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The free verse poems are well written and are Directly targetting the issues addressed. Readers will feel that hit in their heart while reading these poems.

Various issues are addressed which includes rape, eve-teasing, sexual assault, abuse, long distance relationship, millennial love lives. All the poems carry certain uniqueness in each of them and some poems are in continuity with the previous poem, as in story telling.

How the author lovey chaudary has expressed these poems in a subtle way with a tinge of sarcasm fill is impressive and how the author addressed various public figures saying sexist things on public meets without any fear definitely deserves a bow from all of us.

This poetry collection, "Femonomic: Women Invite Crime" is a better start for everyone who wants to start their poetry reading journey. You won't be disappointed.

*The copy of book was shared in the exchange of honest review.

This Corporate Drama keeps you hooked until the end.

"The Undeserving Boss" is a journey of an independent woman Ella, who under circumstances had to giveup her masters in abroad and her financially supporting freelancing job to join the family business, which is a part of male dominated industry. Though she feels nervous and under confident to take up the business, she does so with the support of her family, her best friend and her personal assistant Aarav. In th office she faces many obstacles which provoke her to prove herself each passing day and there's smuggling of office/company goods which makes this pressure too fall on the shoulders of Ella, how Ella tries and tackles these many issues in the company and balances her personal life with this dedicated office hours which she's not used to forms crux of the story. How she proves herself to be a deserving boss to the company is the main theme of this book. Since it's a corporate drama, the major world it is in is the fictional family business company office.

Is it readable? Yes. Absolutely. The language is very easy to read and understand. This corporate drama manages you too keep hooked until the end to find the culprit since the very beginning. A light read. A one time read. This story tells the reality of any company, if a girl heir becomes the part of the company and eventually their boss.

Felt it could have been better if the chemistry between the protagonists could have been more better.

*The copy of book was shared in the exchange of honest review.

How a 15 year old by Jean who could see things others cannot see, as defined in prophecy wether dethrones the king or not forms the base storyline of Jean Angel: The Quest for An Ideal Kingdom.

This is the second part of a short read Jean angel: the child to of prophecy.

The book was written in an easy to read language and is a short read, go for it when you'd like a light read with a mix of fantasy. I personally felt, the story of this series would make a perfect bedtime story for kids with well explained complex philosophy in the simplest way possible, would definitely gives life to a kid's imagination and will probably helps in children developing their own perspective on certain things.

The cons would be, a baseless lovestory in the very beginning itself, I couldn't connect to it very much and here and there few grammatical errors which could be rectified easily with an extra editing for further editions.

*The copy of this book was shared in the exchange of an honest review.

"A real relationship is two-way."
-Can you keep a secret? By Sophie Kinsella.

"Can you keep a secret?" Is the story of Emma, who has kept secrets from her Mother, Boyfriend, Colleagues, and even her Bestfriend, also has a few secrets of her own.

Emma's Secrets are not serious, but definitely embarrassing for her when they get revealed. On a flight back home, Emma reveals all her secrets to a stranger, a co passenger in the flight fearing death, when the flight goes into a turbulence, and she was sure that she wouldn't see the face of that stranger again in her life ever. Little did she know that, the stranger was her boss, whom she had to face everyday after.

As expected, she gets shocked seeing the stranger as her boss in her office, and to her relief he too asks to keep their meeting a secret.

Another secret added to the list. Now they both together had shared a secret.

The rest of the story follows for how long her secrets would be kept confidential, and what happens if these secrets gets revealed? Would she able to face her friends and colleagues and family after the revelation of those secrets she kept from all of them, either trying not to disappoint them or fearing the embarrassment. She has her own reasons to justify. And, every reader somewhere feels related to this well written book.

My Experience While Reading:-

I don't know why did I picked this book, but I have surely enjoyed it throughout Reading it. Though I felt the story line was cliche, and somewhat mediocre, I couldn't put it down. There were the times where I burst out laughing and got "are you mad or what?" Looks from my mom.

I would call this book, "A Guilty Pleasure."I haven't read many romantic comedies or chicklits, so I don't think I'm good enough to judge this work. All I can say is, I actually enjoyed reading, and "Can you keep a secret?" has surely made an exception in my bookshelf.

Do I recommend this book?
Go for it when you're facing any reading slump, or looking for a lighter and funny read. This book will not disappoint you.

"Ignorance is bliss, Enlightenment is bliss, inbetween there's struggle."


God: Best friend and Guide follows the journey of an unnamed narrator, and his conversation regarding hardships and turns in life with another detailed less character name "Ganga".

The conversations, cover everything in the life of the narrator, beginning from his school life, and his first experience introduction to the world of spirituality - through a book by Vivekananda to his corporate life, and then his search for the true meaning of life through various sources he meets in the course of his life.

The book has been divided into 21 chapters, each chapter depicting an experience of the narrator, and by the end of it, concluding what did he learnt and how did he convinced himself that in the end, everything is supported by the god he's kept faith in.

Overall, the writing is engaging, and since the subject is spirituality in modern day corporate employee's life, there's very less chance for the readers to get bored while reading. Since, the story is a part retelling of the author's own life experiences, I don't think there's much to comment about it. Showcasing the life and aspirations of an IT professional in the most real and possible way is what I appreciate so much. And, usage of Sanskrit verses in the middle to justify that everything is related to God is a smart move. It's quite impressive.

If you're an atheist and doesn't believe in God and spirituality, you can totally avoid it. Because throughout reading this book, all you'd be doing is rolling your eyes or scoffing. Because I did. I'm an atheist.

Do I recommend this?
Yes, people with interest in this subject can absolutely read it. It may as well work as a self-help book for you.

I am a Booklover, I love books about books and that are and related to books. That was the reason I picked this book up. "The Bookshop" started on an interesting note, where a young widow keeps everything at stake(I mean her backup money that was supposed to use for her living expenses purpose) and purchases a property, that is rumoured to be a haunted building and starts a bookshop in it, in an old town which until then never had any bookshop.

Only if she knew, a town which didn't had a bookshop, doesn't always have to like one. The obstacles arrive in the course of running the bookshop in a town that hardly reads, which includes a kind of power struggle in the town between the two women, ( Florence Green and Violet Gamart). And there is always a catch everywhere, so in this book. Rest of the book follows

- how did the bookshop made business?
- how did Florence Green settled herself in the town?
- how did the power struggle came to an end between Mrs.Green and Mrs.Gamart.

My Experience Reading this book:-

- This book has its own enough funny places that were enough to get you giggle or smirk every once in a while. You'll certainly feel relatable as a Booklover to the character of Florence Green.
- This book has given a clear insights into how bookshops ran back in the day in late 50's and early 60's. (Well, it's a periodic drama!)
- Felt the story was lagging and little boring, I'll blame this on the slow narrative here.
- Not a Spoiler! I personally felt the Florence Green's Idea of opening a bookshop in a backward town which is absolutely new to her and hoping to start a no-nonsense independent life there isn't really a smart move. Gotta realise it's fiction, but still!!
- Again, Not a Spoiler. But, whoever has read this book I'm sure they'll agree with me that it could have been a better climax.
( I didn't liked this climax much!)

Do I recommend this book?

Yes, it's a short read. Go for it if you like British Narrative Periodic Dramas. It's a cool one time read.

The Murakami magic that is suitable for every age, even a kid.

The strange library is the story about a boy who on his casual visit to a public library gets trapped in it by a creepy oldman, there he meets a beautiful girl without voice, and a sheep man. Who at first startles him, and then later tries help him escape from the library.

It was a short read, that was gripping while it lasted.

Chennai To Chicago by Sriram Ramakrishnan.

This book talks about the dreams and life of a 90's kid who was raised in an illusion that going abroad will make his life better, and I must agree there was something like that back then, still there in some places.

The language used in the book was lucid and engaging, and the author has penned down all the experiences he had in his life in a very detailed way that one could actually imagine everything very vividly.

Since it is a memoir, according to the guess and expectations of a reader, everything is very close to reality.

This book also had its own moments that were equally funny and also sad at times that could make you giggle and sigh.

Any good that's too much is not that good either, and that's what happened in the case of this book as well. Details are great. But too much detailing could get boring sometimes. I personally felt this could have been a little shorter, I felt it was dragged in some places.

Do I recommend this book?
Yes, people who loves to get nostalgic about those 90's and people's idea of shifting abroad and enjoys reading detailing writing can give this book a try. You'll enjoy it.

The book begins on a very interesting note where the protagonist meets a stranger in airport who invites him to coffee, to which paarth agrees without thinking and he too gets amused by his own act and his own decision.

Over the coffee, they both discuss very important life lessons, and how everything happens for a reason.

Flourish Infinitely is a modern-day retelling of Bhagavat Gita, with the justification to each theory mentioned in the sacred script.

Every chapter in this book showcases various dilemmas we face regularly and in the end also giving the idea on how to tackle it.

This book kind of justifies that every god we pray today, was a human in their time who did good deeds and are being addressed as God in this time, this is justified where it is shown that even krishna (stranger in airport) also goes through his troubles and falls into dilemmas only to rise back again.

Overall an easy yet engaging read.

Do I recommend this book?
Yes, if you're someone who is interested in what is there in Bhagavat Gita and Don't really feel relate to the original scrib, you can give this book a try and shape up your perspective on life accordingly.

In this book certain points are discussed that are very much useful for team building purpose, obviously, but also useful for runnaing an organisation successfully.

Everything related to management has been well presented, from how to behave with subordinates to how to interact with seniors in the field and when and how to reward the team/ employees.

Some points are useful in developing one's soft skills as well, but those are mostly taught to the students in colleges, in this book the author has clearly explained why and how in a very clear and convincing way.

Do I recommend this book?
Yes, for students who'll soon be attending campus job drives and those who are probably going present their startup ideas to the companies. This book could help you in many ways, and it's a short read as well, so not time consuming at all.