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Children of blood and bone by #tomiadeyemi is our next book in the #femmemarchfest . . . . This book gathered so much word around it even before publishing and it got many great reviews afterwards(some not so good too ) and now a movie is also behind made based on this and I readContinue reading “Children of blood and bone”

Educated “The thing about having a mental breakdown is that no matter how obvious it is that you’re having one, it is somehow not obvious to you. I’m fine, you think. So what if I watched TV for twenty-four straight hours yesterday. I’m not falling apart. I’m just lazy. Why it’s better to think yourselfContinue reading “Educated by Tara Westover”

“Reading this book will be an emotional investment; moving and thoughtful memoir of family, medicine and literature. It is, despite its grim undertone, accidentally inspiring.” We often tend to forget the inevitability of death; everyone dies but when and how? And if you know you have this much time left, what will you do? AndContinue reading “WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR”

One of the most celebrated writer has brought life to history’s most enigmatic women -Mata Hari “I don’t know if the future will remember me, but if it does, may it never see me as a victim, but as someone who moved forward with courage, fearlessly paying the price had to pay” The story wasContinue reading “The spy”

Some #mondaymotivation For y’all Wings of Fire: An Autobiography of A P J Abdul Kalam “Be active! Take on responsibility! Work for the things you believe in. If you do not, you are surrendering your fate to others”-A P J Abdul Kalam’s words to live by I have read this book over and over againContinue reading “Wings of Fire: An Autobiography of A P J Abdul Kalam”

How to deal with a introvert/booktrovert/recluse Back story: Recently I have started working,it’s my first job and I try to be a good person ,behave well to people and smile at them but when you work in a office for 10 hours that much is not enough & the problem is I’m not good atContinue reading “How to deal with a introvert ?”

A Hundred Bricks Down- A poetry Anthology A really successful poetry anthology needs two essential ingredients: pace and rhythm. The editor has to think hard about which poems are put together and how they relate to each other. Much of the challenge is working on the order and identifying certain poems that act as breathersContinue reading “A Hundred Bricks Down- A poetry Anthology”

supermodel Lula Landry, known to her friends as the Cuckoo,fell to her death police ruled it a suicide, but her brother doesn’t believe it and walk through the door of a detective ,Cormoran Strike. Strike is struggling in his own way to find work and losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, heContinue reading “The Cuckoo’s Calling”

Loved this book, this is sort of a biography of drapadi or story of Mahabharata from Draupadi’s viewpoint She starts of as special girl,who has prophecies around her that she will change the course of history. Growing up she is pretty average or even below it,not very good nor interested in the traditional arts girlsContinue reading “Palace of illusions”

Yes I have read this book in 2019, for starters I’m not a fan of this genre ,secondly earlier when I tried to read this book I didn’t liked the start,but now I have completed it I get the hype. The book is narrated by three women Rachel-an alcoholic,Megan-the missing girl and Anna-Rachel’s ex husbandsContinue reading “Girl on the train”