confusion regarding lockdown announcements to work from home scenes to trying to make the most of the quarantine period to online sessions to experimenting with cooking and yoga, there was so much in this book that brought back memories of 2020- the nice ones, mind you. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">Florian Parent, with his true to life characters, endearing storytelling and impressive writing, has managed to create a lovely space for this book not only on the shelves of readers but in their hearts as well. An adorable, heartwarming and simply great read, <i>Retrouve-moi ce soir</i> is written in a simple, straightforward manner that left me with a smile on my face and a peaceful warmth in my heart</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px;">*Note: A copy of this book was provided by Florian Parent in exchange for an honest review. We thank them.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0qNnYisHcdE/YN_orVMTOMI/AAAAAAAAJ-4/E6ltDpy5uu8OFNO4dhBSJ5AU2r_WA3ZmwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1023/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="1023" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0qNnYisHcdE/YN_orVMTOMI/AAAAAAAAJ-4/E6ltDpy5uu8OFNO4dhBSJ5AU2r_WA3ZmwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y5KosYz9r6M/YN_osgp5BxI/AAAAAAAAJ-8/iYX53mEukLsGwqwVRPbTnFb2muQLnOLmwCLcBGAsYHQ/s337/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="337" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y5KosYz9r6M/YN_osgp5BxI/AAAAAAAAJ-8/iYX53mEukLsGwqwVRPbTnFb2muQLnOLmwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Readdictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097650583426983309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034640484718978462.post-14797815573651441802021-05-22T10:35:00.003+05:302021-05-22T10:35:27.142+05:30Review- The Woman Who Saved My Life by Himanshu Goel<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58112769-the-woman-who-saved-my-life"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Woman Who Saved My Life on Goodreads</span></b></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1621607120l/58112769._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="302" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1621607120l/58112769._SY475_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release date: </b>May 11th 2021</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>REVIEW: </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">Having previously read Himanshu Goel’s <i>A Rational Boy in Love</i>, I was quite looking forward to reading more from the writer. I had found his <i>A Rational Boy in Love</i> to be simple yet profound and relatable yet otherworldly all at once. His latest, <i>The Woman Who Saved My Life</i> was just as lovely as his previous work- if not more, and that consistency itself is worth applauding.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">Not an unique story by any means, <i>The Woman Who Saved My Life</i> is told in a manner that’s quite unique and intriguing. Using poetry to tell an entire story is quite a feat that the young writer has nailed brilliantly. This is the book that gives you a warm and cozy feeling. In spite of taking up the delicate topic of suicide, the book leaves you feeling content, with a ray of hope.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">Within barely 150 pages that would take an average reader hardly an hour or so to finish the book, Himanshu Goel has managed to pack in emotions, nostalgia, dreams, love and hope in this lovely read. And all this with words that are not just easy to follow but absolutely astounding to read, <i>The Woman Who Saved My Life</i> is a great read.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">Definitely a promising young writer, Himanshu Goel’s poetry has managed to find a place in my heart and hopefully the next that’s to come from him will be just as superb.</span></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px;">*Note: A copy of this book was provided by Himanshu Goel in exchange for an honest review. We thank them.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cDlY41g9DR8/YKiRAcpp9JI/AAAAAAAAJ6Y/RQIr6SKXYn0I_OJ2NUdCClNCnOYZmaUWQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1023/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="1023" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cDlY41g9DR8/YKiRAcpp9JI/AAAAAAAAJ6Y/RQIr6SKXYn0I_OJ2NUdCClNCnOYZmaUWQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Cream%2BRating%2B-%2B4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w3oaDoIjA1g/YKiRA8cmMWI/AAAAAAAAJ6c/MLBWJWbUBc4unwp37W3B_CRjigXOVQ5-ACLcBGAsYHQ/s337/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="337" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w3oaDoIjA1g/YKiRA8cmMWI/AAAAAAAAJ6c/MLBWJWbUBc4unwp37W3B_CRjigXOVQ5-ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/New%2BSign-%2BSarika.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Readdictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097650583426983309noreply@blogger.com1