Atomic Habits | James Clear| Book review
Introduction From childhood, there was one thing that I couldn’t do, follow a timetable. As a result, my life wasn’t as organized as I would have liked it to be. Although our teachers had always pushed us to be regular, its only much later in life that I realized that success is a by-product of […]
The Conch Bearer | Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni| Book review
Story plot: 3.5/5 writing: 4.5/5 Presentation: 4.5/5 overall: 4/5 Genre: Fiction, adventure Anand is a boy who lives in a slum in Kolkata. To him, life has been very unkind. First, his father who had gone to Dubai to work, disappeared. Then, his sister suffered through an incident that impacted her young mind. As a […]
Once Upon An IAS Exam
Author: K. Vijayakarthikeyan Story: 4/5 Presentation: 4/5 Writing: 4/5 Overall: 4/5 Plot of the story Vishy is an IAS aspirant who sets out to conquer the exam after failing once. It’s a nightmare for him that comes true and thus his resolve is stronger this year. There is something in his cool and collected nature […]
Three Thousand Stitches- book Review
Three Thousand Stitches is a collection of real stories from the life of the author, Sudha Murthy. Whatever she has encountered throughout her journey through life, she has tried to portray it. This book is small yet rich. She has brought to us eleven such stories of helping others, the ugliness of the human race […]
The Spanish Love Deception | Elena Armas| Book Review
Story plot: 3.5/5 writing: 4.5/5 Presentation: 4/5 overall: 4/5 Genre: Fiction It’s her sister’s wedding and all Catalina Martin (Lina) wants is to not seem like a miserable and heartbroken girl who could not yet get over her ex-boyfriend. The ex-boyfriend is definitely going to attend her sister’s wedding with his fiancé. She cannot imagine […]
The Mistress of Spices| Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni| Book Review
Author: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Story plot: 3.5/5 writing: 4.5/5 Presentation: 4/5 Overall: 4/5 Genre: Fantasy/ Fiction/ Adventure Introduction An old Indian immigrant woman named Tilo runs a shop in Oakland, California. She sells a plethora of spices. However, underneath her old skin is the heart of the mistress of spices. In her hands, the spices […]
The Secret| Book Review| Rhonda Byrne
Author: Rhonda Byrne Writing: 4.5/5 Presentation: 4/5 Overall: 4.5/5 Genre: Spirituality/Self help. “Here’s the problem. Most people are thinking about what they don’t want, and they’re wondering why it shows up over and over again”- John Assaraf From time immemorial, the knowledge of how to create your destiny has been passed down. It has been […]