Author Archives: drficticity

I rediscovered my love for reading after quite a long reading slump when I read The fault in our stars, and I cried so much Since then I have tried to read everything written by this man (I’ll honestly read his grocery list) and as our #mentalhealthawaremonth how can I miss this book by myContinue reading “Turtles all the way down”

📎Written in an interesting style of oral history of an iconic band, And because the band members each recall things a little differently, their voices underline the fact that memory is faulty and leave us wondering which parts of the past will remain shrouded in mystery. 📎Decorated with drugs,sex stardom, rock-n-roll along with complex charactersContinue reading “Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Daisy Jones & The Six”

Schizophrenia by Divakar Choudhury Mental health is often ignored by people of all classes, 📎This book is a story of a man,a well known teacher,son of a well known lawyer who killed his wife and kids in a rage,got capital punishment which was later converted into life imprisonment due to his mental condition of schizophreniaContinue reading “Schizophrenia”

No matter where you are or where you grow up, you always go through the same awkward moments of being a teenager and growing up and trying to figure out who you are, understanding the emotions and going through heartbreaks So these are a collection of poems that revolves around the same theme and alsoContinue reading “Blooming wallflower”

Author: Ritu Kakar Page Count: 143 My Rating: 3/5 Would I Recommended: Yeah Blurb : 📎This is a story you might already seen from game of thrones to Karan Johar flicks “Girl meets boy,fall in love, married,have a great time,boy dies” This story line doesn’t appeal to me any more 📎What I liked? Writing styleContinue reading “One precious moment”

Author: Ritiqa Pachauri Page Count: 147 My Rating: 3/5 Would I Recommended: YES Blurb : Radhika Mishra is a CA,married have a child,life looks pretty much sorted but deepdown she is not in content with her life both personally and professionally So she takes an unconventional decision for a 30year old Mom and wife andContinue reading “Virago”

Author: Sunil Mishra Page count:180 pages Publisher: Srishti Publishers My rating : 3.5/5⭐ Blurb : 📎The book revolves around the rapidly blooming IT industry, focusing on Creative Tech, which was once one of the most successful IT companies in India but now is going downspirals 📎Marshal Scott, an american CEO, is hired and he takesContinue reading “Who Stole My Job”

The Ramayana Secret Author – Anurag Chandra Length – 216 Publisher – Om Books Recommended – definitely Rating 4 ⭐/5 📎Ramayana meets sci-fi – This is a good quirky & entertaining reimagining of the epic Ramayana, Blurb – There are two types of civilizations dwelling the earth one on the outer layer that is naiveContinue reading “The Ramayana Secret”

Title – All the Bright Places Author – Jennifer niven Pages – 378 Publisher – penguinindia A total 5⭐/5⭐ 📎”A heart-wrenching love story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who intends to die” This one line pretty much sums up the story of the book I read this book with myContinue reading “All the bright places”

Book – Faaltugiri and other flashbacks . 📎Pages – 148 Genre – illustrated memoir Author – Janhavi Samant Publisher – FunOKPlease Recommended – definitely Ratings – 4 ⭐/5 Thank you @faaltugiri for the review copy . Short adorable book . 📎Writing – The author has wonderfully captured the essence of growing up and personal relationshipsContinue reading “Faaltugiri and other flashbacks”