Solitude and Books

Juhu Chowpatty is an engrossing mystery suspense hindi novel by authoress Sadhna Jain.  It felt like an appropriate read for the situation that's been prevailing in the film industry these days after the sudden mysterious death of one of Sushant Singh Rajput.  This fiction not only paints the twisted inside world of the entertainment industry but it touches upon other social evils a woman has to break through to find her own identity in this world.   The story starts with her being on the beach where she has stopped visiting for a long time now but now she is here.  It felt melancholic like a lost one returns  home after sunset. But is this sunset the last sunset of her life? Suddenly we come to know it's her soul who witnesses her own death.  Even after giving blockbusters for 15 years being a top actress she was able to avoid the media rumours but now the news is overflowing with her mysterious death.  But how did ...

Adventure by Chicken Bus: An Unschooling Odyssey through Central America by Janet LoSole https://www.adventurebychickenbus.com/ This is an exciting read. After selling all their material possessions the authors sets off on a unthinkable real life family journey with her husband and two daughters of age 5 and 8 for 19 long months across different countries of Central America.  But for what? I was fascinated to know that! It was thoughtful and as I kept reading the pages took me with them to their travels which proved to be enlightening in many ways.  First hand experiences are real time learnings for lifetime. Travels can be sustainable and exposing kids to real life situations actually can nourish their mind towards environmentalism.  From Hondurus, Guatemala to Costa Rica and Mexico they travel on a Chicken Bus , a sustainable public transport mostly available in developing countries.  They  cross a border, experience injurie...

Trigger Point: A Luc Fortesque Adventure Author : Douglas Misquita This is a gripping thriller that has all elements to keep a reader engrossed into its pages.  From snuggling rackets, religious terrorism, thrift of a deadly bioweapon to searching for an invincible drug lord this crime mystery fiction has the ability to pull you in a whirlpool of chaos overflowing with adventure and suspense and lets you explore it in the lands USA, UK, Gabon, Netherlands, China where danger lurks around all the time!  You know the feeling. Heart-racing, palms sweating, furiously flipping the pages to get to the conclusion. It is action packed and is more descriptive at few places.  But within that, the captivating narration has actually done its required job.  Blended with ornamental and witty words, it paints each situation intricately in our mind.  It feels like one has landed in the same backdrop or is watching a movie where slowly all the...

Poetry Inspired by Oliver Fantasy & Friendship Author: Victoria  Day-Joel I wonder how poetry takes birth! Don't you think intense emotions weave its womb? I do think so. This book is a unique one for the series of poems speak about the author's intense feelings for a person who she loves. They believe they are just friends but yet author tries to convey her heart's desires which I as a reader kept hoping he already knows about it or these remain as unrequited or as fantasy in only these pages. These poems were inspired by something that moved her and express a world of juxtaposition from inner torment to true love's deepest desires.  When her friendship slowly bloomed  into love her heart transformed. The words are filled with rays of hope, fantasy and reveries. She explains her newly bloomed friendship, about winning over vulnerability and ego, feeling love thats beyond all differences, deep longing for someone, oozing passion, unexplained ...

The Life Optimizer: 7 Life Optimizing Inside Tools Author: Ankit  Ittan Every person wants to be successful in their lives. And success for each mean differently but there are few common attributes in one which lets them successful in most are as in life.  This book is about brushing up such skills within you which as tools can help you optimize your life.  There are total 7 tools or chapters on each attribute. Each chapter starts with a thoughful quote of an eminent personality and a brief description or a story that tells us the moral behind it. It presents to us the importance of having that skill.  What I liked about this book is author has added all these followed by questionarries so one can actually use it to know about their current level and this helps one become aware. Later it is again followed by essential exercises or activities that can help one to develop and robust up that skill.  The arranged pattern makes thi...

Til Death We Do Part by Bruno Beaches This is a beautiful but melancholic love story that takes a reader on an emotional rollercoaster ride.  Here is  Pablo, a family man who is a very hardworking police who always stands for the truth.  With years of hardwork and truthful dedication he has built a life to cherish about.  A beautiful loving family and a succussful career. When he is  proud of his long marriage his decades of  hardwork near to his retirement when it is time to sit back and enjoy comes crushing down when  a malicious spurious complaint at work gives his life a big blow.  When things seem so perfect actually the storm is lurking in the corner. At the fall of a hat, he is  dismissed, divorced and becomes homeless in no time alongside  now a criminal record. Was it all  conspiracy or what happened that threw him into this spiral of damages? The protagonists are thoughtful characters. A...

This is one of those books written in an unconventional style that I read lately and liked it.  In Begin Again or Ibtida ( Urdu: ابتدا , Hindi : इब्तिदा ) author Atharva Mahesh Deshpande mentions these are his old notes about what his heart went through once. Now he presents this compilation of those reminesence through these pages.  It's like a diary with collection  of entries about those moments which evoked in him certain feelings. College students, a trip and  love touched his life. Sparks flew in their hearts but later distance and time introduced separation.  Life let them cross each other's path again. Chats, social media, meet ups but their contrasting dreams diverged their routes once more. From that point these poems came to bloom. And as a reader I think that is what  इब्तिदा means here.  What I liked is the unadultrated aspect in them. They are delicate. The construction of the se...

Land and Expand by Deepak  Bhushanam I loved reading Tricade! Naturally I was excited to check out Mr. Bhushanam's  next book. All due to my curiosity! And Yes! This book is all about it - 'Curiosity' which is the mother of all inventions! In the Covid times when livelihoods of most have got effected directly or indirectly, we need to search for newer options and curiosity ignites creativity which is very essential in any industry!  Land and Expand is not a mere business strategy guide but a collection of essays about how the world's economical front is changing. The addition of real life stories of succussful people from emerging nations and his own experiences, make an informative book. The sassy and witty writing style makes it all intriguing. The contents can help others get ideas and use them to create something new by getting bleisure inspirations, ideas to brush up networking skills, expand horizons to widen up perspectives. ...

Are you a thriller read enthusiast? This genre has surely become my favourite one! Here are two best selling thriller books that you may indulge into which shall take you on quite a twisted journey with there engrossing and contrasting plots! One is a crime thriller another is a psychological thriller. ___ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘁 Author: S. J Bennett @sophiabennett_writer It already intrigues me because the main protagonist here is the Queen! Isn't that ready interesting? So, the Queen investigates a murder in this delightfully clever mystery for fans of The Thursday Murder Club! The morning after a dinner party at Windsor castle, eighty-nine-year-old queen Elizabeth is shocked to discover that one of her guests has been found murdered in his room, with a rope around his neck.When the police begin to suspect her loyal servants, her majesty knows they are looking in the wrong place.For the Queen has been living an extraordinary double life ever since h...

Hello everyone!  Today we have the author of the beautiful fiction: The Path of Sukshmaloka, Mr. Nihar Bhonsule @pathofsukshmaloka ( Ig id) who was kind to answer few of my questions about himself and his latest book. Camelia : "Congratulations for all the acclaim for your book from readers  and prominent bloggers. Can you tell us something about  yourself?" Mr. Nihar Bhonsule "I am someone who breathes and lives art. My only passions in life is movies, books  and video games." Link to my Review:  https://www.instagram.com/p/COH0bz8rgzl/?igshid=13k3secttrrej Camelia :  That’s incredibly interesting. Your book "The Path of  Sukshmaloka" has readers amazed with its intense characters  and well-crafted story. What inspired you and how did you  manage to create such a fascinating work? Mr. Nihar Bhonsule: Life is the biggest inspirer. I don’t mean to sound cheesy, or over emotional. But yes,  it is true. Often we disc...

Do you like reading poems or are you also a poet?  I love poetry. It's such a beautiful way of expressing oneself but in contrast to long soliloquys or proses all the emotions are concentrated into only few words and lines!  Poetry has no fixed notion.  It may come into free  contemporary verse style or classic rhymic type.  New Beginnings by author Victoria Day- Joel  is a beautiful collection of poems. There are myriads of poems, from ones on nature to few more that speak of different aspects of one's relationships.  There is a saying that Earth has music for those who listen. And isn't that true?  Here some poems paint the everlasting beauty of the nature that surrounds us.  The beautiful seasons, chirping bird, blooming flowers everything that brings tranquility to our chaotic inner world.  Then there are poems on love. Love is a beautiful feeling. But the facets of it carry various hues. The first...

Svevi Avatar: Persecution of Constantina By author Maya  Svevak I have read a short read by the author. It was the Pandemic begins. After that I wanted to explore more of her writing. Here came this new book.  About the book:  When the strikingly handsome, privileged, and hedonistic young Deputy Governor Andrew Onio suffers a massive and mysterious stroke, his surprising recovery propels him on a perilous journey. He follows a labyrinthine trail to indigenous refugee camps, illegal settlements, and secretive experimental farms beyond the militarized borders of the settler colony of Constantina. The gorgeous book cover is eye catching!  Constantina has taught its Europan citizens to believe in their racial superiority and in their divine right to occupy the lands of the continent of Kanata. Andrew has been steeped in Constantinan nationalism and Kuni religion since birth, schooled by his father, a zealous supporter of the colony. Accompanied by...

TRICADE 1990 to 2020: The Decades Of Harmony And Mayhem Author: Deepak Bhushanam ____ Recently read this wonderful collection of essays that shows us how the world has changed in the tricade. Things that have been evolving from 1990s to this date, be it in the technological, social or economical arena.  People who were born during this period have seen some drastic changes emerging in their lifestyle. What I liked about this book is that in a manner lucid, it touches upon myriad of topics. The subjects are truly intriguing. For example, this book has rightly presented the fact that now information is available so easily via W.w.w or Wikipedia but back in those days one had to visit Museums or go through thick Encyclopaedia books, spend time and money to learn new stuff. That definitely makes me feel nostalgic for I am also a millenial. Reading about the brief discussions about the history of female hygiene, progress in networking, changing face of the beauty...