Review: Mail Order Outlaw

Mail Order Outlaw by Cynthia Woolf
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is a nice and light story with an happy ending. I liked authors writing style it's simple,pacy and easy to read.

I rate this book 4/5.

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Review: Anything to Look Hot

Anything to Look Hot by Jas Kohli
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

[I won this book in GoodReads Giveaway and this is my honest review of the book]

This is an interesting book and first for me on the subject - plastic surgery.

The story starts with Dr Dhruv passing the PG entrance exam and joining Arogayam Hospital. and, his journey towards becoming a plastic surgeon begins. finally he has a full fledged hospital in Bombay where celebrities and common man both come for surgeries.

There are not twists or upheavals in the story and its all about, with minor details, how plastic surgery was done on a particular patient. the first part of the book is pacy but the second part drags , probably, in the need of a proper end and ultimately ends unceremoniously.

Though the story is not exciting but the narration is interesting at some places. the conversation between the Doctor and patient are funny at times.

I rate this book 3/5.

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Review: Songs of the Mist

Songs of the Mist by Shashi
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

[Note: I won this book in GoodReads giveaway and this is my honest review of the book]
This is first book in the series - "The Monk Key" by the author Shashi.

The mystical world of Himalaya is always charming and alluring and in the narration of the story the author has canvased it beautifully.

The story is about Ashutosh who moves on to join a monastic life due to problems in his personal life. and during this journey he meets various people/monks and most of the narration revolves around it.

I liked the spiritual journey of Ashutosh. The beginning of the book is a bit slow but later on it picks up the pace and becomes interesting . Some questions of Ayan and Ashutosh still remain Unanswered in the end but hopefully those will be answered in next series of the book.

I rate this book 4.5/5.







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Review: निरुपमा

निरुपमा by Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book was written in 1930s. the story is crisp and fast moving.

The story is about Nirupama whose parents are dead and she lives with her maternal uncle. The uncle now manages the Zamindari left by Nirupama's father.

Once married Nirupama would have inherited all of her father's properties and because of that her uncles, now manages the Zamindari left over by her father, delays her marriage.

Nirupama starts liking Kumar whose family is ostracized in his native place where Nirupama's father was Zamindar and now Nirupama inherited that.

Interesting thing is that in this whole book there is no single communication between Nirupama and Kumar apart from the one that they have in the beginning and both started loving each other and you can also feel that love in the unwritten words of this book and that's the beauty of the author and his narration.

I rate this book 5/5.



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Review: Look Up: Social Media and the Addiction No One is Talking About

Look Up: Social Media and the Addiction No One is Talking About by Sonali Acharjee
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

[note: I won this book in GoodReads Giveaway and this is my honest review of the book]

This book is about the social media usage and how people from various sphere of the society are getting impacted by it. the book tells how some of them are able to use it wisely but many of them are getting trapped into it and get mentally stressed.

The book starts with author's her own experience with the social media and then how she ended up deactivating her account on Facebook. After that the book takes a particular aspect of the impacts of the social networking site and devotes a chapter around it. each chapter starts with a interview with a person who is kind of affected by that particular aspect and then author dissects it further. Each chapter has a lot of opinions from psychiatrists , doctors and social workers.

The book discusses following and tries to provide solutions to some of them it :
- how children are getting impacted by this.
- how a user with many followers feels compelled to update periodically.
- selfies. some call it national disease of India :) .
- why people show off so much on social networking site ?
- how tier 2 cities are using it ?
- are your uploads to a networking site safe ? is your account safe ?
- Trolls. and how to handle them .
- What is the best way to use the networking sites ?

Two chapters, one about the impact on the kids My Facebook Family: Growing up online and the other one related trolls When the trolls come marching in made me sad.

The issues that the author has raised, I can see them around me and they are going to become a very big problem in the near future if not handled well by the families, Govts, and society as a whole.

The book is written and structured very well. I also liked the author's writing styles. It kept me glued to the book.

I rate this book 5/5.

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Review: A Road Not Traveled

A Road Not Traveled by J. Alchem
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

[Note: I won this book in Goodreads Giveaway and this is my honest review of the book ]

The story of the book is OK but I found the idea of having a single country in the world is a bit shallow. the author discussed only the good things about it but didn't discuss about the complexities and challenges diversities brings along with it. but any way, this is not a research paper and may be the author wanted to keep it simple and discussed only the good things about it. it reminds me of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam.

The names of the characters in the book are, a bit, irritating. and at many places I found unnecessary one liners or paragraphs were forced into the narration which do not gel well with the story.

There are some bright spots in the book. the part where a mother gives life lessons to her son was great. the little love story was also cute.

I rate this book 3/5.


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