Top Ten Quotes + Giveaway(IN Only)- Hooked, Lined & Single by Rashmi Kumar

Hey guys! :)

Today we have with us Rashmi who is sharing her top ten best quotes from her newest novel Hooked, Lined & Single. There is also a giveaway where 3 lucky Indian readers have a chance to win a copy of the book for themselves. So do keep reading!

Summary-

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask god, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night' so you're a woman, you're 30-something and living in India? So what's the big deal about it? Well, if you're all of the above and still unmarried or married previously and you just don't seem to find the "right" man, you suddenly acquire a tragically special status as being cynical, demanding, impractical and chronically single or ambitious. In Hooked, Lined & Single, Alafia Singh meets a similar fate on her journey to find a husband using somewhat more traditional methods.

Buy the book-

Amazon   Flipkart   Crossword

About the author-

Rashmi Kumar is a professional journalist who worked for leading newspapers in India before moving to Canada in 2012. Here, she was chosen as the Writer-in-Exile in 2013 to showcase her Indian literary work to the Canadian audience. This is her second book after Stilettos in the Newsroom.

Blog   Facebook   Twitter   Goodreads

Top Ten best Quotes from Hooked, Lined & Single

1. For men, and most men, sex is a process of bodily pleasure. It could be true for women too, but in many cases, women like me surrender completely either to make their man feel good or because they're so blown away by the man's glamour, sagacity or rich (at times wealthy) lineage, that what follows in order to balance out that fatal attraction is sex.

2. To say that I looked ghostly was not true but I did come easy. I modified myself according to what my current man wanted.

3. I believed in it--karma--but that it'd ever apply on me, I'd hardly imagined!

4. "Nothing happens by chance; it is your karma working to teach you what you need to experience."

5. Of course, I needn't fuss over getting married and no one held me by the gunpoint to tie the quintessential knot either, but still I needed to be married. 

6. Now if I were to go down on my knees and say sorry to each one of them, would they find me a man to marry?

7. "Don't you know that you should never date or marry an author because she'll fictionalize everything? She'll write about things you have done to her, or things you never did for her."

8. And with each passing birthday, as the number of candles increase on your chocolate truffle cake, you can feel it within your gut that your confidence has taken an equally sharp dive. 

9. "So when you date someone, that's your boyfriend right?"

10. So sex is important. Period. And I didn't want to hide or run away from it by faking that I can do without sex. I can't.

Giveaway-

Rashmi has been generous enough to offer THREE copies of Hooked, Lined & Single to three lucky INDIAN readers. 

Enter by filling the rafflecopter below or go here.

May the odds be ever in your favor!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thank you so much Rashmi and everyone!
Happy reading :)

Review- Hooked by Liz Fichera

Summary-

When Native American Fredricka ‘Fred’ Oday is invited to become the only girl on the school’s golf team, she can’t say no. This is an opportunity to shine, win a scholarship and go to university, something no one in her family has done. 

But Fred’s presence on the team isn’t exactly welcome — especially not to rich golden boy Ryan Berenger, whose best friend was kicked off the team to make a spot for Fred.

But there’s no denying that things are happening between the girl with the killer swing and the boy with the killer smile...

GET HOOKED ON A GIRL NAMED FRED.

Review-

Hooked is a book which I really wanted to like. With its gorgeous cover and to the point summary it seemed to be the perfect young adult read. Even though it kinda reminded me of Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally, it seemed to look really good. I badly wanted to see how Ryan and Fred would clash and then end up falling for each other. Sadly it did not live up to my expectations. It turned out to be just an okay read.

Fred, our heroine whose actual name is Fredricka Oday was a lovely girl. She was shy and sweet yet determined. Golf, which had started out as an escape for her from her dreaded home life soon turned to be her passion where she could just be herself. She was focused on her game. And she was really good at it. That is why she gets picked to be on the boys golf team. Another thing I really liked about her was that she wasn't whiny or a drama queen. She worked with what she got.

Then we have Ryan. Him I really didn't like. He was spineless. He should have stood up for himself and for Fred to his friends Seth and Gwynth, but he didn't. He had to apologize for his actions, or lack thereof one too many times for me to actually like him. He does kinda redeem himself towards the end of the book but then that too didn't make me like him that much. He could have been a much better person towards Fred if he's just thought about it.

The cover though gorgeous is misleading because there is not a single steamy scene in the book. There is very little romance actually and I would have loved to see more of a development in Fred and Ryan's relationship. We get very little real time between the two of them. The remainder of the book goes in misunderstandings and jealousies.The book definitely has enough of angst and drama to keep you occupied.

Hooked goes between Ryan and Fred's point of view. I liked Fred's way of thinking. I had no knowledge of Native Americans so I enjoyed learning about their culture and ways. That was what made the book different and unique. It deals with issues like racism and it was handled well. If not for some of the characters I would have enjoyed this book loads more. Hooked was an okay young adult book. It doesn't have any major flaws as such but it just doesn't grab you in.