tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55684403198548438772024-03-05T01:14:03.158-08:00J R Loves BooksJ R Absolutely Loves Books! Jaasindah Mirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02522791421257735267noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568440319854843877.post-28640242222690205722015-04-25T23:13:00.000-07:002015-04-25T23:13:33.773-07:00Just One of The Guys<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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cracked up to be...So when journalist Chastity O'Neill returns to her hometown,
she decides it's time to start working on some of those feminine wiles. Two
tiny problems: #1--she's five feet eleven inches of rock-solid girl power, and
#2--she's cursed with four alpha male older brothers.</span></i><i><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #70ad47; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent6;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">While doing a story on local heroes, she meets a
hunky doctor and things start to look up. Now there's only one problem: Trevor
Meade, her first love and the one man she's never quite gotten over--although
he seems to have gotten over her just fine.</span><br />
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better Trevor looks. But even with the in-your-face competition, the
irresistible Trevor just can't seem to see Chastity as anything more than just
one of the guys...</span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This was recommended to me by a
bibliophile friend and she said that it was amazing after I told her that I
quite love reading chick-lit. It had been on my to-read list for about two
years when I finally picked it up a couple of weeks ago. It was my first Kristan
Higgins book and my expectations were real high with this one. Ah, read on…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The book starts out quite nice, in a
way. With our protagonist – Chastity- being dumped by a guy at a restaurant is
a starting scene written brilliantly by Kristan Higgins. Just perfect to grab
the reader’s attention when the guy admits that he is dumping Chastity because
she is too manly- in looks as well as actions. We’re told many a time through
the book that <span style="background: white; color: #181818;">she is
broad-shouldered, athletic, five feet eleven inches and three-quarters. </span>The
monologues, the descriptions, the details are just perfect for the reader to
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Chastity has come down to Eaton
Falls giving up her amazing job in a big city to work at the local newspaper,
Eaton Falls Gazette, and to be near her family in the town she has grown up.
Moreover, Chastity is thirty and plans to settle down, and of course, she seems
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book is the grand character formation. Higgins might seem to have created a
village of characters, but you won’t feel lost in them. She makes them alive,
you see them living right before your eyes. Creating and successfully
sustaining the huge family of Chastity in the reader’s hear right up to the end
from the very beginning is a commendable job done by the author. It won’t have
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rest, I don’t think there was much
great to the book. It was supposed to be a laugh out loud kind of a read, but
it failed miserably at that. I found it droning and droning and droning on and
on and on. Even if the character formation is great, there is at times too much
of the ‘family thing’ going on. An overdose, as you may call it. There are
troubles in marriage and relationships all over this book which gives it a tinge
of hopelessness. Higgins has also tried to as a spicy mystery to the plot by
adding a fine number of twists, but she has failed at them too. Chasity seems
to struggle too much with trivialities. Much more than she or the readers can
handle. And that is what drove me to edge. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If I am to compare this with a
Sophie Kinsella read, the act itself would be extremely absurd. I have read
much better in chick-lit than Just One of the Guys and it doesn’t even remotely
match their standards. It would be appropriate to say that if you want to see
how a chick-lit can torture a lover of the genre, read this one. Otherwise, you
know what to do, right? Yes, do yourself a favour and spare yourself the
headache it could give you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #c45911; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Blurb</span></b><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: accent2;">: </span></b><i><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #538135; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Set in the future - a world where
the past is a dangerous country, not to be talked about or visited - J is a
love story of incomparable strangeness, both tender and terrifying.</span></i><i><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #538135; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Two people fall in love, not yet knowing where
they have come from or where they are going. Kevern doesn't know why his father
always drew two fingers across his lips when he said a world starting with a J.
It wasn't then, and isn't now, the time or place to be asking questions. Ailinn
too has grown up in the dark about who she was or where she came from. On their
first date Kevern kisses the bruises under her eyes. He doesn't ask who hurt
her. Brutality has grown commonplace. They aren't sure if they have fallen in
love of their own accord, or whether they've been pushed into each other's
arms. But who would have pushed them, and why?</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Hanging over the lives of all the characters in
this novel is a momentous catastrophe - a past event shrouded in suspicion,
denial and apology, now referred to as What Happened, If It Happened.</span><br />
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It is like no other novel that Howard Jacobson has written.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am not much of a high-brow reader.
Sophie Kinsella and Jodi Picoult are enough to make me get titillated when I am
to pick up a new book. But this time, I wanted to read something really ‘good.’
My senses were instantly perked up when they said I could read J. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jacobson had won the Man Booker Prize for one of his books in 2010 and that J
was long listed for the Booker this year too. It had to be awesome. Another
thing I knew about it was that it was a dystopian novel, so I was really very
interested. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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holocaust survivors and is set somewhere in the post-apocalyptic era. The
setting is something that resembles England. It could be England, but you never
know. Jacobson has put in a lot of references to German words in between, which
gives a good deal of ambiguity to the reader for the setting. The book says
that the place is Port Reuben. It is one of many renamed towns where many
rechristened people live. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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generation that you found find hard to identify with in this present of yours.
He tells of their terror and past that is unbelievably ghastly. The time of which Jacobson talks, nostalgia is
a taboo and even a bigger one is to seek knowledge. The world is again under
the claws of the powers like the ones we can never imagine could exist ever
again. Media is totally controlled, some events and incidents are never talked
about, and some are totally nullified by the official reports. All people are
left with the liberty of saying ‘WHAT HAPPENED, IF IT HAPPENED’ – the phrase
repeated multitude of times in the book. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I believe, the one who has written
the blurb was slightly mistaken. You can’t compare J to Brave New World and
1984. In a lot of places while reading
J, I found it bland. Almost a torment to continue. And things didn’t seem to
fall into place until after more than half the book is done. I was like, ‘I do
not understand a damn thing that’s going on!’ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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but J seems to be a book typically written for the Booker-types. Tailor made
for accolades and nominations at the awards. For an average light-reader like
me, it is like climbing a rocky hill. The prose is too pompous for me, the
characters didn’t make sense, a really vague plot until half the book- there
doesn’t have to be a longer list why I didn’t quite like J. I might even have
given it up just in the first fifty pages had it not been a review copy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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like this real ‘high brow’ thing, go for it. For the light readers, I would
give you a red sign. Stay away. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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woman, has some or the other concern about their hair. We all want beautiful
hair and have different definitions of what beautiful hair is:shiny, thick,
lustrous, soft or flowy. </span></em></div>
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hair problem. Hair Yoga is a book by Jawed Habib who is a professional
whom one can trust with their hair. He has his own salon in India and is
responsible for the gorgeous hair of many celebrities. He is also the one to
come up with the Xpreso cut which costs only Rupees 99. In this book he gives
you the styling and hair care tips that every individual requires so they can
have a good hair day every day. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Jawed Habib? I remember being just a little child when I first heard there was
this fellow called Jawed Habib who was the hairstylist of many a celebrities
and had a chain of salons of his own. I was quite smitten back then. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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didn’t want to miss this one. After all sorts of information one would gather
on the internet, there was something to actually rely on and which came from a
real expert. Who would have wanted to miss the chance?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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great hair. Everyone has tried something or the other to make their hair better
and almost everyone has a theory about how it should be done. Now that the
expert himself is guiding the way through, I wanted to go by real tried and
tested remedies than just the theories. I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the
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hair, Jawed Habib first of all helps us to figure out our hair type. Then he
enlightens us busting all the myths of haircare. Mind you, many of them pretty
much left me absolutely appalled realising that we hold so, so many myths about
tending our hair. The best of it was when it reduces to dust the most popular
Indian concept that oiling hair helps hair grow fast. ‘Oil feeds hair. It never
helps it to grow. Oil conditions hair… It is just an external hair care process
and has no relation with hair growth,’ it says. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Indian culture, a separate part of the book is dedicated to facts about oil
and what kind of oil would suit what type of hair. Further, after oiling,
washing it off is important. With separate chapters each on shampoos and
conditioners which suit particular hair types, Jawed Habib repeatedly tells us
that ‘everyday shampooing ruins hair’ is all a huge hoax. He tells us how
shampooing is the best thing one can do for their hair.</span></div>
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further chapters on myriad of things including brushing, styling, colouring,
hair protection, seasonal care, hair care for children, the book still seemed
somewhat incomplete to me. However, it convinced me well enough to have my
waist length hair cut down to a bob, which is a proof enough that it is very
convincing and informative. Yet, a lot of my questions remain unanswered in
hair yoga, the questions I actually hoped to have my answers to when I bought
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I wouldn’t say it is the hair bible
that you would ever want, yet it tells you a lot of things which you might not
come across anywhere else. I would say, it is a 50-50 go. You’re definitely
going to add to your knowledge if you read it, however there isn’t something
great to miss on if you don’t. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you?</span></i><i><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #538135; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">Do you wish to bring the spark back into your
love life?</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">All relationships come with their fair set of
challenges—communication gaps, sexual problems, conflict, commitment issues—the
list is endless!</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">From the bestselling author of Beating the
Blues: a complete guide to overcoming depression comes a book that will help
women combat these challenges and help them learn the secret to attain
relationship nirvana. From spotting signs of an unhappy relationship to
long-term solutions that make a difference, How to Keep Your Man Happy will
help make your man stay put, forever.</span></span></i><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #538135; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After having read
Seema Hingorrany’s Beating the Blues around the same time last year, I had
become her huge, huge fan. Beating the Blues was my first encounter with a book
in the backdrop of clinical psychology and I was glad that I picked it up. After
a year, when I was given yet another Seema Hingorrany book to review I couldn’t
ever say no. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">While Beating the
Blues was about the problem of depression, How to Keep Your Man Happy takes a
new direction to apply psychology in. It talks about relationships and
primarily suggests women’s approach to make them better. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">No wonder we’ve
heard of the gender differences about perspective of things, which the popular
phrase (and book) sums up as Men are From Mars, and Women are From Venus, but
How to Keep Your Man happy takes us a level deeper. Dr Seema Hingorrany has
touched several aspects of a relationship and has tried her level best that it
should help her readers. And I am sure she is pretty successful at the attempt.
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The book starts
with Dr Hingorrany’s very interesting prologue followed by a chapter on dysfunctional
relationships, how to detect them and what the possible causes of a
dysfunctional relationship can be. I, personally didn’t know many facts about
dysfunctional relationships until I came to read HTKYMH. The book is a flawless
guide for understanding the nature of relationships. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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perfect fit for married as well as unhitched couples alike. The book talks of
the discords between couples which their minds, subconsciously, refuse to admit
and deal with. From playing the blame game with the boyfriend to getting out
all the frustration on a husband because of a mother-in-law, the book
introduces us to all the things that women do to sabotage their relationships
and fail to recognise.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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us realise the things that women do which irk the men, and also gives us
suggestion on how to keep off from that kind of a behaviour. Another topic
covers the common mistakes that women make in a relationship, how men are
affected by it, figuring out if we are doing the same and the alternatives to
keep these mistakes at bay and making our relationships healthy ones.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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the book introduces us to different personality types of men. This part of the
book seemed the most interesting to me. We have different personality types
explained as Mr Adventurer, Mr Fun, Mr Meticulous, Mr Geek, Mr Romantic, Mr
Mood Swings, Mr Sulker, Mr Commitment Phobic, Mr High Tempered, Mr Serious, Mr
Protector, Mr Stingy, Mr Arguer and Mr Clingy. I don’t think there would be any
girl/woman who can’t label her boyfriend/husband with at least one of these. Next,
the author tells us the modus operandi of men’s thinking and how it is
different from that of women, rather, how men and women look at the same thing
with different perspectives. It also tells us what are the traits in women
which men, generally, find attractive in women. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The third part of
the book can be called the practical part of it. It tells us how we can deal
with different types of men. In other words, it is a guide to making
adjustments according to the personality type of your partner. Be it an angry
man, a shy partner, a guy with low sex drive or a blatant liar- Ms Hingorrany
gives you a perfect mantra to dealing with all kinds of men. The last chapter
has full fledged tips for a healthy relationship which includes topics on
getting the spark back into the relationship, creating a trusting bond,
communicating better etc. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Over all, the book
is very well written and very informative. I didn’t get bored reading it at any
point. It might not be the best of all books on relationships out there, but it
won’t be a waste if you read it because it just has so much to teach you. I is
a book primarily for the fairer sex, so I would recommend it to women,
naturally. Apart from a chunk of editing glitches, which at times makes the sentences
incomprehensible, I didn’t find any major flaws with the book.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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better, I’d say, give this book a try. You will certainly learn a good deal
from it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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his international blockbusters<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><em><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #76923c; font-family: 'Bodoni MT', serif; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal;">The Da Vinci Code</span></em><i><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #76923c; font-family: 'Bodoni MT', serif; font-size: 13pt;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><em><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #76923c; font-family: 'Bodoni MT', serif; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal;">Angels &
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masterfully fused history, art, codes, and symbols. In this riveting new
thriller, Brown returns to his element and has crafted his highest-stakes novel
to date.</span></i><i><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br />
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<i><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #76923c; font-family: 'Bodoni MT', serif; font-size: 13pt;">In
the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon is drawn into
a harrowing world centered on one of history’s most enduring and mysterious
literary masterpieces . . . Dante’s<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><em><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #76923c; font-family: 'Bodoni MT', serif; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal;">Inferno</span></em><i><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #76923c; font-family: 'Bodoni MT', serif; font-size: 13pt;">.</span></i><i><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br />
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<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Against this backdrop, Langdon battles a
chilling adversary and grapples with an ingenious riddle that pulls him into a
landscape of classic art, secret passageways, and futuristic science. Drawing
from Dante’s dark epic poem, Langdon races to find answers and decide whom to
trust . . . before the world is irrevocably altered.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em>Inferno,</em><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>the plot starts with our very dear
Robert Langdon finding himself in a hospital with a bump on his head and unable
to recall where he is or why he’s in Italy- a situation of total amnesia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I’ve previously
read Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol but this is a bit different than that. In
Inferno, Dan Brown has made grand references to history, art, symbols and Dante’s Divine Comedy. It is
from Dante’s work that the book has got
its name as Inferno. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For a person who
has read previous Robert Langdon books is sure to find this one a peach.
Although Dan Brown does not get to make many experiments with his
characterizations or plot constructions in his books in this series, the
beautiful thing about them is that they sound so different and not monotonous
at all. (Btw, the Harris Tweed and the Mickey Mouse watch are to stay.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You can’t call
Dan Brown a writer of classics, so you won’t call Inferno a classic
either. But it does not mean that it makes you lose
even a bit on the enjoyment of the book. If you read a Dan Brown book, it is
more for a gripping plot and the engaging storyline and maybe to learn
something that you’ve never known before. And you pretty much get it in every
book of his just as this one. Inferno is yet another one of Brown's page-turners.
Being a sucker for short chapters, I loved it.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A little
disappointment for me in the book was a more than lavish description of Italy
as a place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On the whole, the
story set in Florence, Istanbul and Venice is superbly constructed. The ending
of the book proves that Inferno has enough food for thought. The chief element
that makes me love Inferno, as well as The Lost Symbol is the Adrenaline rush that
Brown keeps giving his readers. Such fine twists and actions, oh my gosh! You
just cannot predict what will happen next.</span> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And Brown, (I
want to laugh at it), in Inferno is raising philosophical questions. Can you
imagine! No, it is not a turn off, but still, it is too much out of the
ordinary. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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book is a perfect read for the lovers of previous Dan Brown books, lovers of
history, particularly that of Europe and the ones who are looking for a full
time action filled titillating piece of fiction. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jaasindah Mirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02522791421257735267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568440319854843877.post-47276722841753928492013-10-25T04:21:00.002-07:002013-10-25T04:21:45.461-07:00Fitness on the Go<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;">Looking slim isnt the only marker of being fit. Fitness means having stamina
and strength, being able to do your everyday tasks better and being calm and
focussed. Now celebrity fitness trainer Abhishek Sharma shows you the perfect
exercise regime that:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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athletic workouts<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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exercises such as brisk walking, jogging, skipping and cycling<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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celebrities such as Ranbir Kapoor, Akshay Khanna and Bollywoods fittest
heroine, Deepika Padukone. Supplemented with photographs and celebrity secrets,
it is the one stop solution for the modern warrior.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After reading plenty of fitness books in the
past few months, I finally got my hands on Abhishek Sharma’s Fitness on the
Go. The title seemed quite interesting
and with the comments by all the big shot people on the book, I thought to pick
it up. I am glad I did. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Abhishek has written this book exclusively for
people who have a tight schedule and always use it as an excuse to refrain from
exercise on the pretext of not having enough time to join a health club, or a
gym, or engage in any regular rigorous physical activity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Abhishek in his book, unlike a few other books
that I have read, doesn’t give us measures to stay fit which are just limited
for to carry out by the elites. I liked this approach that the author, who has
been training all the loaded and affluent people like Deepika Padukone and
Sonam Kapoor since ages, has tried to share his knowledge of fitness with the
common man, which anyone can easily apply into their lives. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Though the book primarily is centred around
workouts and exercises, it also stresses n various other activities and
lifestyle changes. The exercises that have been very clearly and comprehensibly
explicated in the book are not just the ones that’d help you reducing flab.
Although reducing flab is a part of it, but the exercises simultaneously
concentrate on strength, flexibility, stamina, balance, improving posture and
meditation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">While many books surprisingly say that Yoga
isn’t that great an approach to get fit, Abhishek Sharma lays his focus on the
importance of Yoga in the said motive. Also, the book explains the importance
and effect of the most underrated of exercises- breathing. It was quite
interesting to know that breathing could do wonders to help people stay fit. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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motivation filled in the book to lose those extra kilos and stay fit is
incredible. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The workout routine of the book seems totally
injury free. There isn’t anything maniacal in the book like drawing your legs
over your head. The postures, the workouts, each step of each exercise is
brilliantly explained, with the additional aid of pictures. Squats, Cardio, Crunches
or Yogasanas, the book has it all. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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backache and they worked like magic! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This book is totally worth the price. It saves
up a lot of your time and energy. Not just in one way, but in plenty. If you
are thinking of buying it, you definitely should. Thumbs up!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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shady second-rate college and realized that even thinking about it was
difficult.’</span></i></strong><i><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;">Arjun Singh is a typical South Delhi brat whose
biggest worry is securing a much-coveted seat in one of the city’s top
colleges. But his ambitious plans come to a screeching halt when he scores a
paltry ‘55’ in English in the board exams. Unable to meet the cut-off, Arjun is
forced to take admission in a neighbouring second-grade college. Between
grappling with his identity as a Sikh and facing repeated misfortunes in love,
Arjun’s only solace is his three best friends from school who have also ended
up in the same dump. What will happen to his future now? Witty, naughty, and
plain irreverent, 55 is a delightful, mad caper about growing up and surviving
three tumultuous years in the hallowed corridors of Delhi University.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Arjun Singh is like any other ten plus two pass
out in Delhi who wants an admission in the esteemed Delhi Universities top most
colleges for his higher studies. Getting a messed up result in his twelfth
grade board exams on his strongest subject- English, and unable to get through
the process of re-evaluation, Arjun is unable to make it to the hot-shot
colleges because of not meeting the cut-offs. But how bad can the worst experiences of your life be if
you have your best mates with you on each step? This is a tale of broken
dreams, picking up the pieces and an everlasting friendship. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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compelled by the ‘55’ on his report card to join a shady second- rate college
of the University. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The cover of the book gets it nice points
because it just sums up everything Arjun is. Sleepy-head, lazy, messy, classy and cool. The merging colors, the
turban, the yawn, the goggles and the messy graffiti of ‘55’ makes a perfect
blend. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The thing that I best liked about the author was
his wit. No matter how the story pulls off, the writing style of Chetan
Chhatwal is absolutely awesome. He has tried to make a consistent use of humor
throughout the book which totally worth an applause. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">55 was the book I wanted to read just after I
read its blurb. It seemed to be a gripping story showing the plight of the
students who suffer because of the Boards of Education and the typical government
system which runs them. I have known many people who have lost huge
opportunities because of the errors or biases of the people sitting in those
chairs at the Boards. I wanted to read something of them too. I wanted to feel
connected. I was sure I would. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The book did show the plight of the students, however,
I couldn’t feel connected. Not even a bit. I wish there was more mettle and substance
to the book; it would have really been the book that its blurb claimed it to
be. The main motive of my reading the book failed. I couldn’t relate to the
book. Period. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">55 more often than not seemed like a manual to
becoming a Sikh guy, going to college. It explains the life of a Surd so much
that it could very well be called a guide to becoming one. It irked me like
anything. <i>This</i> was not what I wanted
to read. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In the initial pages itself, it proves how gross
a book can be. It talked of shit and
farts way too much right in the first chapters, quite literally, and made me
want to gag. Maybe I should have guessed it by the WC’s shown at the end of
each scene. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">All that the book was, can be summed up like: It
is four boys, one girl. Everyone wants to get laid. And Arjun is the
protagonist in love with the girl, which is a one sided affair. There is no solid
enough story to the book. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I cannot find a reason enough why anyone should
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of Havana, Hemingway's magnificent fable is the story of an old man, a young
boy and a giant fish. In a perfectly crafted story, which won for Hemingway the
Nobel Prize for Literature, is a unique and timeless vision of the beauty and
grief of man's challenge to the elements in which he lives.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> “I try not to borrow. First you borrow. Then
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Among the most iconic books written in 20th
century, Ernest Hemingway’s “Old Man and the Sea” has a spot of its own. In
case you have not been living in a cave since you were born, you’d have heard
of its reference somewhere. Published in 1952, The Old Man and the Sea went on
to win Pulitzer Prize. It was also cited as the contributing factor to Ernest
Hemingway’s Nobel Prize in 1954.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Santiago,
an old veteran fisherman, embarks on a lonesome journey in his skiff to catch a
big fish after not catching a single fish for past eighty four days. The book
chronicles the struggle of the old man and the marlin in the Gulf Stream. Even
with scarcity of basic amenities, Santiago does not let go of the marlin, at
the risk of his own life. He does so because he believes in his skills no
matter what the other fishermen think of him. The book is the depiction of
struggle of man with the nature for his existence. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The writing style of Hemingway is poetic. The
scenes are full of imagery. The book contains a lot of monologues, which are masterfully
written by the Nobel Laureate. Hemingway is highly economical with his words
without leaving any point of the characterization of the old man. Without even
ever talking about it, the author depicts the desire of the Old Man to cement
his place in the Cuban society and culture. The author also paints the picture
of the relation between the young boy, Manolin, and the Old Man. The reader is
presented with a vivid picture of their interdependence on each other, even
though the young boy’s parents do not let him work with the Old Man.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Although it might take you only a single sitting
to read the entire novella, the book will end up giving you enough food for
thought that will take a long time digesting. The central theme of the book is
man’s capability, strength, bravery and ethics at the time of adversity. Te
recurring theme of manhood in Hemingway’s literature is also present in this
book. The struggle in the Gulf Stream between the marlin and the old man can
also be seen as a metaphor for the adulation, love and respect between two
adversaries of equal footing. The turn of the events later on in the book tend
to show the ethics of manhood, too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The book can be summed up as a triumph of an
individual. It is the moral code of a life laid bare, where a man has to fight
for his even most essential needs. In modern
life we would hardly have to struggle for life’s basic needs against nature
like Santiago, but still he teaches us how to accept failure in life, strive
alone for our goals with dignity, believe in our capability, and when success
comes accept it with humility.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I think every lover of literature should go
through this small, yet magnanimous piece of literature. Ernest Hemingway’s
Old Man and the Sea is highly recommended! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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or death; -- the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine!'</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="background: white; color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span></i></span><i><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">After eighteen
years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the ageing Doctor Manette is
finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of
two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney
Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through
their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil roads of London, they are drawn
against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height
of the Reign of Terror, and they soon fall under the lethal shadow of La
Guillotine.</span></span></i><i><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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masterful pageant of idealism, love, and adventure -- in a Paris bursting with
revolutionary frenzy, and a London alive with anxious anticipation -- A Tale of Two Cities is one of Dickens's most energetic and exciting works. </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Doctor Alexander Manette has been captured in
the prison of Bastille, before the French Revolution, and has almost lost his
senses in the eighteen years of exile from the world beyond his cell. When an
old friend and banker, Jarvis Lorry, summons Dr Manette’s daughter, Lucie
Manette, on the pretext of settling some issues of the property that her ‘dead’
father has left her, she agrees to meet him in Dover. After circumlocution, Mr
Lorry eventually tells Lucie that they are to get her father back from St
Antoine in Paris. After hearing the news, Lucie passes out. Soon after, they
are on their way to St. Antoine, for the Resurrection of Dr Alexander Manette. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I wasn’t acquainted with Dickens’ writings
before I picked up A Tale of Two Cities. Although, I had read David Copperfield
as a child, I don’t remember any of it now. Except hating Uriah Heep. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> However,
a lover of World history, I loved the way the conditions of both France and
England have been portrayed with n number of metaphors. Apart from what I had
read in high school, I knew nothing of the French Revolution. But Dickens does
not show us just history. He shows us lives of people of the Guillotine. Or
even that of people in England. Many say that Dickens relied on Carlyle’s The
French Revolution for writing A Tale of Two Cities, which in itself wasn’t very
correct in exploring the history of the event. While many say, that Dickens
corrected over the facts before writing A Tale of Two Cities. Whatever it is,
as Dickens tells me of these lives, I take them as gospel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The second part of the book was quite a task. I couldn’t
take much of Charles Darnay’s courting Lucie, Sydney Carton’s drinking bouts,
Dr Mantette’s madness, the blabbering of Miss Pross, the messy hair of Jerry
Cruncher, and his wife’s praying against his will. I drudged along as I read
each paragraph of the Book Two. I was dreaming of the next book I would read
after the torment Dickens was doing on me would be over. God! How I hated the
second part of the book. I found it agonizing and tiresome with all the stupid
and banal details. If I have forced myself to read a book to the verge of madness,
it was A Tale of Two Cities’ Book Two. Had it not been in my literature course,
I would have stopped right there and chucked it out of my window. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Had this been my first Dickens’ novel, I think I
won’t have picked him up again. But I
read a little of A Christmas Carol, and it was damn hilarious. I don’t know if Dickens
tried to show off too much with all the symbolism and metaphors deliberately in
A Tale of Two Cities, just to prove something. I didn’t like it much. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Third part of the book was finally where I
picked, I mean, the book picked momentum again. I loved the third part of it.
It was all business, and no bullshit; unlike book two. I so want to reveal the
plot and say how much I loved every aspect of it. But I know, no spoilers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">However, I love Sydney Carton. Hell with Darnay!
Carton is my real hero, and I think everybody who has read the book would fall
in love with Sydney Carton. I cannot stop thinking about poor Carton since I
finished reading ATOTC. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Book Three is a heart wrencher. It makes the
torment of the rest of the book worthwhile. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">However, the recommendation would be that if you
haven’t read Dickens before, DO NOT ATTEMPT to read A Tale of Two Cities for
the first one of his series of books. I would have said that you shouldn’t read
it at all, however, just for the sake of Sydney Carton, I say that you
definitely should. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Blurb</span></b><b><span style="color: #c0504d; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: accent2;">:</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> </span><i><span style="background: white; color: #9bbb59; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent3;">Sex and death meet in a story bursting
with laughs and essential life lessons.</span></i><i><span style="color: #9bbb59; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent3;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Ram Krishna is an
artist who paints nudes. He is obsessed with death and with his wife’s possible
infidelity. Despite his own conjugal insecurities, he engages in an adulterous
liaison. Immediately, Karma strikes: he is murdered by his wife’s suspected
lover. Unclad of corporal existence, he hovers above earth and discovers
that—apart from his parents, dog, and a few friends—no one misses him.
Dejected, he encounters Yama, the Lord of Death, and begins a long conversation
that extinguishes Ram Krishna’s airs and affectations, and makes him see that
he may have been wrong about life . . . And his wife.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Armed with a wry
sense of humour, Shiv K. Kumar lays bare the questions about humanity’s
inescapable end, plying us with a story that gives us new reasons to live and
laugh.</span></span></i><i><span style="color: #9bbb59; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: accent3;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Nude Before God was my first encounter with Shiv
K Kumar’s writing. A satire on afterlife, the book said. I was intrigued. It
seemed like my kind of thing, and once I started it, there was no stopping. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rama Krishna is a top-notch artist, known for his
paintings of nudes. Married to a Christian, Mary, you cannot call him a
faithful husband. As soon as he picks up the call one night after returning
home, it is some Kenneth George asking for his wife. The seed of doubt sprouts
in his heart. Has Mary been having a Christian lover? Before he can look for
the evidences, he finds himself dead, and talking to Yama, the god of death. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This book is in the true sense a classic. I have
never ever enjoyed and learnt of the bitterness of the world so good humouredly
as it has been depicted in this book. Shiv K Kumar has shown us the world
through the eyes of an artist. Who finds love, beauty and sometimes sex,
everywhere. Who sees the whole world as a rhythm. I was mesmerised by this
aspect of the book. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The best thing about the book was showing the thirteen
days of afterlife, and the torture and torment and fun a soul has in the time.
I could never have imagined anybody writing a satire on afterlife and making
fun of it. Shiv K kumar has become my ideal. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Even apart from the death and its satire, he
touches several sensitive topics with all his humour. The infidelity, the sex, the
envy, the pain, the hypocrisy, he shows it all. A true mirror to the world you
live in and would be considered dead in. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Shiv K Kumar is the man who thought out of the
box back in 1983. And his straightforward attitude might still not be taken in
by everyone. And that is what I loved him for the most. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A very short book, it can be finished right in one weekend. And that would be the best ever entertaining weekend you would have had in a long time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I would recommend the book to everybody who
loves reading, especially to those who believe in having ideologies completely opposite
to the contemporary. Even if they be superficial. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jaasindah Mirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02522791421257735267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568440319854843877.post-25678769509056489182013-07-12T23:06:00.001-07:002013-07-12T23:06:28.843-07:00In the Body of the World<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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separation and connection—to the body, the self, and the world</span></i></strong><i><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Playwright, author,
and activist Eve Ensler has devoted her life to the female body—how to talk
about it, how to protect and value it. Yet she spent much of her life
disassociated from her own body—a disconnection brought on by her father’s
sexual abuse and her mother’s remoteness. “Because I did not, could not inhabit
my body or the Earth,” she writes, “I could not feel or know their pain.”</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">But Ensler is
shocked out of her distance. While working in the Congo, she is shattered to
encounter the horrific rape and violence inflicted on the women there. Soon
after, she is diagnosed with uterine cancer, and through months of harrowing
treatment, she is forced to become first and foremost a body—pricked,
punctured, cut, scanned. It is then that all distance is erased. As she
connects her own illness to the devastation of the earth, her life force to the
resilience of humanity, she is finally, fully—and gratefully—joined to the body
of the world.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Unflinching,
generous, and inspiring, Ensler calls on us all to embody our connection to and
responsibility for the world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lately, I have been in love with reading
Memoirs. After reading some quite nice ones, when I got my hands on Eve Ensler’s
In the Body of the World, I couldn’t wait to get through it. As I read it, I
realised I have become a sucker for memories. Be it mine, a friend’s, or an
author’s. I love the idea of memories.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I had heard a lot about Eve Ensler before I got
to read In the Bo</span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">dy of the World. Her very acclaimed book, The Vagina
Monologues had gathered all the praise it could. Being a burgeoning feminist
myself, I instantly became a fan of Ensler for all that she has done for the
women on the face of this earth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ensler’s memoir, In the Body of the World is
primarily an account of her fight with her cancer. A uterine cancer that
emptied her from within, quite literally.
This book is as much an account of the atrocities meted out to the women
of Congo, and the making of their dream place, the City of Joy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The first thing that intrigued me about the book
was its index. She called it SCANS. I wondered what the SCANS was about. And just
as you are through a few pages, she tells us why. And you are just awestruck at
her capabilities and the uprightness that she shows towards life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The book, if to be described in a word, should
be ‘heart-wrenching’. The images that Ensler shows us are vivid, and explicitly
disturbing. Ensler doesn’t hold back.
She gives you the details of every damn disturbing thing in such a raw and
graphic language that you would squint your eyes and say ‘Ew!’ Until now, of
all the books I have read, In the Body of the World was the most disturbing
one. And I loved it for that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Eve even during her turbulent times of cancer, steal the show. So much that has
been written about them, it made me feel more and more related and identifiable
to them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">No wonder that the book is depressingly explicit
in terms of the imagery, it is humorous. You would want to laugh in all the heart
ache that Ensler gives you. This is the biggest thing that makes obvious the
brilliance of Ensler as a writer. The way she marries laughter with tears, my
hats off to her. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Eve’s language (Gosh, I am addressing her as Eve
as if she were my childhood chum! But I felt closer and closer to her as I read
the book. OMG! She is such an amazing writer) is like a conversation. You feel
like she is talking to you; sitting in front of you sipping coffee and telling
you everything that has gone by in her life lately. The book sounds like a
diary. It is filled with casual but strong metaphors. And what took my heart
away were the short chapters. Yes, I am a sucker for short chapters too. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">At last I would say, Eve Ensler makes you
introspect. Whether you want it or not. She is a spiritual guide! I found it
out right when she talked of the somnolence in all of us. “The choice between being awake or half
asleep,” she says. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You got to read the book to know it all. It is
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going to propose during lunch at one of London’s fanciest restaurants. But when
his big question involves a trip abroad, not a trip down the aisle, she’s
completely crushed. So when Ben, an old flame, calls her out of the blue and
reminds Lottie of their pact to get married if they were both still single at
thirty, she jumps at the chance. No formal dates—just a quick march to the
altar and a honeymoon on Ikonos, the sun-drenched Greek island where they first
met years ago.</span></i><i><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Their family and friends are horrified. Fliss, Lottie’s older
sister, knows that Lottie can be impulsive—but surely this is her worst
decision yet. And Ben’s colleague Lorcan fears that this hasty marriage will
ruin his friend’s career. To keep Lottie and Ben from making a terrible
mistake, Fliss concocts an elaborate scheme to sabotage their wedding night. As
she and Lorcan jet off to Ikonos in pursuit, Lottie and Ben are in for a
honeymoon to remember, for better . . . or worse.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sophie Kinsella being on the top of the list of
my most favourite authors, I was more than dying to read her latest release,
Wedding Night. I had been excitedly waiting for it since May last year when I
heard that Kinsella was penning down yet another book called Wedding Night. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The book starts when one of our protags, Lottie
is with her four year long boyfriend Richard in a restaurant anticipating a
proposal that Richard is supposedly going to make. Sadly, it doesn’t turn out
to be anything of the kind for Lottie and thus with the inevitable breakup of
the couple, Lottie is shattered. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the middle of a bitter divorce with Daniel which is also making her seven year
old son, Noah, suffer a great deal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When the crestfallen Lottie suddenly has an
encounter with her first love from fifteen years ago, and decides on the spur
of the moment to get married to him asap, Fliss is alarmed. Fearing it to be
one of Lottie’s Unfortunate Choices, and that Lottie would end up in the same situation as
hers, Fliss is hell bent on getting their ‘annulment’ done, by keeping Lottie
and Ben from consummating their marriage at their honeymoon and of course keep
them from having a Wedding Night. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The most wonderful thing about the book is the
new idea of the three POVs that Kinsella has used for the first time in her
writings. We are mainly told the story from both Lottie and Fliss’s POV, and at
just a couple of times Arthur has his POV too. And the concept is amazing. <br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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their honeymoon are hilarious, ludicrous and saddening at the same time.
Kinsella has maintained her standards and has given us yet another fantastic
read. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The thing about Kinsella is that she is real in
her writing. There is hardly anything in her novels that you feel is
unrealistic. The way she pulls the whole thing together is always worth kudos.
And with all the belly laughs she gives you, she’d be gripping you to her book
with all your emotions. And Wedding Night is no different. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But, there was a slight shift in her writing
style this time in Wedding Night. There seemed to be a merger of her writing as
Sophie Kinsella and Madeleine Wickham. This made me a little edgy at times. The
book lags a little behind in humour compared to her predecessors. There weren’t
many moments when I burst out laughing as I read through the text.
Comparatively, I’ve Got Your Number was a step ahead in this regard and from
the plot POV. <br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There isn’t much going on about in the book
apart from Ben and Lottie being desperate to <i>make out</i> and Fliss trying to stop them from doing it. And then
there’s another subplot of Fliss’s bitterness about her divorce, but that doesn’t
have a great heat to it either. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It in no way means that Kinsella ha even a bit
lost her creativity. She keeps on surprising you with a billion things, especially
towards the second half of the book and you’d absolutely be on tenterhooks. She
just keeps you guessing and guessing about the characters’ next move. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lorcan, Ben’s best friend, was my most favourite
character. And even though she was caring, Fliss <i>was</i> a Bitch. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The thing that disappointed me a little is that
there were some loose ends to the end of the novel which should have been tied.
I wanted to know what would happen of Lorcan and Fliss. About Lottie and
Richard. About Nico’s special package at the honeymoon suite. Many things. But,
we get to know nothing of them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To sum it up, Wedding Night is quirky, humorous,
breezy, emotional and an entertaining read. You will feel Lottie and Richard’s
pain after the heartbreak, would worry as Fliss gets worried about her kin (and
at times hate her for it), and will be as frustrated as Ben and Lottie when
they don’t get to have their so-longed-for Wedding Night on their honeymoon.
And reading between the lines, you will smile and giggle and laugh. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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they shouldn’t expect anything better than what they had in IGYN. And for
people who haven’t read Kinsella yet, they should start their summer breaks
with Wedding Night in their hands and getting introduced to the incredible
writer on the coming weekends. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jaasindah Mirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02522791421257735267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568440319854843877.post-45816355120905340092013-05-08T05:25:00.001-07:002013-05-08T05:25:41.168-07:00The Lost Symbol<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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unexpected summons to appear at the U.S. Capitol Building. His planned lecture
is interrupted when a disturbing object—artfully encoded with five symbols—is
discovered in the building. Langdon recognizes in the find an ancient invitation
into a lost world of esoteric, potentially dangerous wisdom. When his mentor
Peter Solomon—a longstanding Mason and beloved philanthropist—is kidnapped,
Langdon realizes that the only way to save Solomon is to accept the mystical
invitation and plunge headlong into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets,
hidden history, and one inconceivable truth . . . all under the watchful eye of
Dan Brown's most terrifying villain to date. Set within the hidden chambers,
tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C., The Lost Symbol is an intelligent,
lightning-paced story with surprises at every turn--Brown's most exciting novel
yet.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Lost Symbol has been my first ever encounter
with Dan Brown. I haven’t been a great reader of mysteries or thrillers ever. It
is embarrassing to admit that I have read only a couple of books which were
allegedly mysteries written by allegedly Indian authors. Even though I read
them, it wasn’t out of choice. And I
naturally began to despise the genre. But
I am lucky to have read The Lost Symbol, for it has been one of the most
intriguing reading experiences that i have had. It has made me a fan of mystery
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The story starts with the protagonist of the
novel, Professor Robert Langdon getting a voicemail on an early Sunday morning
from the assistant of his long old friend and mentor Peter Solomon- a
historian, a philanthropist and a Mason. The message is an invitation to
Washington for a special lecture at the US Capitol Building the very night. As
Langdon wastes a Sunday and puts all the efforts in reaching the Capitol for
the lecture, what meets his eyes is definitely not what he’d been expecting. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">While I read the prologue to the book, I felt
utterly bored. It brought back the bitter taste of the so-called mysteries I
had read earlier. But as I was past a couple of chapters, the book was
completely engaging. The short and crisp chapters make The Lost Symbol
exceptionally lucid, interesting and gripping. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the intermittent dozes of information that Brows equips us with. It is characteristic of Brown’s all novels
taken together and thus it doesn’t make The Lost Symbol different. But for the
first time Dan Brown reader like me, it is an absolute treat. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For me, The Lost Symbol was a mix of
inspiration, fiction, mystery and non fictional genres. It is a full time
entertainment for anybody who reads it. When the people say that Dan Brown is
awesome, they aren’t even a bit wrong at it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Langdon and Katherine Solomon- the couple of our book- were the ones I liked
the best. Robert Langdon is just my type of character. He takes no bull from
anyone. The best thing about him is that he listens to everyone with utmost
patience and sincerity but he doesn’t let them affect his ideologies. He is a
character I won’t get tired of reading about ever. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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notice of in the book. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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being splendidly splendid, there are certain things that I didn’t like about
Brown’s The Lost Symbol.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Emotions are his Achilles
heel. Yes, I know he is writing a mystery and the book is about Masons and
everything, but I believe the basic purpose of reading a book is getting an
emotional experience and the emotions can be of any kind. But sadly, there are
hardly any I could conjure up while leafing through the book. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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all praise for the Masons, though not too explicitly. But you can understand as
you read the book that he is time and time again trying to convince us that
they aren’t as bad the people they are professed to be. I secretly wondered if
he was a Mason too...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Last is his maddening
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Also, though a amazingly
popular writer with exceptional stories and gripping plots, it is saddening
again when I say that he is a little unpolished at his writing skills. The
creation part that he does is brilliant hands down, but handing over his
creations to beautiful words is what he has not been able to do. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Nonetheless, for
anyone who hasn’t read Dan Brown, especially out of prejudice against him like
I had they must, must and must shun it and grab his The Lost Symbol as soon as
possible. It is as important for a book lover to have read Dan Brown as it is
to have read Stephanie Meyer or J K Rowling. I mean it when I say that it is
equally important. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For me, I am now
in the cult who would look out for his next book <b> INFERNO</b>, which would be released soon this
month. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sleep soundly? Don’t feel like stepping out of the house? Having suicidal
thoughts? You might be depressed and don’t know it yet. According to a WHO
study, a mindboggling 35.9 percent of India suffers from Major Depressive Episodes
(MDE). Yet depression remains a much evaded topic, quietly brushed under the
carpet by most of us. In Beating the Blues, India’s leading clinical
psychologist, psychotherapist, and trauma researcher Seema Hingorrany provides
a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to treating depression, examining what the
term really means, its signs, causes, and symptoms. The book will equip you
with: • Easy-to-follow self-help strategies and result-oriented solutions •
Ways of preventing a depression relapse • Everyday examples, statistics, and
interesting case-studies • Workbooks designed for Seema’s clients With clients
ranging from celebrities and models to teenagers, married couples, and
children, Seema decodes depression for you. Informative and user-friendly, with
a foreword by Indu Shahani, the Sheriff of Mumbai, Beating the Blues is an
invaluable guide for those who want to deal with depression but don’t know how.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A thing that is
seen all over around us these days ubiquitously is depression and stress.
People suffer from this noxious illness even without being aware of it for
ages. Research has proved that about 35% of Indians suffer from depression.
Many of them don’t know it, those who do either don’t take it seriously or don’t
want to seek help professional help about it. Here, Dr Seema Hingorrany comes to the rescue
of such people. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This book helps a
person understand this under estimated disease better, and it would help you
figure if you are a victim, and if you already know it, it’d make sure you see
a doctor about it. The best thing about the book is that it tells us how to
identify depression from normal life stress, for the term ‘depression’ gets
misquotes a billion times in our day to day lives. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the symptoms to telling us stories of her own patients, Ms. Hingorrany had
tried her best to get us acquainted to the malady and has made reading the book
exceptionally interesting. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One more thing I
would want to talk about Beating the Blues is the cover. Whether a person is
suffering from depression or not, he would invariably get attracted to the book
just seeing the cover. From my five year old cousin to my forty year old uncle,
everybody would sneak a peek at the book just because of its cover, and most probably
would comment on it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This book is a
bible for people who are under depression or know someone who is. It not only
helps you understand the disease better, but it also helps you come out of it. It
most importantly breaks the myth about shrinks. Dr. Hingorrany says that there
have been times when a person would tell her that they didn’t see a
psychologist because they were scared. Some would even fear that they would be
given shock treatments right on the first day. Beating the Blues explains
almost every step that comprises the treatment of depression. From Play Therapy
to side effects of anti-depressants, the book has it all. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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everyone who feels the need to know about the subject, and to the ones who
wonder if they are the victims of the disease or know someone who is or might
be. It is a Must Read!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jaasindah Mirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02522791421257735267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568440319854843877.post-52767668797316197512013-04-07T01:33:00.000-07:002013-04-07T01:33:09.746-07:00Word Power Made Easy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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You Always Use the Right Word?</span></i><i><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">Can You Pronounce It -- and Spell It --
Correctly?</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Do You Know How to Avoid Illiterate Expressions?</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Do You Speak Grammatically, Without Embarrassing
Mistakes? </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="background: white;">If the answer to any of these questions is NO, you ought to read<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></i><em><span style="background: white; color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;">Word Power Made Easy.</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="background: white; color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span></i></span><i><span style="background: white; color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;">Now thoroughly revised to eliminate
outmoded references and to reflect current idioms, it remains the best and
quickest means to a better vocabulary in the English language.</span></i><i><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">Each chapter ends with review. Each section ends
with a progressive check. Numerous tests will help you increase and retain the
knowledge you acquired.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></i><em><span style="background: white; color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;">Word Power Made Easy</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="background: white; color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span></i></span><i><span style="background: white; color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;">does more than just ass words to you
vocabulary. It teaches ideas and a method of broadening knowledge as an
integral part of the vocabulary building process.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I didn’t have any
exposure to vocabulary building books before I decided to pick Word Power Made
Easy by Norman Lewis. Why I decided to pick this book is a reason very simple.
I saw it in the best sellers list on Flipkart every time I checked the said
page on the site. I wanted to see what was so good about the book that made it
sell in a bigger quantity than Paulo Coelho’s books (For me he is the author
everybody should read. Anyway, we’d discuss that some other time). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To be honest,
this was one of the longest books i have read. I am not that used to reading
books very big in size. A seven hundred page book is often a mammoth for me.
But this was the book that keeps you completely gripped. It leaves you
awestruck with the ability of the author to make you learn new words and with
your own self learning them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I always wondered
what vocabulary building books would be like. Probably a lot of preaching and a
bazillion words in a list that you are supposed to memorise kind of thing was
what my imagination suggested. But Word Power Made Easy was nothing at all like
that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Norman Lewis
interacts with you. He tells you stories, the histories, jokes with you, is
sarcastic of several things, supporting many, and giving you wonderfully superb
pieces of advice that you love to take. It is no preaching. It is a friendly
relationship with the reader and making him learn many, many useful things. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The idea that
Norman Lewis upholds in the entire book is “No Learning Words. But Learning the
Ideas Behind the Words.” It is quite hard to guess what exactly he means by
that initially, but as you leaf through the masterpiece, you realise that it is
the ideas that you need to build your vocabulary, not a list of words. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Norman Lewis
exposes to us the world we would never have given a thought about, normally. If
there’s a word we use, how did it come to existence, and from where. Lewis
tells us the stories behind innumerable words which are hard to forget. You
might have a faulty memory about remembering words, but the idea stays with you
and so does the word.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> I still remember many stories about the words
that Norman Lewis tells us, and it still brings back the scintillating memories
that I’d get while reading them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This ‘<i>idea behind the word’</i> is Norman Lewis’
weapon to make you remember the words you have never heard of before. And the
idea of the ideas simply rocks. Also, the way he puts them, is exceptionally witty
and it compels you to fall in love with Lewis’ sense of humour. I haven’t smiled
as much reading any book as I have smiled while reading this one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Trust me, it is a
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favourite ones is this, from the segment: <i>How
to Talk about Various Speech Habits:<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Saying little – meaning much<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There is an anecdote about Calvin Coolidge,
who, when he was the president of USA, was often called (though probably not to
his face) ‘Silent Cal’.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“You lose,” Coolidge rejoined simply.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I would <i>highly</i>
recommend this to everybody who loves words or wants to add to his vocabulary.
This is certainly the best book you would find of its kinds out there. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jaasindah Mirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02522791421257735267noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568440319854843877.post-45555140957243535562013-03-29T10:11:00.003-07:002013-03-29T10:11:42.495-07:00Life Is Always Aimless<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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you really know how much courage is required to listen to our own heart?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><i><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Meet Akash, an young engineer, who dreams of
becoming a writer. But all his works meet with is rejection from publisher.
Will he ever be rewarded for listening to his heart?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Smitten by wanderlust, adventurous Sandip does
not care much about career, marriage or making a family. How will life treat
him for listening to his heart?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Possessor of a charming personality, Chirag, has
a deep penchant for women. But deep down the motherless Chirag is terribly
lonely. What is in store for this vulnerable young man?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Maria Fernandez is a lonely and a less-than-
looking young girl who firmly believes that possessing a tender heart is enough
to make her world beautiful. Will ruthless life shatter her belief?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">As their life got seamlessly inter-wined with
many others they realized that Life is Always Aimless .... Unless You Love it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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on reviewing once I got this book to review. Supposedly, my last one at that
time, I accepted it with open arms. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The book starts
with a bunch of people staying at a hostel for the new recruits of ICL. Away
from home, and adjusting with multitudes of people and ideologies, this book
divulges us into the different stories of a group of these people. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The cover of the
book with the shades of violet, blue and lavender, a reader like me would be
instantly attracted to it. But, I felt a little lack of detail in the design
which might prove to be a down for the mass market buyers. The billboard of the
book might attract some, while some will just pass the glance over it.
Nevertheless, the cover is in sync with the plot. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A wonderful thing
about Ratnadip Acharya is that he hasn’t just followed the trend. Yes, we do
have engineers in it, but it is beyond the contemporary Indian fiction we find
in the market. Ratnadip Acharya has thought out of the box, leaving aside banal
conversations and unnecessary intimacies. The plot, compared to the rest of the
contemporaries in the market, is serious and mature. It is a daring step enough
in itself for defying the trends doesn’t work all the time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Though the story
is fine, but a little hindrance to successfully finishing the book would be its
slower pace. The plot moves excessively slow, especially in the first half. By
the time it picks up momentum about after half of the book, the reader might as
well have stopped reading much before it. I found certain parts of the chapters
quite unnecessarily having a place in the text, while they technically
contribute very little to the main plot of the story. At such point, the story
seems to just drag a little. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The language of
the book is lucid. The text is in cohesion and the descriptions and POV’s are
well taken care of. The chapters, if could have been a little less longer,
would’ve provided a breeze to the flow of the book. The book stands by its
title until the end of it, which wins it another plus point. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The other things
that should’ve been taken care of are the sudden introduction of a village of
characters right in the first chapter. If you read one chapter today, and the
next tomorrow, you might even forget the who’s who of the book, until ofcourse,
you get used to it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Above all, the
book stands upto the expectations and has a nice rhythm to it. If you are to
spend a lazy weekend this week, have a buy at Ratnadip Acharya’s Life is Always
Aimless. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I wish Mr.
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Jaasindah Mirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02522791421257735267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568440319854843877.post-49052812018211456812013-03-29T03:27:00.000-07:002013-05-17T01:13:01.113-07:00Our Moon Has Blood Clots<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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1990 when he was forced to leave his home in Srinagar along with his family,
who were Kashmiri Pandits: the Hindu minority within a Muslim majority Kashmir
that was becoming increasingly agitated with the cries of ‘Azadi’ from India.
The heartbreaking story of Kashmir has so far been told through the prism of
the brutality of the Indian state, and the pro-independence demands of
separatists. But there is another part of the story that has remained
unrecorded and buried. Our Moon Has Blood Clots is the unspoken chapter in the
story of Kashmir, in which it was purged of the Kashmiri Pandit community in a
violent ethnic cleansing backed by Islamist militants. Hundreds of people were
tortured and killed, and about 3,50,000 Kashmiri Pandits were forced to leave
their homes and spend the rest of their lives in exile in their own country.
Rahul Pandita has written a deeply personal, powerful and unforgettable story
of history, home and loss<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After having read
and loved Basharat Peer’s memoir on Kashmir- Curfewed Night four years ago, I
couldn’t wait to get my hands on Rahul Pandita’s Our Moon Has Blood Clots when
I heard about it. And the young Kashmiri in me never lets go any opportunity to
know of the times my land and its people have gone through. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The book, Our
Moon Has Blood Clots, as the blurb says is a memoir of a young Kashmiri Pandit,
who was forced to leave his land, his home- Kashmir in the turbulent times of
1990. It was the time, as Pandita says in the book, when people would say that
they’d collect the next ration in Pakistan. The time people saw Azadi at the
threshold. The time insurgency had set its foot in the land of Kashmir too
strongly. The time when most of the Kashmiri Pandits had to leave everything
behind and find a safer place for their lives. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The book,
primarily tells a heart wrenching tale of these Kashmiri Pandits. By giving us
the details of his firsthand experiences, he explains the wrath the community
had to face in general, here in Kashmir and out of it. It explains how the
situation compelled the Pandits to leave the valley and how after being
disowned in Kashmir, they weren’t even accepted in Jammu, a place they had
eventually pinned all their hopes to. No doubt the memories of the city leave a
bitter taste in the writer’s mouth, or for that matter any Pandit who was
looked down upon by the native Jammuites. After more than twenty years of the
exodus, the Pandits might have even left Jammu and got virtually settled in the
other parts of the world, they still long for the feel of home, of Shahar, of
the land they belong, of Kashmir. It is important to mention that the writer
also talks of the Pandits who still live in Jammu due to a multitude of circumstances,
of the families that chose to stay in the valley when everyone was leaving, and
the ones who decided to come back after some time. </span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The thing that
you notice right from page one is that Pandita has written the book
marvellously. Though a memoir, it reads like a novel. Days ago I was saying
that I hated books without many dialogues, and days later I loved reading Our
Moon has Blood Clots. Even for the ones who aren’t much into nonfiction, the
book will keep them gripped. The beauty and mastery with which Pandita has put
together the pieces is absolutely worth applause. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Though, I could
identify with many a thing Pandita says in his book, there were certain things
that found it too hard to sink in. One of these, and a major one, is that it
shows the Muslims in Kashmir as utterly lecherous and lascivious, giving a
truly very wrong concept about them to the people who live outside the vale.
This hit me right at the moment he talks of a speech made by Indira Gandhi in
Srinagar and the <i>‘completely indecent’</i>
acts the men did to show their disrespect. I found it too hard to believe this
fact, even if it is a fact, I doubt. He also says that the guys of his
locality, just as the exodus was taking place, were eying their houses and
their <i>women</i>. I might even believe the former, but the latter would still
take time to sink in. The thing that seemed absolutely laughable was the point
where he says that one of these very guys at the very moment, did some actions,
imagining to rape a girl of one of the houses they eyed and then having an
orgasm! Come on Mr Pandita, you were just a fourteen year old at the moment! I
still wonder, if even in today’s Kashmir a fourteen year old would know what an
orgasm is. This was the point I felt that Pandita might truly have fictionised
the reality to some extent. Or, the science is absolutely correct saying that
memory can easily get distorted. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Talking of
memory, if we compare the Our Moon Has Blood Clots with Curfewed Night, the
major difference is that Basharat Peer doesn’t just dwell on his memory. He
gives us every little detail of how he gathered the facts that he puts before
us in the book, on his re-visit to Kashmir. While as Rahul Pandita just keeps the
facts in front of us, not telling us anything about where he got them from. As
a neutral reader, without knowing the source of the information, I find it hard
to figure out which one to believe. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One last thing
that I didn’t like about the book is that it pictures almost the entire Muslim
community of the valley as villains. I know the Pandits had faced a lot at the
hands of the black sheep of the community and it would naturally make the
Pandits hostile to the whole lot of Muslims here. But once you’re writing a
book, and picture the entire community as bad, I think it isn’t justified. It
is as if he’s taken out the frustrations of a fourteen year old against the
community in the book. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Overall, the book
is totally worth your time. It is filled with emotions. By the end of the book,
your heart will ache for a long time if you read it as an unbiased reader. But sadly, you wont know how much of it is truth. Which I believe, must not be a great much. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jaasindah Mirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02522791421257735267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568440319854843877.post-25567281040845675532013-03-19T23:40:00.003-07:002013-03-19T23:50:57.405-07:00Dear John<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Always the angry rebel, he had dropped out of school and enlisted in the Army,
not knowing what else to do with his life. Then he meets Savannah. The
attraction is mutual and quickly grows into the kind of love that leaves
Savannah vowing to wait for John while he finishes his tour of duty.<br />
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What neither realizes is that 9/11 will change everything; prompting John to
re-enlist and fulfill what he feels is his duty to his country and fellow
soldiers. And, sadly, as so often happens when lovers are young and separations
are long, Savannah falls in love with someone else. 'Dear John . . . ' the
letter reads, and both their lives are changed forever.<br />
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Years later, when John returns to North Carolina, he must come to grips with
the fact that Savannah, now married, is still the only one for him. Now John
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I had come across Nicholas Sparks
accidentally after getting my hands on his marvelously written book, A Bend in
the Road. After I was mesmerized by the tale telling capabilities of Sparks, I
immediately added him to the list of my most favourite authors. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nicholas Sparks owes the credit for in my life – my affinity to the Romance
genre of Fiction. I won’t have been a lover of Contemporary Romance novels had
it not been Dear John, A Bend in the Road, The Last song and of course, The
Notebook. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dear John, is undoubtedly my most
favourite Sparks novel. The story of a cop of the US Army- John Tyree, and the love
of his life- Savannah. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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camp, when he meets Savannah at a beach. Savannah is in North Carolina on her
vacations, volunteering in building houses for the poor. Though he sees her a
couple of times, he doesn’t get enough dime from Savannah until he fetches her
bag that falls in the water. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This book is filled with emotions. You
will feel love, hatred, envy, longing, desperation, heart ache and everything
you can think of getting from a perfectly emotion packed novel. This book gave
me one of the best emotional experiences I have ever had reading a book. And THAT
is what makes it one of my most favourite books. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The characters of John, Savannah,
Tim, John’s father - Mr. Tyree are all extremely well drawn. While I was
absolutely empathetic towards John, I developed a love-hate relationship with
Savannah. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Many people say that they totally
detested Savannah, but I don’t think she’s that detestable. The novel was very,
very realistic. If we see it from John’s point of view, Savannah might be a bitch.
But see it from Savannah’s perspective. I think it is only in idealistic
situation that Savannah won’t leave John. But whatever she does, was quite
natural for any other girl to do. Had I been in her place, I would have done
the same. Savannah, I totally understand your situation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The dialogues in the book are very
realistic as well. Some of them will take your breath away. Even though it has
been two years, I still remember many of the dialogues and monologues of the
book by heart. They’ll remain etched in it for eternity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The only think that made this book
lose a star is that Nicholas Spark has downed his writing style a great deal.
It was as if a teenager has written the book. Or a naïve man in his twenties. Although
it was in first person’s voice, the voice of John Tyree, but I still didn’t like
the difference I noticed between Sparks’ writing style in A Bend in the road or
The Notebook and Dear John. It seems as if a completely different person has
been hired to pen down this one. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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piece of Contemporary Romance,, I recommend Dear John. You will love it! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is enjoying her independent status in the US and her sexy Indian American
boyfriend, when suddenly she loses her job to recession. And she's forced to
move back to India where her father has selected a boy for her from his guitar
class.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><i><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Suhaani doesn1t
know how to tell her Internet-savvy dad and Farmville-addict mother that she's
not interested in an arranged match, especially to an IITian. She decides to
dislike the guy.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Except that he's
not too thrilled about her either.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Even when they end
up working together, Suhaani decides she will not fall for this guy.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">But before she can
turn him down, he rejects her!</span> <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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in love with her Indian-American boyfriend Jay aka Jayant Guy. A painter at
heart, Suhani is all set to make money out of a nude painting of her boyfriend.
Looking at this American Adonis and getting the features of his exposed body on
the canvass, all the accumulated libido is vanished into the air when Suhani’s
father calls her up from India and asks her to check her email only to find the
photo of a guy from her father’s guitar classes. A potential suitor for Suhani.
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her job to recession and is compelled to fly back to India. She calls herself
lucky when she finds a job at iTrot. But of course, she doesn’t know the boss
is <i>the Potential Suitor</i>- Deepak
Goyal. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Chick-lit by Parul A Mittal is the story of
So-Honey, as Jay calls her. Suhani is an average Indian girl like anyone of us.
The only child, spoilt by her parents and loves unconditionally, she is one of
the bubbliest characters I have come across in any Indian novel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Soon
after you are through a few pages, you will immediately fall in love with Ms.
Mittal’s quirky and witty humour. Though the plot can be very flimsy at times,
you will find yourself giggling really very often. Humour used by Ms. Mittal is
truly a thing worth Kudos to her. I loved the way she made me giggle. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For the people who loved Heartbreaks and Dreams:
Girls @ IIT, Arranged Love is going to be a treat, undoubtedly. You will find
the protagonist of Heartbreaks and Dreams, Tanu, treat you after every few
pages. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the dialogues are exceptionally amazing. It is as if you are hearing the
conversation of two people sitting next to you. Very real and crisp dialogues
and sentences respectively were my favourite part of the book. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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loved was the mention of different songs at appropriate occasions. I could
almost play them all in my mind. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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author has portrayed the characters in a way that give more than necessary importance
to physical pleasures. I do not think the girls today, or even in the past
would have been that sex crazy as Ms. Mittal shows them to be. No doubt that
our protag, Suhani is a virgin until the end, but I don’t think that could
justify her or her friends being lewd at several instances. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hand in hand with that if Suhani’s. But at places, I hated the mention of Tanu.
I wanted to concentrate on the tragic comedies of Suhani’s life, and Tanu’s
life barely meant anything to me for I
had not read Girls@IIT. But like I said, for the ones who wanted a
sequel to Heartbreaks and Dreams, this one is a must read for them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the book finished. But it could certainly have been something better. I
personally was expecting an ending I would cherish, but sadly it was given a
little less crunch than that it deserved. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are looking forward to a breezy, quick weekend read Parul Mittal’s Arrannged
Love’s got to be at the top of your list. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jaasindah Mirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02522791421257735267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568440319854843877.post-14603455840311762092012-12-22T05:00:00.000-08:002012-12-24T06:59:53.933-08:00One Hundred Names<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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- and now she faces losing the woman who guided and taught her everything she
knew. At her terminally ill friend's bedside, Kitty asks - what is the one
story she always wanted </span></i></b><b style="background-color: transparent;"><i><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #9bbb59; font-family: 'Bodoni MT', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">to</span></i></b><b style="background-color: transparent;"><i><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #9bbb59; font-family: 'Bodoni MT', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> write? The answer lies
in a file buried in Constance's office: a list of one hundred names. There is
no synopsis, nothing to explain what the story is or who these people are. The
list is simply a mystery. But before Kitty can talk to her friend, it is too
late. With everything to prove, Kitty is assigned the most important task of
her life: to write the story her mentor never had the opportunity to. Kitty not
only has to track down and meet the people on the list, but find out what
connects them. And, in the process of hearing ordinary people's stories, she
starts to understand her own.</span></i></b></div>
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Cecelia Ahern’s PS: I Love You, I was captivated. I still count that book as
one of the best ones I have read. It had a wonderful story, many interesting
and lively characters, wonderful monologues, and what not. I knew that Ahern
was going to be one of my </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">favourite</span><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> writers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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novel, Love Rosie, also mesmerized me equally superbly. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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release- One Hundred Names in my hand, I was super excited to explore the new
story that Cecelia Ahern had to tell us. Coincidentally, this story too is
about stories, as Ahern tells us that every person has their own story to tell.
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Katherine Logan
has been sued by a respectable man, Colin McGuire for the documentary she made
on her TV show, Thirty Minutes, about him being a pervert and a pedophile.
After having lost her job as one of the trendy TV hosts, she is back to her old
friend Constance- the editor of Etcetera. Constance is fighting a battle
between life and death at the hospital, sick with cancer. But before dying,
Constance tells Kitty that she would take her back at Etcetera, and that she
has always wanted to write a story. To know more about it Kitty would have to
bring her the list that Constance has written and kept at her home. Before
Kitty can get Constance the list, Constance leaves for her heavenly abode.
Kitty is left with a list of one hundred names, and nothing else. She has a
great challenge to understand what the story that Constance always wanted to
write was. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You’d have seen
in the image that the cover of the book is extremely attractive. But trust me,
once you hold it in hand, I bet you’d say that you’ve never seen a cover as
beautiful as that one. And by You I mean the guys and the girls alike. If I say
that I’ve lost my heart to the cover, it will be an understatement. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The book has a lousy start to it. Too many facts
are given to the reader in very less time. And hospitals are not my favorite
places to read about. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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about the book is that you have several plots in between. The different names
of the list, although only a few of them are touched, give you insights into
their own life. All of them have a specific magic to them. </span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Kitty must have
been a very challenging character to like about. You feel so many things about
her at the same time. One moment you are sympathizing with her and just the
next moment you say that she deserved all the misery she went through. One
moment you feel like hugging the poor girl, the next moment you want to call
her a bitch. Kitty Logan has been one of the best characters I have come
across.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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all the characters are wonderful. Although he was our protagonist’s love, I
didn’t like Steve much. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fantastic, really thought provoking and emotional. It keeps you even more
gripped with every next page you turn to. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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one of the cleverest and most talented writers I have come across, and she
gives you yet another beautiful tale of love, striving and winning. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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not going to regret once you read it. I recommend it to every lover of Ahern
and romance out there. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anjithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10676569181234515659noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568440319854843877.post-14486510189165625992012-11-28T00:52:00.002-08:002012-11-28T06:22:23.884-08:00Betrayal<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hollywood legend. Her work as a film director is her passion and the center of
her life; one after another, her award-winning productions achieve the rare
combination of critical and commercial success. With no interest in the perks
of her profession or the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles, Tallie maintains
close and loving relationships with her college-age daughter and her aging
father, and has a happy collaboration with Hunter Lloyd, her respected
producing partner, confidant, and live-in lover. Rounding out the circle and
making it all work is Brigitte Parker, Tallie’s devoted personal assistant.
Friends since film school, they are a study in contrasts, with Brigitte’s
polished glamour balancing Tallie’s artless natural beauty, and her hard-driving,
highly organized style a protective shield for Tallie’s casual, down-to-earth
approach.</span></i><i><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">As Tallie is in the midst of directing the most
ambitious film she has yet undertaken, small disturbances begin to ripple
through her well-ordered world. An outside audit reveals troubling
discrepancies in the financial records maintained by Victor Carson, Tallie’s
longtime, trusted accountant. Mysterious receipts hint at activities of which
she has no knowledge. Soon it becomes clear that someone close to Tallie has
been steadily funneling away enormous amounts of her money. In the wake of an
escalating series of shattering revelations, Tallie will find herself playing
the most dangerous game of all—to trap a predator stalking her in plain sight.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">In this riveting novel, Danielle Steel reveals
the dark side of fame and fortune. At the same time, she brilliantly captures a
woman’s will to navigate a minefield of hurt and loss—toward a new beginning</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In Danielle Steel’s Betrayal, we come across our
perfectionist protag- Tallie Jones. Having crossed several milestones in
Hollywood, Tallie is one of the top most directors that Hollywood has. On her
way of making yet another film, Tallie is completely engrossed in her work when
an audit reveals a huge embezzlement done to her. One million dollars from her
account have vanished- the account in which the money is purely for the
business purpose. Who could it be? Hunter Lloyd- her boyfriend and producer for
four years, or Bridgette- her sweetest chum and assistant for about two
decades? Tallie has lost her trust in everybody when she hires a private
investigating officer, Margaret, who reveals the ugliest of truths to Tallie
with time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The characters that Steel has created with
Betrayal are lovable. Whether it is Tallie, her daughter Max, Hunter, Bridget,
Victor, you have a perfect and specific image of them all in your eyes. They’re
humans with their own rights and wrongs. And of course you sympathize and
connect with Tallie the most. Lies, deceptions, death and heartaches are what
make Tallie drop to the ground after soaring high, but we know Danielle Steel
has to make her heroine survive. And she does! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We know that Danielle Steel is a wonderful and
celebrated author out there who’s given us the best of books like Echoes, The
Ring, The Gift and lately, Big Girl- which I absolutely loved, but sadly, this
was the book that came with a lot of disappointment for me. Yes, the novel does
have certain drawbacks. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The plot moved really very slow. This has been
one of the most slowly progressing books that I have come across. In case you
have read The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks and found that dawdling, then I
would like to mention that this is even slower than that and would probably
test your patience.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Also, there is an excess of repetition in the
book. Steel kept repeating the same thing over and over again with different
choice of words. The behavior of characters has been repeated so many times
that I automatically by hearted them all by the time I finished the book. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The plot drags unreasonably. This was a three hundred
thirty six paged book which could have easily been finished within a hundred
pages had the writer had some mercy on the readers and avoided all the pointless
repetition. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There is hardly any serious touch of romance to
in the two thirds of the book; neither is there a nail biting mystery to it.
There’s almost nothing in the plot that can keep you gripped to it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Although I tried very hard to like the book, I couldn’t
do it. This is certainly not Danielle Steel’s best. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It seems so wrong when I think of Danielle Steel’s
name associated to the book, but yes, I won’t recommend Betrayal to anyone.
Unless you’re a staunch lover of her and naturally fall in love with every word
she writes, you may give it a try. If that is not so, you can grab a copy of
Big Girl which is certainly a beautiful book. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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lost it. : ( <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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only thing in the world I wasn't supposed to lose. My engagement ring. It's
been in Magnus's family for three generations. And now the very same day his
parents are coming, I've lost it. The very same day Do not hyperventilate,
Poppy. Stay positive. : )<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white;">Poppy Wyatt has never felt luckier. She is about
to marry her ideal man, Magnus Tavish, but in one afternoon her "happily
ever after" begins to fall apart. Not only has she lost her engagement
ring in a hotel fire drill but in the panic that follows, her phone is stolen.
As she paces shakily around the lobby, she spots an abandoned phone in a trash
can. Finders keepers Now she can leave a number for the hotel to contact her
when they find her ring. Perfect<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></div>
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perfect except that the phone's owner, businessman Sam Roxton, doesn't agree.
He wants his phone back and doesn't appreciate Poppy reading his messages and
wading into his personal life.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">What ensues is a hilarious and unpredictable
turn of events as Poppy and Sam increasingly upend each other's lives through
emails and text messages. As Poppy juggles wedding preparations, mysterious
phone calls, and hiding her left hand from Magnus and his parents . . . she
soon realizes that she is in for the biggest surprise of her life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sophie Kinsella is the name that I
loved right from my childhood. I admit that had it not been Sophie Kinsella, I
won’t have been such a lover of books today. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When I read her “The Undomestic
Goddess” in Sixth grade, I was mesmerised. Books were so lovely, so hilarious,
so beautiful- the child in me thought after reading Kinsella. There’d be nothing
surprising with it if I say that Kinsella is certainly my most favourite
author. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Since then, I have been religiously
reading all her books. But in I’ve Got Your Number, I must say, Sophie Kinsella
is at her best. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If you want to put out of your mind
all the stress and land into a world of giggles and gasps, Poppy Wyatt is your
host. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Poppy has found the man of life!
What’s more, she is getting married to him in just ten days! But Poppy’s life
falls into the danger zone when, during a lunch at Hotel Berrow, she loses the
only thing that matters the most – her Engagement Ring, which has been in
Poppy’s fiancé, Magnus’ family for generations. In all the panic that follows,
she gets robbed of her phone too. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But Poppy gets lucky when she finds
a discarded phone in a trash bin. Immediately she grabs it and distributes its
number to the entire hotel staff and her friends asking them to call her up if
they find her priceless Emerald Ring. When the phone owner’s boss, Sam Roxton,
demands the phone of his PA back, Poppy denies giving it back taking in
consideration <span style="background: white; color: #181818;">the timeless
"Finders, Keepers" rule. Because Poppy does Sam a favour, he agrees on
the bargain that he’d let her <i>“share”</i>
the phone until she finds her ring but she’d have to forward all his PA’s
emails and texts to him regularly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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shared an in-box with anyone in my life. I didn’t expect it to feel
so…intimate. It’s as if we’re suddenly sharing an underwear drawer or
something.”<o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<em><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Before starting
IGYN, I’d read a tormenting, godawful book and feared that I’d hate reading any
other book for all my life. But I was a few pages past <b>I’ve Got Your Number</b>, and I was laughing like a drain. I don’t
think I’ve laughed as much reading any other books as I have done reading IGYN.
Kinsella had once again, made me fall in love with books.</span></em><em><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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that I absolutely loved about the book was that it was fiction with footnotes.
You must’ve read a billion non-fiction titles will footnotes, but how many of
you have seen a Chick Lit with footnotes. The first footnote of the book read:</span></em><em><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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is Cultural Symbolism. I speed-read his book, The Philosophy of Symbolism,
after our second date and then tried to pretend I’d read it ages ago,
coincidentally, for pleasure. (Which, to be fair, he didn’t believe for a
minute.) Anyway, the point is, I read it. And what impressed me most was: There
were so many footnotes. I’ve totally got into them. Aren’t they handy? You just
bung them in whenever you want and instantly look clever. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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loved every single character in this adorable novel. Poppy is just one girl
like any of us who would always act on an impulse, without thinking of any of
the consequences to her acts. She maintains that typical, quirky Kinsella voice
that marks all her heroines. Although Sam’s not always just round the corner,
it didn’t take me long to fall for him. Whenever he sent a text to Poppy, my
heart would skip a beat. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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has been used by Kinsella bazillion times already, but somehow she still knows
how to make it refreshing for her audience. And yes, we love it <i>all the time</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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maintaining the mystery all through the novel. She keeps you guessing through
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it that Kinsella is the most genius humorists that we have today. I would recommend it to everyone who has ever
read any book by Kinsella. Whether you hated or loved her previous book that
you read, you’ll fall in love with this one. I can guarantee that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">This is an absolute treat for the lovers of Chick Literature
genre. Trust me, this is a must read. Totally worth your money, perfectly worth
your time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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out, world. Here I come!'</span></i><i><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;">For<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Victoria Dawson, growing up isn't a happy experience. Born to
picture-perfect parents, she never feels pretty enough to meet their
expectations. But when her parents have a second child, Victoria is thrilled - she
can't help but adore her new baby sister<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Gracie. And since Gracie is the image
of them, her parents finally have the perfect daughter they always wanted.
Meanwhile Victoria still never seems to get it quite right - she battles with
her weight, she's told she'll never find a man if she's too clever, and the one
career she feels passionate about her parents don't approve of.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;">And so Victoria decides to move to
New York to fulfil her dreams and escape her family. Though her new life is
exciting, the old temptations remain, and she continues to wage war with the
scales.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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struggles to find a life far from the hurt and neglect of her childhood, the
damage created by her parents, the courage to find freedom, and become who she
really is at last.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Danielle Steel is the big name in
the world of romance writing. Producing numerous bestsellers over the years,
she gives us yet another hilarious and at the same time a heart wrenching piece
as Big Girl. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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attract your attention immediately. As you read the book, you understand the
relevance of the gorgeous cover that it has. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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has sufficiently enough reasons to end her life. When both her parents wanted a
boy, they were fairly disappointed after having a girl. They name her Victoria
after Queen Victoria who had a big body to carry all through her life. Victoria
is seen as a specimen of ugliness, obesity and uselessness. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When the Dawsons are blessed with
yet another girl Grace, Victoria is sure to be neglected. Gracie, as Victoria
calls her, is perfect in the eyes of her parents. Gracie is everything that
Victoria is not. And our lovely protag is not at all jealous about it. Victoria
grows up loving her sister more and
more, being taunted by her parents for
her weight, her job and for not having a boyfriend. There’s only one thing that
takes her away from the miseries of life and that is food. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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commendable job taking us on a journey starting right from Victoria’s birth to
her thirties. Seeing her struggle with different things in different phases of
life, Danielle Steel makes this character fantastically relatable. I haven’t personally related to any character
better than that of Victoria. And there’s no wonder about it when I am, in one
way or the other, reminded a billion times a day about being obese. And I think
every girl out there, whether lean or obese will relate to Victoria. We all
have weight issues, don’t we?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the troubles that an average girl with a few extra pounds faces. The abuse one
faces verbally and mentally because of it is far, far worse than any physical
abuse you can come across. And as Steel writes it, it is all believable and
true. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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heroines that we have come across in many books, but there hasn’t been anyone
as perfect as Victoria Dawson. This one is going to be my favourite book
written by Danielle Steel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> If they make a movie out of this book, I am
going to cry buckets when I see it. And if you have a heart, probably you will
do the same.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with the problems Victoria faces at her home with her family, she also shows us
the miseries she faces as a teacher in New York after leaving her home. And finding
love for a size fourteen woman in New York is not an easy job either. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I was the happiest person on earth
when Victoria leaves her parents and flees to New York in search of her
self-esteem, the perfect lover for herself and above all freedom from all the
miseries. A woman needs to live her life for herself and not for pleasing
others. Fulfilling the whims of others ought to be a secondary matter, always.
That was the probable theme that Steel had in mind while penning the book down. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The author shows us the best
pictures of issues regarding self esteem, weight, family, sisterhood, teaching,
decisions and above all love. Big Girl is a breezy read with a lot of lessons
to teach you as you leaf through the book. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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loves Women’s Fiction, Chick Lit and Romance. This one is surely worth your
time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><i><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;">Everything starts somewhere. For elite military cop Jack
Reacher, that somewhere was Carter Crossing, Mississippi, way back in 1997.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><br />
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<span style="background: white;">A lonely railroad track. A crime scene. A
cover-up. A young woman is dead, and solid evidence points to a soldier at a
nearby military base. But that soldier has powerful friends in Washington.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> </span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Reacher is ordered undercover<span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span>to find out everything he can
and then to vanish. But when he gets to Carter Crossing, Reacher meets local
sheriff Elizabeth Deveraux, who has a thirst for justice<span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span>and an appetite for secrets.
Uncertain they can trust each other, they reluctantly join forces. Finding
unexpected layers to the case, Reacher works to uncover the truth, while others
try to bury it forever. The conspiracy threatens to shatter his faith in his
mission—and turn him into a man to be feared.</span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">I read Lee
Child’s first novel as a Seventh grader. It was called <i>The Hard Way</i>. That was the time when Lee Child’s writing had
mesmerised me. After five years today, I again bumped into another Lee Child
novel- The Affair. After reading this latest piece from Random House, I’d say
that there’s no denying that Lee Child is as phenomenal an author as he was
when I got acquainted with his books as a child. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is the sixteenth novel in the Jack Reacher series, but it can be very well read
as a standalone. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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begins with Jack still being in the US Army and he’s deputed to investigate the
series of murders taking place in Mississippi in the year 1997. Reacher, the
undercover Military Police Officer, only appears on the scene after the third
woman is killed. He later realises that there’s a connection between the
killing of the women and the deaths taking place near the army base. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the other Jack Reacher novels, which have been loved by the readers all over
the world, The Affair is yet another action packed and adventure filled mystery
by Child. With the name, The Affair, as you might have guessed, there’s this
love interest in the book which is quite overpowering than the rest of the
Reacher novels. There’s another investigator with Jack on the case. She is the
very interesting</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
Sheriff Deveraux, who forms a perfect pair with Reacher. </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lee
Child has created a remarkable and matchless character in his creation of Jack
Reacher. He is a big, tough man who doesn't take any bull from anyone. I’ve
hardly seen a writer have such a grip on creating the characters who force you
to live their life when you’re reading. And with the first person’s narrative
point of view, you get into the character even better. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But
Deveraux was a little too dumb to be a sheriff. Her motives seemed quite
different than what was expected of her. She is a bit too interested in Reacher
than she should be. But that, obviously is a deliberate attempt by the author.
Also, the Sheriff is incredibly beautiful and it is a very important point in
the plot. But what irritates you is that Reacher repeatedly keeps on commenting
on the dichotomy of how impossibly thin she is while still eats like a
linebacker. Come on! He is not a Mean Girls character! He is an undercover Military Police Officer,
for God’s sake. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">With some clever twists in between, complicated
characters, a perplexing case, and wonderful humour between the tensions Child
creates, he proves that is an author of great mettle. You’d find something
interesting and eventful happening at each page. Child does keep you turning
the pages!</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But
there are points where the book does disappoint you. Don’t lose your mind if
the last thirty pages of the book test your patience. The end of the book is
slightly abrupt. The loose ends of Jack and Elizabeth’s affair are left untied. One is only left wishing if the few questions
you had in your mind would have been answered before the book concludes so
unexpectedly. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But it does answer a big question of
the Reacher series. It will tell you why Jack, actually, left the army. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I’d recommend this to anyone who
likes reading thrillers. And of course, the Reacher fans cannot miss it at all.
If you haven’t read of Lee Child’s works before, I am sure this is going to be
a wonderful introduction. The Affair is certainly worth your time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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published on:</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN"><a href="http://randomhouseindia.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/guest-post-by-jasindah-mir/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">http://randomhouseindia.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/guest-post-by-jasindah-mir/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
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interview the successful young entrepreneur Christian Grey for her campus
magazine, she finds him attractive, enigmatic and intimidating. Convinced their
meeting went badly, she tries to put Grey out of her mind - until he happens to
turn up at the out-of-town hardware store where she works part-time. </span></em></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;">The unworldly, innocent Ana is
shocked to realize she wants this man, and when he warns her to keep her
distance it only makes her more desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist
Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her - but
on his own terms.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;">Shocked yet thrilled by Grey's
singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success – his
multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving adoptive family – Grey is
a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple
embarks on a passionate, physical and daring affair, Ana learns more about her
own dark desires, as well as the Christian Grey hidden away from public
scrutiny.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<em><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;">Can their relationship transcend physical passion? Will Ana
find it in herself to submit to the self-indulgent Master? And if she does,
will she still love what she finds?</span></em><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Before I start the
review, I’d like to clarify why on earth I even thought to read this one. A
month ago I saw the name of the book in the Bestsellers’ list on Flipkart. As
usual, I judged the book by its cover and didn’t read the blurb. I presumed
that it was a self help book about being successful at business or something. E
L James, I thought, was some top-notch businessman. After checking Barnes and
Nobles a few days later, I saw all the three books of the Fifty Shades trilogy
on the number one, two and three of the Bestsellers’ list. I thought the
business man has penned down his entire life’s experiences in the three books.
I downloaded a Kindle copy of the book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I am a self-help
lover. I wanted to read it as soon as my exams ended. When they ended, I was
searching Goodreads lists of High School Romance and suddenly I saw, a list
said ‘Best Erotic Romance Fiction’ and guess what? Fifty Shades trilogy again
topped the list. The curiosity of what could make an Erotica a bestseller
killed me and I started reading Fifty Shades of Grey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The book starts when
Anastasia Steele does her sick friend, Kate, a favour by going to interview a
hotshot businessman Christian Grey for the college paper. He finds her
intriguing and she in turn finds him very charming and handsome. Almost
immediately, Ana falls in love with Christian Grey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">There’s nothing good
about the book that is to be discussed. This book was a torture to go through.
I didn’t read it all. I couldn’t. After I read about twenty percent of the
book, I wanted to puke. Then and there, I deleted the file from my computer.
And for two whole days after that, whenever I thought about the last page I read,
I literally felt like gagging.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Just as I started the
book, I found the dialogue formation awkward. I had never read dialogues so
poorly written. Next, what I realised was that the author was very, very
repetitive. The vocabulary of the author seemed too limited. But over a few
pages, when the vocabulary had developed, repetition had taken other forms. I
detested the author’s writing style. It’s juvenile and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em>not
even average</em>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The characters are
poorly developed. Many scenes have directly been taken from the Twilight books.
The author should be charged with serious plagiarism. I had my first WTF moment
when I was reading about all those rules and a bit later on when Ana lost her
virginity. This was so not at all romantic or sensual. It was dirty. Absolutely
filthy!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The author has shown
her filthy mind by promoting BDSM in the book. But what is worse is that she
doesn’t even know how to write filth! When Ana tells Christian that she’s
a virgin, he says that they need to “fix it up”. Fix it up? As if being a virgin
was a disorder! There are many gross things shown in the book that no-one doing
the BDSM can even imagine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The contract thingy
that James has done, is absolute shit! She’s shown as if it was not BDSM but
some underworld activity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Anastasia was a foolish,
stupid, idiotic, dumb, nonsense and dung-headed girl. She has no sense of
decision or anything at all. The only thing that she has is her maddening inner
goddess that drives the reader crazy after every other paragraph. James is so
damn repetitive!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Christian is an ass!
He’s possessive, proud, arrogant.. ah, he is a psycho. I hated him like
anything. He’s got brain damage apparently, that James has forgotten to mention
in the book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">It torments me to even
think about it. The last thing I’d want to say is that don’t, don’t even think
of reading this. It is neither worth time, nor money. If you like Romance or
even Erotica, go figure out something else. This is absolute waste of
everything!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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