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Book - Oasis In the Desert and Other Stories Author - Arushi Vats  Book length - 68 This is a collection of total nine short stories. These fictional tales are four to five pages long with a decorative title. The content in them are actually very simple but heart warming that based on different phases of our lives .  They revolve around nuances of emotions that are sprinkled in relatable day to day life situations. Few are very simple and I was looking for more in them and some were intricately woven and I connected with them . They touched the hues of longing , different shades of love ramging from romantic to parental , faith , letting go of the past , melancholic vibes , death to finding hope to again restart your life.  Coming to the story of Dadu , I actually loved it. It shows the intricacy of children's  emotions for their grandparents. It was also heart breaking. I liked the title story . Somewhere though it talked about what Nilakshi ...

LOVE AND LIFE  is a non-fiction read of 25 pages long  basically targeted towards the young generation who are considered post millennials or Generation Z . The purpose is to remind them Love is paramount and the  answer to a happy life.  Here love is not limited to romantic one but an universal one.The pages are high quality glossy prints.Each chapter is only one to two pages long.⁣It starts with SELF LOVE and it's impotance and truly it is need of the hour when many are forgetting it .  Here Mr.Joshua Francis Fernando tells us , we shall appreciate ourselves and let go of self doubting .  Next he tells if we cultivate compassion and reduce hatred, medicines won't be needed, it can control health disorders .  I think it is somewhat true but medical suppliments are also essential as per the need  besides having a healthy lifestyle.A calmer mind reduces the intensity of many health disorders and keeps our bodily ...

Wow !! Finished reading The Silent Patient  ! It is a psychological thriller and didnot loose it's grip on my mind till the very end.It was just perfectly paced and yes I loved the narration part. Completely smooth with its easy language usage that kept me feeling comfortable while gliding through the story that's just spread over 330 pages .  The way it  started and with its turns keeping me on the edge , I absolutely didnot expect that twisted  ending ! It was fantastic !  I also watched the movie Shutter Island few days ago so yeah somewhere my mind was constantly evaluating every twist and trying to find connection . I loved the narration so much ! I mean I wish the book would not have ended so fast haha ,  but at the same time wanted to know the results as quickly as possible  . I feel disappointed, I couldnot find any other books of the author Mr.Alex Michaelides yet .  About the story , Alicia married for seven years was once a...

I Don't Need Reasons , I Need You 'by Mr.Avinash Meshram is a story of two college students of IIT Bombay, Ekansh and Shalini. Ekansh belongs to a middle class family and very mindful of his expenses and concerned about his future. He is extremely career conscious and doesn’t believe or has no time for love. But he is fine with occasional flings and hook-ups.Whereas, Shalini is contrasting to him.  She believes in true love and awaits for ‘The One’. She also believes that she has already found that person ( which is not Ekansh )  who is in another  IIT.  Shalini clearly mentions Ekansh has no chance with her anyway. But years later how will life conspire to cross their paths again with each other. What will make Ekansh believe in love? How will Shalini realize who is 'The One' ? ⁣ ⁣ This book would be liked by young readers who are into contemporary YA romance books.An emotionally engaging plot which will be enjoyed by love story l...

An Unquenchable Excess of Love by Anjutha  Ranganathan  is a collection of plethora of plethora of poems , proses , one liners and few illustrations. ⁣ ⁣ There are total three parts which describe the author's emotions while swimming through each phase of being in romantic love.⁣ ⁣ Love is such a profound event that is a collective confluence of different other emotions. ⁣ ⁣ Part 1 contains  such poems that weaves the blooming of passion , great friendship , bonding, desire , joys when she first encounters love. ⁣ ⁣ Part 2 revolves around that stage of love when your relationship nears breakage.The push and pull,excess of love that transcends to competition welcoming instability and ends in the agony of separation.⁣ ⁣ In part 3 the poems speak about the process of healing from instability to stability.When she  lost  someone that was an intregal part of her life these penned down poems lucidly express the unacceptability of th...

It is my first time reading a work of  the acclaimed author Anuja Chandramouli ( Instagram @anujamouli ) . It is the story of Mohini.In Indian Hindu mythology she is considered as the enchantress who can take everyone's breath away with her beauty and consciousness through her dazzling aura  ! Lured by her enigmatic beauty , the evil clan called asuras forget the run for the eternal liquid Amrit and the ethereal world is saved thereby . ⁣ Full review may be found at Instagram @solitudeandbooks  Mohini is created from the essence of the lord of the universe Vishnu . But in most of the religious texts her notion has been kept limited to an enchantress only. But here in this vivid tale with intricately woven threads of words alongside a captivating pictorially  canvas  , the author presents to us the story from another perspective. I liked knowing about her own story.  How was / is her own life in the ethereal plane of divine lands ?  ...

This book revolves around the concept of Ikigai and takes us towards its learnings through a fictional plot. Me ki gai : Simply Me ( i ) ki Gai .  Author : Atul Khekade  I love it's eye catching cover ! The font is big and beautiful inside. Narration by the author Atul Khekade is smooth and lucid. This is the story of a normal guy just like you and me in his youthful days working hard , trying to provide best for his family and managing his turmoils in his personal life . While his family is supportive but still his desires to provide them with life's luxuries day by day loosing his connection with himself creeps up a lot of unpleasant in him. He feels no zeal in his mundane and yet a very stressful job . Alongside that he faces a painful rejection in his personal front. All these pushes him to a point when he tries to take an impulsive wrong decision to shut his life down . But life has its own ways. He meets Prabhudas and Krisha and his life takes a U-Turn ....

To start with , this is my sixth book of the author Sir Govind Sharma.I really enjoyed reading this new book of his 'Madhuleena' . Each time I feel like the new books get better than the previous ones of his.Or maybe I just wait for them with more excitement. I truly loved The Break Up Clinic by him couple of years ago.Coming back to Madhuleena,it revolves around a lot of things that go around in this modern world behind closed doors.I donot know in which genre it shall be tagged but it has mystery,suspense,thriller and simple romance.Whenever I started assuming the turns,the plot took 180 degree twists.So I can tell I did not feel bored any time and it felt like a fresh story to me.It is about Aakash who is accused in a big  bankruptcy case when he used to work as a bank clerk.But is he really the culprit ? His childhood started as a street beggar and pick pocketer.A difficult background like that never lets people have success and trust in the world easily.Not onl...

Dearest Love by Prachi Prangya Agasti is an anthology of forty four poems that carry the essence of love inked within seventy one pages. It is tribute to the ones who have the courage to love with all their hearts . It has hues of those longings that keeps our souls live forever in the search of that love. Starting from the time when love touches for the first time to the times when love remains and memories are kept preciously inside for the whole life.  Love is not a single emotion , I think . It is a confluence of a range of emotions.From sweet  innocent romance , strong longing , desires to the  agony of  separation for various reasons and sometimes to the extent of moving on ,mending your broken heart  with cherishable and painful memories.  These poems weave a nuance of human emotions that interwin together to create the intricacy and profoundness of being in love with some allegory .Each poem is one paged . ...

Successful Failure : Not just an oxymoron by Vidhi Mardia is a beautiful by a very young budding author who is just 21 years old and has penned down her own experience and through those her learnings about how to remain hopeful and keep moving towards a successful result in any arenas of life.  The chapters are short and arranged with to the point description. It will prove to be a nice confidence booster for not only young readers but readers of any age.  I liked her explanation of life with 3 C , 4 D, 7 basic elements of it. How to face failure , what to keep in mind in tough situations , techniques and why's to remove negative thoughts and replace them with hopeful was , importance of failure , faith , kindness , resilience , growth etc in life . Unique thoughtful concepts .  There are few questions added as well which let me introspect myself .  The lucid language with a gripping narration that instantly made me fee...

Usually I am not a regular reader of Mythological reads . But if they contain philosophical and spiritual elements that can help me broaden my perspective of life, I like reading them.  Janaka and Ashtavakra - A Journey Beyond by Ashraf Karayath is such a novel that is enlightening in one word.It revolves around the Indian epic Ramayana. Janaka ,we all know was the father of Sita.Even though he was vigorously searching for enlightenment in everything , he forgot basic things of life.  His group of court sages are baffled , they feel it in the air through different beliefs and myths that a calamity is arriving. Janaka discusses with Sita about sending help against Raavan's attack for the kingdom of Dasharath , the father of Ram and after that swayamvar takes place.  Every description is vivid and pictorial. The vigour of the royal courts , festivals can be imagined lucidly . But an impending conspiracy is also in the rise and it has ente...

Dr. Shellie Hipsky, CEO of Inspiring Lives International, president of the Global Sisterhood nonprofit, and editor-in-chief of Inspiring Lives Magazine, reveals her secrets for starting a successful business in her 13th book, Ball Gowns to Yoga Pants: Entrepreneurial Secrets for Creating Your Dream Business and Brand. She left her stable job of being a tenured professor towards her dream of pursuing  entrepreneurship. From her own experience like starting  from the roots to building this successful brand , she shares her own learnings in a very arranged manner . These tips will inspire and can be become handy for aspiring mompreneurs.It may prove to be helpful to people who dream to own and have good  success their own brand .  I liked reading about the stories of women who started as a naive but built an empire. This book's success secrets are shared in total eight such chapters which will take you through each phase of becoming an entreprene...

SILVEREDGE MONSTER : An eccentric love story Part 1 and 2 ⁣ Author : Sunil Kumar⁣ ⁣ It is a young adult fantasy book with an alternate reality unworldly adventures filled plot.Here in this fantasy reality,in America in 1905  Mr.Joseph ended the dictatorship and brought peace.Mr. Kevin has a normal family.But one of his child John  has ADHD. John is  otherwise very intelligent in subjects and even his elder brother Adam motivates him too.⁣ ⁣ I liked the fact that through the protagonist' s imperfections , the author has pointed out that the sky is the limit and everyone has unique strengths which they can use effectively as their skills.Kevin's role for that was paramount.As  Masha enters his life,a mysterious invasion takes place in the land.Blood sucking vampires try to establish their reign.In the meantime an accident takes place in Masha's life and from there the story takes major turns.⁣ ⁣ The pace is kept fast too.With additio...