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Friday 22 June 2018
Lovestruck by Prasupta Roy
Published Year- 2018
Published by- Half Baked Beans
Publishing
Pages- 130
Genre- Romance/Fiction
Format- Paperback/Kindle
Synopsis
Kaatyaani works as an English teacher in a school. She enjoys her job as she finds it both challenging and rewarding. She dreams of excelling in this field and getting some recognition in her life. But, life takes a different turn when she marries Hemant. She now has only one wish-to become a mother. For, she thinks a baby will fill the void in her life. But fate has different plans! Amidst the turmoil when life seems meaninglessshe meets Siddharth, a tall and handsome man in his mid-thirties. In him, she finds her ideal man, her soul mate. They come closer, fall in love and wish to spend life with each other. But Kaatyaani won’t leave Hemant. For, she thinks he will be shattered if she forsakes him. Fate plays a game again when Hemant gets transferred to Bangalore. Her heart craves for Siddharth while her mind demands fidelity. In this tussle, between her heart and mind who will win-the heart or the mind?
My Review
Lovestruck by
Praupta Roy is a complicated affair between arranged marriage and their complexities
which leads to spilt of couples. In the story we follow Kaatyaani who is
married to Hemant, the couple has lives a happy life but sooner their happiness
was short lived and to find her solace she befriended Siddharth(online friend).
After
finishing the book, I concluded two things, one that book has reflected some
relevant facts whereas I felt that book was highly fictitious.
Let’s behind
with cons, book begins with the arranged married couple who once had a gala
life but soon the craving of being parent starts pulling them off their marriage.
Kaatyaani the protagonist is kind of married woman which we happen to see
around, she scarified her dreams to make things better in their marriage. In
our society we still have in-laws and husbands who still didn’t want their
daughter-in-law/wife to move out of the home and continue her job; same was the
case of Kaatyaani. Women not only scarified her dreams but gradually they give
up their interests and liking because their beloved husband doesn’t approve of
them. Exactly, was the case with Kaatyaanai. Whenever a couple is not able to
have a baby, a woman is always questioned even if she is physically and mentally
fit to conceive. The same happened with Kaatyaani. These were the portions
which I could relate because we happen to see around.
But sooner
the book proceeds, the plot line throws me question “Does polygamy is legal in
India?”, this went off for me. Moving ahead, Kaatyaani finally find peace in a
virtual friend but then they got separate and met just like in movies. That’s
something which never happen in real life.
Narration
could have been fast paced but then the poor editing of the poor hindered the
part of smooth reading. The book doesn’t match with the storyline which is yet
another drawback. And I again want to
request HBB to increase the font size, it really pained to read small texts and
it sometimes makes the book monotonous.
Overall, the plot was good and I would recommend you to read it. At
last, I would rate 3/5 star. Really wish to see more books by the author in
stores and personally on female centric.
Reviewed by
Aditi Srivastava
Monday 18 June 2018
I Owed You One by
Published Year- 2018
Published by- LiFi Publications Pvt.
Ltd
Pages- 258
Genre- Fiction
Format- Paperback/Kindle
Synopsis
Dev Khanna has it all before a mysterious letter shakes the very foundation he has built his life on. With his beliefs challenged, he decides to close the chapter once and for all. I Owed You One is the story of promises and commitments, of triumphs and defeat, and of holding on and letting go.
About the Author
Dr. Madhu Vajpayee the writer is born somewhere in those hospital corridors where she has spent the last two decades of her life. Witnessing life at such close quarters pushed her to capture the enigma of life in her words and slowly it became her passion. After writing several medical papers and chapters in books, she started her journey in the literary world. Having done her graduation, MBBS from King Georges Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow she went ahead to pursue her post-graduation, MD Clinical Microbiology from AIIMS, New Delhi.
She was a faculty at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi having been associated with diagnosis and management of patients living with HIV/AIDS besides being actively involved with research and teaching. She is now settled in Melbourne, Australia with her family, where she is devoting most of her time to writing, the passion that she couldn't pursue earlier because of the demands of medical profession and commitment it requires. When not creating stories, Madhu enjoys reading and traveling.
She was a faculty at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi having been associated with diagnosis and management of patients living with HIV/AIDS besides being actively involved with research and teaching. She is now settled in Melbourne, Australia with her family, where she is devoting most of her time to writing, the passion that she couldn't pursue earlier because of the demands of medical profession and commitment it requires. When not creating stories, Madhu enjoys reading and traveling.
My Review
I Owed You
One is story of a mother who never turned her back to love her only child, a
story of an affluent and powerful father who neglected his personal life, a
story of a son who missed the touch of family and a story which has only one
thread but it turned their lives roller-coaster.
Dev, the protagonist
who had got everything in his life but then his life lacked proper love from
his father and his wish of having a normal family always remained a wish. But
sooner, his life comes to normal pace but then he received a letter from the
past and it changed his life forever.
We live in a
world where our every action counts; we never know how our one request would
make us in debt and whose price we ought to pay. In simple terms, we can say
that promises are something from which we can never run away. The same was with
Dev, he was bound to fulfill his promise he make long back.
Coming to
the book title and cover, it’s absolutely stunning and goes well with the story
line. Character building was decent but the things I didn’t enjoy about the
book were editing errors and the over stretched plot. The plot actually makes
me very tiresome at the end of the book. Book could have been very gripping but
again the plot didn’t work well. Whereas language of the book acts like a bonus
point that it will be easily read by
anyone.
Book is more
like a story of one karma and how different lives were interconnected to it.
Book will give your life lessons and make you get hold of your life.
Overall, I
Owed You One is a decent, one time read. Those who want to relax and read a
light read they can pick this book. I
would rate 3/5stars for putting together a beautiful book for readers.
Reviewed by
Aditi Srivastava
Legends over Generations by Ashraf
Haggag
Published by- Blue Rose Publishers
Pages- 228
Genre- Non-Fiction
Format- Kindle/Paperback
Book Summary
Since the beginning of human settlement, a lot of people came up with ideas, philosophies, beliefs, experiments, research, redesigning of thoughts, talents, and surveys to bring myths to reality.
People contributed to various life aspects science, politics, literature, arts, social activities and so many other fields. These genius minds put a keen interest in every phenomenon right from when they were young. The zeal, passion, dedication, hard work and efforts they put into their work helped them discover something new about the world we live in.
In these Legends, we’ve seen inexplicable abilities that helped us define our existence and human life. Their names are engraved in the sands of time for their work in the welfare of mankind with different inventions that have made our lives easy, enjoyable and successful. The following chapters commemorate the greatest personalities we’ve ever seen who changed the world.
They are among the most influential people of today’s world. With practical advantages in various aspects, they have helped us to grow a better understanding of the world and different working phenomenon’s that governs us. Their way of shaping modern day culture is completely unrivaled.
Author Summary
Ashraf
Haggag is a senior executive with nearly three decades of experience in
close proximity to the corporate market. His more recent experience has
also taken him to every facet of the hospitality industry.
Since the beginning of human settlement, a lot of people came up with ideas, philosophies, beliefs, experiments, research, redesigning of thoughts, talents, and surveys to bring myths to reality.
People contributed to various life aspects science, politics, literature, arts, social activities and so many other fields. These genius minds put a keen interest in every phenomenon right from when they were young. The zeal, passion, dedication, hard work and efforts they put into their work helped them discover something new about the world we live in.
In these Legends, we’ve seen inexplicable abilities that helped us define our existence and human life. Their names are engraved in the sands of time for their work in the welfare of mankind with different inventions that have made our lives easy, enjoyable and successful. The following chapters commemorate the greatest personalities we’ve ever seen who changed the world.
They are among the most influential people of today’s world. With practical advantages in various aspects, they have helped us to grow a better understanding of the world and different working phenomenon’s that governs us. Their way of shaping modern day culture is completely unrivaled.
Author Summary
Ashraf
Haggag is a senior executive with nearly three decades of experience in
close proximity to the corporate market. His more recent experience has
also taken him to every facet of the hospitality industry.
Haggag
has direct experience in many different aspects of business, including
sales, marketing, revenue management, and administration. Having worked
in Germany, the United States, Turkey, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, his
global experiences have helped him realize that companies must target
new market zones in order to grow and prosper in the international
marketplace. He is eager to bring enhanced cross-cultural awareness to
today’s business leaders.
My Review
Some books are so good that I really want refrain myself for
putting the basic details of the book at first and all I want to do is to go
ahead and shout out why you should pick the book. After reading Legends over Generations my
dirge desire is to put forward all the reasons why you should pick this book
and start reading to know what has actually happened across the years and how
the things are still being developed.
So, lemme get straight with cover of the book which damn
attractive, being an avid reader and after developing the habit of reading
without feeling and sticking to one genre I feel so humble to tell you that I really
loved the book from just the sight of it. The cover has so many prominent and virtuous
leaders around the globe and it says all. The blurb was even very compelling
that you just cannot stop yourselves for falling into a pool of knowledge,
facts and integration of the global leaders over generations and their motives
and ideology for a better and prosperous world. Once you start reading the
book, you will enjoy and will learn how much efforts were manifested by the
author to give us a book which is no less an encyclopedia of leaders who had
have knit the world together. Book caters not only politicians or great
thinkers but also he has tried to cover all the areas to make a book a complete
package of knowledge and visionary human intellects.
Coming to the narrative style of the book was amazing, the initials
was more like the author is communication with readers directly. For those who
like to read about history of mankind, the legends of mankind and the stories
of their will to change and gift something to the world, mark my word I said
gift not give; then you must read this book. The pace of the book was fast, for
slow readers they can actually complete it reading section wise. The book has
proved to be way more informative than I had thought. I am glad that I read
this. Finally, I would love rate it 4/5 star.
Links to Amazon
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Link to “Book of the Month” awarded by https://tredition.co.uk/ in April
https://tredition.co.uk/ (Book of the Month)
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Flipkart
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Reviewed by Aditi Srivastava
A New Dawn by Kamini Kusum
Published Year- 2018Published by- Half Baked Beans PublishingPages- 128Genre- FictionFormat- Paperback/Kindle
Synopsis
Shravan is a son of a rickshaw puller and Mugdha, daughter of a Railway officer. He has lived in penury while she has had all the material comforts. He dreams of being a soldier and serving the motherland while she lives in the world of colours. Childhood friendship converts into pure love ignoring the boundaries of a bungalow and its servant quarter. However fate has some other plans and tears apart the two innocent souls, throwing Shravan into a life that has thorns all its way. Will the two live their dreams? Will destiny bring them together again? A novel that will make us believe that life is all about never giving up.
My Review
A New Dawn by
Kamini Kusum is a heart wrecking, extremely emotionally driven and jovial story
of Indian society drama where a girl from an affluent family falls for a poor
boy. Will their love will find ways to meet the diversion between two different
strata of the society, to find out more I would recommend to you grab your
copies soon.
Story begins
with childhood scene like we happen to see in movies which talks about a rich
girl falling for a poor boy, how they met and became friends and later in their
lives they realize that they were in love with each other right from the
childhood but then they face same hurdle to meet their fate.
Mughda, the
female protagonist who is a daughter of a higher ranked railway officer happen
to meet Sharvan who is a son of a rickshaw puller, when they(Sharvan’s family)
started living in the outcast of their quarter and with time their friendship
grew deeper. The kids were having gala time together but later Mugdha’s father
got transfer to another city, eventually they got separated. For Shavan’s, his
life was no more normal, he and his family constant faced upheavals from the society
and due to poverty but he didn’t let his studies hamper his dreams. Will they
meet when they will grow up? Will strict father of Mugdha will accept them? Told
you to read the book.
The best part of
the book was the portion where poverty was described by the author. I really
enjoyed the segment. But then, having read the previous work by the author this
book has disappointed me a lot. I expected a story which would beat the previous
book but no. The story was simple and at some points the it felt it was bit stretched.
Another reason for not enjoying the book was the font size, I would like to
request the publishers to increase the font size, it really pained to read
small fonts. Talking about the language, it was way too simple; I expected
much. The storyline was so same almost matches with the Bollywood movies that
the portion of my heart longed for something magical, again I was disappointed.
For me I really
enjoyed the portion when the author launched a new character, Jhanvi. The
character building of this particular person was so elegantly put together that
I was hell bent to read her portion. Somewhere the other characters were bit
superficial but then she(Jhanvi) took my heart.
But the book
will be useful to those who like reading romantic books and wanted to go for a
light read. Overall, the book was decent I would rate 3/5 star for the simple
yet beautiful book.
Reviewed by
Aditi Srivastava
Tuesday 12 June 2018
The Wild Cat by Taanya Sarma
Published by- Invincible Publishers
Pages- 282
Genre- Fiction
Format- Paperback/Kindle
Synopsis
Based on true events, this erotic thriller novel tells the tale of a young, naive woman named Tanya who enters the online dating and chat world. Her first foray into this digital realm initially proves to be bland and disappointing; however, sex, suspense, power struggles and attempted murder soon unfold. These unwelcome adventures interfere with her business and her sanity as she aspires to live up to her deceased parent’s standards.
A conman named Sam ensnares Aaron, a handsome investment banker, into his ploy and uses him as a pawn to lure women into doing things they normally wouldn’t do. Sam then exposes their personal information as well as their images, sometimes in the act of cyber sex, and posts them on a very successful porn website that he owns. Tanya’s encounter with these two men evolves into a long, winding road, with each turn bringing irreparable changes in her life.
Enraged by the deceit and the unconscionable behavior of these men, Tanya turns whistleblower and vows to assist the FBI in shutting down the dating app and porn site - and she won’t stop until the perverted perpetrators are behind bars. She never relents, but ultimately laments, “I never thought that I would have to give up my life to remain alive.”
My Review
How many of you actually taken pain to read the TERMS AND CONDITIONS of
any account you create online? How many of you take efforts to know the person
who is sitting on other side of the screen? Or how many of you wondered that
you might be watched by someone who is creator of that site? The first one is
knocked out completely we all know why? Because we never actually read them,
coming to the second question we do know the person because we both have been
talking over months but who guarantees about his/her real identity. Now, let’s
move to last question, we barely worry about the tracker because we have
psychologically developed a fact that if millions of people are using it, then
we are also at lower chances of risk.
But now, take a deep breath and think if virtual media destroys your mind
and personal life. In the story, The Wild Cat we follow a girl named, Tanya who
has recently come up with grief of losing her father but then as soon as she
got acquainted with online dating app her world collapsed.
Tanaya who has nothing to loose in her life, falls into the trap of
virtual world. Book follows her life,
the consequences of such virtual world and how difficult is to get back
the old peace and mutual trust. Everything was fine when she started using the
app but sooner she came to know about the dark world behind the screen.
The title and the cover is very well put together, nowhere I found them
going astray with the story. If one reads the blurb, reader will surely
understand that book also cater all different genre that is erotic thriller.
The idea was very well put again, we became comfortable with the person who is
miles away and we starts sharing our personal details just because meeting that
person in real life is very low but what if he returns as a nightmare.
Over all plot was gripping but somewhere writing the erotic portion
would have been written more elegant way instead of using straightforward words.
Book was quick and one time read. I would rate the book 3/5 star, hope the
instalments would be better and decent.
Reviewed by Aditi Srivastava
Chanakya Neeti by Chanakya
Published Year- new edition, 2018
Published by- Grapevine India
Pages-266
Genre- business/non-fiction
Format- Paperback/Kindle
Synopsis
Chanakya was known by names like Kautilya and Vishnugupta and played multiple roles of being a teacher, philosopher, economist, jurist and royal advisor. Arthashastra and Chanakya Neeti were the two important books written by him. Chanakya Neeti is a collection of aphorisms, said to be selected by Chanakya from the various Shastras. The topics discussed are morality, ethics, governance and several others. Chanakya is regarded as a great thinker and diplomat in India. Many Indian nationalists regard him as one of the earliest thinkers who dreamt of a united India, spanning the entire subcontinent.
My Review
About Chanakya: Chanakya was born
in 4th century BC was an Indian teacher, philosopher, economist,
jurist and royal adviser. He is also known as Kautilya or Vishnugupta. He is
considered to be the most prominent person who laid the foundation of economics
and management during the ear of Gupta Empire. The principles given by him not
only helped the kingdom but has been proved as a treasure upon which present
day management is laid upon. His famous works are Arthashartra and Chanayka
Neeti.
World for me was totally
different few years ago as I was a science student and changing trade after 12th
was heck tiring. But something caught my attention and I am thankful to my
Professor who suggested me to pick Chanakya Neeti to have a better
understanding of the economy.
While going through the book I
realized how visionary Chanakya was back then. He developed principles which
not only benefited the king and the people but it helped to shape the entire
trade and commerce. His works talked about the people living during that era,
how the trade and commerce was put into use so as to regulate money in the
market.
Chanakya Neeti was actually the
principles. Principles which is not limited to commerce and economy but there
are concepts which hold much broader importance in one’s life, be it a teacher,
a parent, a son or soul. Each element present of the earth, which is related to
human in any way, has been described by him.
Chanakya always believed if one
has to achieve all the set objectives in his life then it’s essential for him
to follow these principles because they together served a prudent definition of
a better human being who is capable for reaching the summit.
This book contains all principles
along with explanations and special notes by Chankaya. The book can be completed
in one sting and is very gripping.
This is a must read book for a
commerce student but I would also recommend t to everyone because following
these principles would definitely make you a better man and you would not loose
n any phase of life.
Grapevine India has done a
fantastic job while compiling this book, the way they put the things together
has actually make me love this more. A great page turner.
Reviewed by Aditi Srivastava
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