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The Silent Patient | Alex Michaelides | Book review
Introduction Alicia is a painter who lives with her fashion photographer husband, Gabriel. On the outside, you would say she is quite lucky that she has a perfect life, a caring husband by her side, and a budding career ahead. But, on a hot summer day in the month of August, as the temperatures soared […]
Don’t Believe Everything You Think | Joseph Nguyen| Book Review
‘Don’t believe everything you think’ is a book for the overthinkers, the anxiety prone individuals who suffer through their thoughts. It’s a practical guide for a life without despair. Thoughts are involuntary but thinking is optional. We encounter a lot of things in our lives that give us pain, but suffering is optional and how […]
Before the coffee gets cold | Toshikazu Kawaguchi | Book Review
Introduction There is a café in Tokyo- Funiculi Funicula, in a small dark alley. A café that is so conspicuous that it is easy to miss. This café has been standing here for almost a decade, but it is not just coffee that attracts customers to this small café but also an old urban legend […]
To Sir Phillip with Love |Julia Quinn| Book Review|
A life of spinsterhood and spending a life alone is something that most ladies of the ton hated to even imagine and more so feared. From childhood, their mothers groomed them to become the most elegant and perfect women that any man would want to marry. Eloise had never made this the aim of her […]
I’ve Got Your Number | Sophie Kinsella| Book Review
Summary I’ve got your number by Sophie Kinsella is a story of Poppy. Poppy was enjoying herself with her girls, having a great time only to be followed by a big meltdown. She realized that she lost the one thing that she shouldn’t have, her wedding ring! Running around the entire hall, she searched every […]
Perfect Timing | Jill Mansell | Book Review
Ok, so firstly I would like to say that I picked up ‘Perfect timing’ at a book fair and I am so glad I did. This book is so beautifully written and is like a breath of fresh air. This author is new to me but still I loved her work right from the very […]
Koi Good News | Zareen Khan| Book Review
The question, ‘Koi good News’ is that one question that puts off many Indian women. You tend to question many things about yourself and the people in your life. This story is of Mona and Ramit. Mona marries Punjabi Ramit only to be accepted into a large family that they lovingly or not so lovingly […]
5 things to learn from Sadhguru’s ‘Death’
The fear of Death is an all-engulfing fear that is felt by people from all walks of society. We fear it so much that we don’t even utter the word aloud thinking that we might somehow end up inviting the bad omen to our homes. Humans fail to accept that it can happen to anyone, […]
I want to die but I want to eat tteokbokki | Book Review
Sometimes you feel low and pessimistic about life. Sometimes you feel you are not good enough. It is normal to feel that way from time to time but what happens when that feeling tends to linger for days, months and even years? ‘I want to die but I want to eat tteokbokki’ is an account […]
The Forty Rules of Love | Elif Shafak| Book Review
Story plot: 5/5 Writing: 4.5/5 Presentation: 5/5 Overall: 5/5 If there is one thing humans crave more than anything else, it is love. Love in all of its shapes and forms makes up the foundation of humanity. From eras and centuries, people both great and common have talked about its beauty. ‘The Forty Rules of […]