Review: Arranging love, contemporary way!

Arranging love, contemporary way! by Poornima Dhiman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Best way to begin this year..
This is 1st book I started this year (1st completed book was from last year :P ), and I wish the whole book year be the same!

The story is about a girl. Facts which make the story is, that girl is - 30, independent, strong-willed, cheated in her 3 year old relationship, Indian.
Though I use the word story, when I read the book.. I felt like I am reading the journal of a girl.
Honest. Straight-forward. Lethal.

It's not easy to be a girl in India. Yes, I am a patriotic Indian. No questions on that .. I am just stating the fact, which is so true.
This society is still digging lot of pits for woman.
She can't make her life decisions on her own. She can't decide her marriage age. She can't be the breadwinner of a family. She can't do so many things.
Author Poornima just hit all the can'ts with valid whys...!

I strongly believe that most of the incidents in this story is inspired by Author's or her immediate circle's experience.
You just can't get all the facts right on without experience!
Relationship.. Break-up.. Betrayal.. Getting over it.. Unable to find any right person.. Situations faced by single.. All are right on target!

Too many negative male characters in the novel. Too bad that Ananya didn't meet any guy who is not negative!!!
But .. That's the concept of this story :) A girl who couldn't find any guy whom she like ..

Hard to believe it is a debut novel. A good, decent work from author.
Expecting more from her ...

Any woman, who have her own dream, should read this book.
Definitely an inspiration. Especially the 'Note to self' in the end.

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Review: Love Stories That Touched My Heart

Love Stories That Touched My Heart by Ravinder Singh
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The best short stories collection I have read till date !

If the stories are from same author, there will be some similarities among them.. At some point, there will be thought of monotony..
But, since this one is a compilation from different authors, there is lot of variety to enjoy ... !
Though all stories are based on love, they displayed variety in love..

There are few stories which are not up to the mark.. But there are many that will touch our heart <3

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Review: Mind's Eye

Mind's Eye by Douglas E. Richards
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Techno-thriller worth spending time with!

Protagonist gets ESP powers + some more supernatural powers because of some experiments, but has no history.
How he got the power, how it affects his life, what was his life is the story.

Many of us would have dreamt of ESPs. That is something many of us would be happy to possess. But after reading this, you might think again. The pros and cons are well explained!

Would have gave 5 star for blending technology and ESP with thriller in proper proposition. But the moment I learnt antagonist (who I have guessed for sometime) is Muslim (again), I just lost it..
Why these people are so obsessed in showing Muslims as villains? The last three four novels I read from American author featured Muslim as antagonist.

Books are reflection of lifestyle. Might be in different timeline, different perspective. But what it does is just reflect minds/mind's capability. After reading such novels, now I know why there is so much buzz around Muslims issue in America!

How can people find eternal love so easily?! Hero meets heroin by accident, saves her life and she is in love with him from there. That too he falls for the only girl he know, who he cannot (mind)read. Great!! But the other love mentioned is pretty causal. It looks normal and possible sort of story.

Technology. ESP. Thriller. Chase-run. No history Hero. Grandmaster villain. High profile people involvement (both good and bad ones). This is mixed up with romance, politics, philosophies and some funny scenes here and there.




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