Aswathi Chandran
The book is very short and full of energy. This is a perfect book for children to read and understand about their fears and come out of them. Vicky was feared of water and she bathed once a week after the incident on the beach but she overcomes fear with help of her friends and her courage to come out of the fear of water.
Whether we are an adult or child, we all have some fears that make to be stagnant, we should be fearless. We may fail but we should have the courage to do what we love and wish.
The book is a collection of short stories of times when there was a monarchy and how people are treated based on the varna system present and how some changed and what happened.
The first story itself was the story of the woman Poovi who sang a song for the prince from a chamber. She can't touch the little kid and make him sleep as she was from a poor family who was in the sanitation department before and after moved to help the prince to sleep using her song. The kid was made to believe that the song was sung by Yaksha but he found out and he started playing with Poovi and sleep on her lap which was seen by some official in the Palace and later she was overthrown without any job and but they came to her because of the Prince.
There are stories like this with the problems that were in the society some centuries and even now. The stories all are so well written so well such an easy read. If you like history and mythology this book will be interesting for you.
The story is of Tikli and Laxmi Bomb who are sex workers in the city of Mumbai, who are under the pimp Mahtre. They are getting paid very little after giving to all middlemen and still, there is no protection or safety for any of the girls. The newcomer Putul(Tkli) is so rebellious as everyone who is a middleman is getting money and still, they are trying to abuse them. So Tikli and Laxmi started a gang and started their own group to work and ensure their safety and they faced a lot and a lot of troubles.
Everyone has self-respect values, don't disrespect and abuse them based on their profession. I really felt sad for Sharanya, Tikli, and Laxmi and all their girls for their fate. Everything went after their cooperation but things change when the situation and words used to abuse and provoke a person.
The struggles of the people who are never considered as part of the society who somehow are sacrificing their body and soul and living a life of guiltiness that saves many other women's lives and many relationships indirectly. You can feel their struggles by reading the story.
The book is on spirituality and how a person gets free from emotions and forgiving our mistakes and guilt. The protagonist of the story is Mohini who lost her mom and was in deep pain got some valuable lessons from a sadhu and learned many things and she becomes a person who loved to be powerful and learned witchcraft. Later she accepts her mistake and leads a life teaching lessons in the ashram to find inner peace. Everyone should read it because we all make mistakes but we should make peace with our past and accept what we have done and lead a peaceful life.
The narration was so good and we can find Mrinal who was such a great personality and Ashok who committed mistakes thinking he is God and should punish others. All the characters in the story teach us something.
This book really helps the people who wish to start a business from scratch and pitch up and scale the business. All characters their name and their duty and what they did was really interesting and narrated well. All the characters are from Hindu mythology and puranas. The thing is all about startup and its process and how to create a culture, how to treat your team, how to scale business and join hands to help other businesses and make it part of your firm and joint ventures.
The entire process was like a conversation between the different characters. This is not only a book on startup and an entrepreneur. It is also about work-life balance, how family helps us during tough times, and help we take the right decision.
In the story, the last chapters are really so good. A good leader not only leads he creates the next batch of leaders and makes them good decision-makers like him and pave the way to start their journey as a leader.
The book is such an enjoyable read felt like a real conversation with the author. The way she narrated was so good. The journey has a lot of struggles and got a lot of experience and learned many things and she was courageous to overcome and be the way she is. There are some chapters the way the author speaks make you laugh thinking of yourselves. Her journey to various places made me think to visit them at least once.
Overall a short and sweet read.
The story is a superb thriller and a sure read for thriller fans as the case has a lot of mysteries to be solved. Each thing in the story will make you too think like a detective and find answers. Some parts were predictable and some were not predictable.
Vijay, who was in a restaurant with his friend while the 1st murder of Anirudh happened and he was changed to a different wing because he couldn't save the person. Vijay has a lot of enemies in his field because of his sincerity and passion towards his work which gave him many opportunities.
Godbole and Rathore were appointed to solve the murder case but they couldn't and the next murder happened which became a sensation and CM, HM spoke with commissioner Patel and the case was moved to the right hands to find the murderer and Vijay got the opportunity to ask whatever he wants for solving the case and unlimited funding.
With a lot of obstacles in his path, he needs to close the case in a week and find the murderer. Dalvi and Padmini were part of his team. Each one has each characteristic that helped them move further without any distraction. Especially Dalvi was such a loyal and dedicated person.
To know who was the killer and how murders were planned and executed and how the murderer was captured you need to read this novel.
I loved the characters Vijay, Padmini, Dalvi, and Vasudha.
The story is so intriguing and I loved it as am a thriller fan and was anchored with the story till the end. The story from the beginning introducing the characters and the way it was leading to each victim and finding the culprit was so interesting. I think this will be a movie soon. There was a killer in Tampa who selects Petite ladies and mutilates their bodies, carves them and dresses up in 50's style, and places them in public places. The first murder site visited by FBI of couples in-home and Dr. Hutton saying there were more bodies found in this way. There are more and more victims from different timelines, years ago. I liked the character Emily who had some special powers which helped the FBI agents to solve the case. I wish Tammy and James will fall for each other. I liked the character Samantha who was so understanding and loved John.
I thought Sara will be killed and the next victim the serial killer will select Samantha, anyway, the ending was so good, and the last chapter's elaboration of Samantha and John's outing was way more than expected. But I liked it as in many stories they won't explain what happened in the life of other characters after the end of the main plot.
I will soon read the Dare to Dream. As I wish to know more about the characters and the previous case that was solved by Tammy, James, John, and Emily.
The narration and the way the characters were taken away were so good. I wish to read the next part of the book in the series.
The story is super interesting to read. It is perfect for teenagers as it is about the adventures of few teenagers and some mystery behind the viceroy villa. Avantika is a writer and Akash is a police officer, Sneha and Shruti are their kids. There are some stories on Viceroy Villa they are staying which Avantika uses as a plot for her story, whatever she writes happens in real. Shruti and Sneha read the story without knowing to mom as they want to be cautious and find solutions in their life based on the story.
There are a lot of things that happen on the day of Sneha's birthday and she and her friends take an adventurous journey and went missing for many days. They pass through a tunnel and reached an island.
The island people teach them to be part of nature and love it and lead a peaceful than playing games on the internet sitting in the same place.
Read the book to know the adventures of Sneha and her friends and mysteries on Viceroy Villa.
The story is a superb one with a lot of information and how other people treat you like a fool for following the rules. We all know there are road accidents daily that affect the family of the person mentally, physically, and financially.
If people abide by rules, we can reduce such incidents happening. If we follow the rules and are right the one coming in opposite or behind doesn't follow the rules, there will be an accident for sure which make me fear driving my vehicle in the road and using the public transport.
The story was narrated well and the only negative is, translation for the author's native language conversation is missing in many places in the novel.
Other than that I loved this book. I really felt Pari was so rude on the train when she met Anjali and Twinkle and later because of Anjali and Twinkle, she found a goal to be achieved.
The story is steamy, the plot and the narration is good. The book is about the character Monali who's life was like a fairytale, everyone envied her as she have a loving husband, kids, luxuries life. She have everything money can buy. Akash is a loving husband but after the demise of his father he overtook the business and he wished to scale and was always busy with meeting, and long bussines tour and no time for Monali. For past ten years she was waiting for his love and care and never and things started changing as Devika said how she find's happiness and having a relationship that is not complicated without any strings with Tushar. The story had flipside where the thought of Tushar was shared.
Everyone want love, care and happiness and when they don't get from the person they are with they will start searching it outside as there is no choice for them. Everyone have their own problems and their choice of finding solution differs.
This is a super thriller read with a lot of twists and turns. I really liked the private detective Kevin. I thought of Rimi and Nivas how they are interconnected and I found out before it is narrated. Nisha and Dhruv have a secret crush on each other and things start turning down when they have some feelings for each other. I have really fallen for the character Dhruv who is a philanthropist with all charm and everyone has the only good thing to say of him such a down-to-earth person.
Nisha is a strong, bold girl and I liked the way the character of Nisha was narrated. Sugunya is such a good friend of Nisha who cares for her like a mother. The story of each and every person was connected so well. Michelle, Guruji, Kevin, and Arun were connected so well. I really hated the demise of the characters I liked. I liked the current ending of the story than the alternate ending.
The murders were done in such an impossible way and the explanation was so good. The Jallikattu protest made me remember my college days. The story was so intriguing and you will love it for sure.
The book is really helpful for those who wish to choose their career or change career and find what is best for them and through which they can earn. We should love what we do to earn but most people don't like the job they are doing and need to switch but if they switch they don't get as much as they earn now and sacrifice their happiness for money and thinking of their family and its survival.
This also helps people who want to achieve their heights in the career. The book has some tasks along the chapters to find our ikigai.
The way the author explained each concept was so simple and I really loved the tasks to find what is the strength and what we are good at. There are some stories to make us understand what he trying to convey in the particular chapter.
This is a love story of Raghu and Sonam who are from different castes which is a big problem as Raghu is from a Dalit family and Sonam was from Thakur family. The story was so good. The love story, the way Sonam breakups with Raghu as he is always doubting her and not trusting Sonam again falls for Raghu. I liked the way they handle Suhas.
Man created the caste system. All are equal. I don't why still some people's minds have not developed to treat everyone based on their behavior and knowledge rather than seeing their caste. Even the cricket team in Raeberali had caste discrimination.
To know what happens next, whether the families accept their love? you should read no more spoilers...
The story is written so well and the narration was so good. If you think of it as just a love story it is different from each story and I really felt the emotions at some time and sometimes laugh, smile, and felt even to cry.
I recommend it to all my friends. You will surely feel and love the characters in the story how Ryan changed and how life has taken a different direction.
I wanted a different ending. But all we expect won't happen. Don't want o give spoilers. Read to know about Ryan and Neha and what happened to them.
I loved reading a book with a lot of Illustrations. The Urban Chronicles II has 3 stories on a different styles of parenting and their consequences. The first story where Adrit was kidnapped and the kidnapper was friendly with him and he wants to stay with her shows how his parents were not spending much time and restricting him from doing many things and do what he loves.
The second story will really make you cry and feel a lot and the third was so enjoyable, a three-generation of women in the family traveling on the cruise.
I loved the way the story was going and what it was trying to say. I am waiting for the next book in Urban Chronicles.
The House full of Men is the story of Kittu (Kirtidara) who is the only woman in her home. She lives with her dad, grandfather, twin brothers, and the male dog Bark Twain. She is a content writer in the travel magazine, but she has never traveled out of the country and visited outside Lucknow only two times. She thinks she is capable of more and is stagnant now as she wants to take care of the family as well as her career.
Karthick and his music, the new neighbors have changed her life. This is such a good read with all characters narrated so well. This is a simple and light read don't expect too much. You will love reading it for sure but it is a long read.
The book is a collection of poems filled with a lot of emotions and each poem is so different with a different perspective. The poems are on self-love, healing, desire, divinity. If you want to get inspired and have some motivation and love poems this book is the right one for you.
Each poem has some impact on us. All are penned so well. It is 200+ pages read but it is so short and makes you feel the emotions on reading each one.
Think Epic is a self-help book that makes you understand why we can't do what we wish and how we should change ourselves and our thoughts and being a human being that is not affected by other's actions. We all are part of the world and the people and the things around us have an effect on us and the way we live but it is purely based on our actions and inaction.
Each chapter is well explained with examples to make us understand the concept. The story of a Hungarian player and the Elephant leg tied with a rope is something I have heard many times in my life.
There will be problems in our life but we should try to find the positive side and the opportunities and solutions available rather than thinking of the problem.
This is quite a different self-help book that explains why these things happen in our life, why we are addicted to our smartphones and not living with the people around and how we give answers to some questions and how our mind works and how to overcome this.
This book is very informative and I really enjoyed reading it and came to know about many things.
How to grow a baby starts from planning for pregnancy and having a healthy diet. When it comes to pregnancy and baby we only think of birthing partners but the book has also mentioned the importance of an unbirthing partner and explained having a healthy sperm and how the partner's brain to have changed after the birth of the child.
The chapters are thematically arranged from pregnancy, post-pregnancy period to family planning and I liked the way the information was narrated with a lot of illustrations.
The body of the mother changes during pregnancy and after pregnancy and how the baby's circadian rhytm is formed and regulated, how the milk produced has cortisol in the morning and melatonin at the night made me wonder about the creation and the creator. The author has also mentioned the importance of interpregnancy spacing. Overall very informative and I came to know about many things through this book.
The book has 5 short stories. The title is based on the first story.
The first story is where two sisters are running for their lives, meanwhile, Tiger is running too and both of them end up in the attic. What happens next surprises the readers. This story is so different and I loved the ending.
This gave me the impression to read the upcoming stories in the book as I expected the stories will be more interesting and have unexpected endings and that became true as the stories moved from one to the next.
I loved the character Lili as she was very passionate about her work and loved the journalist Paddy and Mala's silence which made me crave for her words. Read this book to know the fictional stories these characters hold through Author's imagination
Each story gives you different emotions fear, love, sadness, nostalgia as each story is so different and I really enjoyed reading them all. It made me travel with the characters in the story. The narration is so lucid and makes the reader read with the flow as it is written in a simple and interesting way.
My personal favorite story among these 5 is ‘ The tiger in the Portico', because of the two sisters and the character Abdul, his mom, Forest ranger Mukul and especially the tiger which made me fear for the life of girls and made everyone wonder what it will do next.
I got to hear the audiobook AfterMath which created a lot of emotion thinking of the struggle of people in the story. The way the survivors of the shooting speaks about it is like a weather forecast and Lucy, who lost her brother Theo and shifted to a new place where she faces more difficulties and she joined the class which was more affected by the shooting and having a lot of memories.
There are a lot of sad moments that make you feel a lot. I really felt bad for Lucy's family who was acting like they are good and happy, finally, they had the guts to speak about they miss Theo and accept the loss and speak it.
I really felt pity for Ivory as no one speaks to her as the shooter was her brother but Lucy made her friend and created a good impact on her.
We all have problems and sorrow that cannot be compared as each pain is different. We should try to speak up with the close ones or seek medical help than getting depressed thinking of the past and living in it.
Mental health is equally important to physical health. Just speak out. In all countries, mental health was a taboo topic. Start speaking and share your problems that will reduce your pain a little by little and helps to move on in life.
This is a great Story. I loved the character Cindra, the protagonist of our story. I am still in a hangover from reading this novel as the plot was intense. The story is so engaging and I loved it. The character Cindra is a 14-year-old girl whose father fixed marriage for her and she wants to explore the places outside the palace and she goes before marriage to the adventurous journey in disguise of maid, will she reach back the castle? Read to know the complete story. This is such an enjoyable read with fantasy.
The writing was so simple and straightforward. I do recommend it to fantasy lovers and who wish to see a female protagonist in the story.
Hybrids, a fantasy fiction where the hybrid twins Addison and Aiden who have the power of wolf and witch and can control elements are nearing their age 16 when they will know their powers and use them to win a big war.
Addison and Aiden were living in an orphanage and their life changed after meeting Brooke. They came to know about their powers and are in danger as one of the members of the pack kidnaps Addison and marks her to be his mate.
The rider is the alpha of the pack who with Aiden helps to save Addison. Rider dies by trying to save Addison and the upcoming journey where they join the new pack and finding the real mate of Addison and unmarking herself and giving a new life to two pups was really so super. To know what happened in the war, how they find traitors in their group and reach their goal you should read it. I loved the characters Addison, Aiden, Raven, Marie, Kassie, Noah, Brooke, Tristan, Claire.
The story narration was so good and the writing style was simple and I liked it. Travel to a different world of wolves and witches through this wonderful book.
The book really explains anything from mythology, history and how different species are and how they make treat females and how this patriarchal society wrote all rules that give more independence and freedom to men and a lot of restrictions to women.
I liked the way the author explained how our Indian mythology is framed with a patriarchal mindset. The author has spoken of Hinduism and Islam and how the rules are, the author has interviewed a lot of victims and offenders and say explain some stories and try to find a reason why does a man rape.
The offenders had some childhood traumas or their parenting was not so good. Most of the offender's mother was not treated well by her husband, beating and abusing make them feel women as just an object to fulfill their pleasure and do whatever they can.
The author has spoken on child abuse, incest rape, marital rape, and stories of some victims. He also said about why Prostitution should be legal in India and how it can help in reducing the abuse against women.
The rate of sexual abuse is increasing and there are more opportunities to find the victim as in most cases the offender selects a random person. Now online dating apps are also creating more problems as there are many fake ids and there are many users who share a lot of information which makes the people vulnerable and there are some stories about date rape where the victim went for a date and was raped and abused.
I really want to say it is always victim-blaming and there are many leaders who blamed the victim and said about proximity between men and women in society is less as the reason for rape. How they can say boys are boys and all. Really you can see the mindset of many people who supports the offender and blaming the victim for everything that happened when the victim needs support and care.
The book is written so well and dared to speak on many things. Kudos to the author. I do recommend this book to people around me.