Book Reviews

The Fault In Our Stars

I am so spoilt for choices to add some awesome quotes for the epigraph. But without a doubt, I have posted my most favourite dialogue of this book. Now, before I write the book review of The Fault In Our Stars by John Green, I would like to recollect the previous romantic book that has been heart touching. Of course, I have read a few books by Nicholas Sparks and Cecelia Ahern.

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Ajaya: Roll of the Dice (Epic of the Kaurava clan, #1)

Most of us already know about Mahabharata. Being an Indian, one can assume that we know the plots of Ramayana, Bhagvad Gita and Mahabharata by birth. Speaking about Mahabharata, the epic consists of more than 100,000 verses or shlokas. The shlokas are in the form of stories and sub-stories that in turn, form the crux of the plot. Now, most of us have read Mahabharata from the point of view of the victors, The Pandavas.

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Sita’s Sister

There is something intriguing about Kavita Kane, the author of Sita’s Sister, her second book after the bestseller Karna’s Wife. A hardcore feminist, as her writings depict, she somehow manages to keep her readers glued to the contents of her book. If Karna’s Wife speaks about the life of Uruvi then Sita’s Sister has Urmila as the protagonist. How often have we read Ramayana? How often have we heard about Rama, Lakshman and Sita?

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Scion Of Ikshvaku

Generally, a person goes through two kinds of emotions, once he has finished reading the book. Dammit! Why did I waste my time reading this book? Dammit! Why did this book end so early? When will the next book release? What happens next? Honestly, I am one of those who belong to the second lot. I have this same set of questions in my mind.

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Finders, Keepers

A question runs across my mind. What is it with engineers and writing? Almost every author whom I follow comes from an engineering or an MBA background, may it be few of my favourites Ashwin Sanghi, Amish Tripathi or other authors like Christopher C. Doyle, Chetan Bhagat and so on. Coming back to the book, I had come across the concept of Nine Unknown Men in one of the books The Mahabharat Secret written by Christopher C.

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Checkmate

“That, my friend… was the final checkmate.” Year 2005: When I was 21 years old, I could hardly form an essay. I would churn out broken poetry, learn the tricks of writing short stories. I remember enrolling myself in a writing competition for Chicken Soup for the Soul series. I remember the struggle to get my grammar correct and form a few strings of sentences. Year 2015: A 21-year-old engineer turned author, Hrishikesh Joshi comes up with his debut book Checkmate.

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Fifty Shades of Grey

Ummm.. Uuhhh.. Aahhh.. Arrghhh.. Ouch… Hmmm… Wait! Am I sounding as if I am having carnal pleasures? I guess I need to express myself in a better way. These are the six shades of emotions I have passed through while completing this particular firang version of Kama Sutra. Let me brief these six stages in a better way. Ummm… I pick up this book to read (more than a year ago!

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Karna’s Wife

What do I write about this book? As the title suggests, this book is from the perspective of Karna’s second wife, Uruvi, the princess of Pukeya. Pardon me for not having the map of Aryavrata (Bharata) at disposal. I realize that a map helps a lot to check Hastinapur and other surrounding kingdoms. Coming back to the book, it highlights Karna from a different perspective, through the eyes of his second wife Uruvi, the first one being Vrushali.

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Inferno

Dan Brown. The brain behind The Da Vinci Code and The Lost Symbol offers another thrilling story called Inferno that has the touch of History, Mythology, Crime and Mystery. Having read his previous books, I consider picking up his next book for reading as a safe bet. Obviously, I still haven’t got a chance to read his other books Angels and Demons, Deception Point and Digital Fortress but that doesn’t deter me from selecting this one.

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Playing It My Way

SACHINNNNN SACHINNNN! I am writing a review of this book for a few reasons. The Man in this book is my idol, my demigod, my inspiration, somebody from whom I want to imbibe values and learn the art of humility. He is, by default, the most loved Indian sportsman. Yes. I have no doubts about it. He has achieved almost everything from nothing.

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