Book Reviews by Simran

Welcome back to  BOOK REVIEWS BY SIMRAN . Today's book is  WHAT MINA DID  by  GEETA MENON . BLURB: A single betrayal can cost you everything... 1998. Twenty-two-year-old Mina is moving to the US from Bangalore to begin a new life with her husband. Then there’s a horrific murder and her life is turned upside down. Mina’s best friend Neelu helps her out of the abyss. Mina gradually leaves her past behind and settles into a new life in the US. Years later, she is forced to return to India and is confronted by the demons from her past. In her fragile mental state, she is unable to support Neelu in her time of need. Their friendship hits rock bottom. Mina goes back to the US and faces further hurdles, this time on the work front. She tries to make amends with Neelu, but their friendship ends with Neelu accusing Mina of something unimaginable related to the murder. Something, that deep down, Mina knows is true... Will Mina redeem herself? Will the people ...

Let's talk about  RHYTHM OF SPIRITUAL BEATS  by  SRINIVASAN PANCHNADAM NATHAN . Blurb: The Collection of Poems "Rhythm of Spiritual Beats "Is Aimed at Self-Awareness and Betterment. Topics Range from Challenges of Life with Vigour to Seeking Solace in God. Poems Showing Insight and Intimacy and Tackling the Relevant Personal Issues- Death, Identity in An Approachable Manner. The Reader Needs to Turn Inward Prior To Gazing Outward at The World's Mysteries. The Crux of These Poems Is Related to The Common Man's Spiritual Journey into The Inner Self. There Is A Hidden Meaning for Each of His Poems Appealing to The People for A Cause. In This World Nothing Is Static, There Are Good and Bad Phases of Life Each One Has to Undergo. How Do We Perceive It and Apply the Learnings Positively Is the Message Sent Through His Poems? You Are What You Are. The Fear of Life Needs to Be Conquered and Marched Ahead. Readers Can Relate the Poems and Find It Close to Th...

Today, we have  WILD WORLD  by  DEEPAK ARORA . Blurb: Bali, the langur, decides to move back into the Wild World after getting fed up of chasing monkeys in the city. Bhola, the bear, escapes to the jungle from the brutalities of his human owner to lead a happy and satiated life. On the night of Bali’s welcome party, Bali saves Raja, the tiger, from the bullets of a poacher. The other animals are impressed and request him to go back to the city and help Rani, the tigress, to escape from the City Zoo. Wild World is a whacky and hilarious tale of a runaway langur and an ever hungry bear who join paws to save the jungle from becoming a human colony. About The Author: Deepak Arora is an electronic media professional with more than 20 years in the field. His various trips to different wildlife national parks got him contemplating about life in the wild and humans through the animals’ perspective. The result was 2 Moondance Film Festival awards, 1 Dad...

Welcome back to  Book Reviews By Simran . For today, We'll be talking about  SONGS FROM A LOST SOUL  by  A.G. WILSON Blurb: You may call these works of mine songs, and I will thank you for it, You may call these the ramblings of a deluded fool and I would perhaps nod in agreement, You may call these words works of art, of this I can never be sure. However, if you see through these words a friend who may at times share the path you tread on, I would be the richer for it and would gratefully accept. My review: This book is a collection of poems divided into two sections romance and reflections . First of all, the cover of the book is beautiful but it could have been designed in a much better way. Title of the book is convincing and appropriate. The poems are indeed songs from a lost soul. The writing style is lucid and captivating. A must read for all the poetry lovers. My ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Hello Booklovers!! Today, we'll talk about  VIRAGO  by  RITIQA PACHAURI . Blurb: Radhika Mishra ia s successful Chartered Accountant. she has everything that one could ask for. Yet, her heart desires for something more. Something else. something that requires unsettling the settled. an urge so strong, it forces her to put everything on stake. An endeavour so bold, that would mould her into a new being. Will she be successful or regretful ? One needs to read to find out. About the Author : Ritiqa Pachauri is an English teacher who loves telling stories to children. Virago is her second novel after ‘The Affair’. She lives in Jaipur with her family. My review: As the name suggests, Virago literally means a female warrior. This story is based on a female warrior named, Radhika Mishra. We can see two sides of a woman’s life. One is sacrifice and the other is building one’s identity from the scratch. The plot and character designing is great. Narr...

Hello BookLovers! Welcome back to  BOOK REVIEWS BY SIMRAN  . For today, I'll be reviewing  A YEAR OF WEDNESDAYS  by  SONIA BAHL . Blurb: A flight from New Delhi to new York. Two strangers, seat 7A and seat 7B, who have nothing in common. Absolutely nothing. Except they are both hoping the seat next to theirs remains empty. It doesn't. Mid-flight turbulence and infant incontinence forces them to interact—the cool wall Street guy and the mom-with-the-drool-stained-sweater-and-ordinary-aspirations. Blistering wit, opposing views, and some unexpectedly poignant admissions keep them addictive engaged and hopelessly sleep deprived through the fifteen-hour journey. Touch down... And they leave the cabin without a backward Glance, jumping right back into their dramatically different lives. Never to meet again. But somehow they continue to travel together—interlocked forever through an inexplicable connectedness. Can one meeting change everything forev...

First of all, I would like to thank the Author,  Dr. Priya Dolma Tamang for sending this beautiful book, with a gift and a cute note. Alright, so the Blurb of the book says: A deluge of poetry and prose, ambiguously honoring the essence of existence from birth onto death, life and loss, self and society, romantic love and pensive longing, melancholy of regret to gratitude in healing, and the struggles of and strength in femininity. A potpourri of musings assembled with a hint of practical spirituality, to be savored passably as an oracle of hearts to the many answers, whose questions our minds are yet to comprehend. Ivory Gleam is split into three chapters of learning, longing and loving. Each chapter is a journey traversing a different road to the ultimate destination of self-reflection. Now, let's talk about this beautifully written book. 1. BOOK COVER I really like the cover of the book. It is a combination of pink, yellow and white. The colour pink signifies ca...