Scream!! The questions that are endless; the discussions that are pointless. The assumptions that are demented! The thoughts that are vile. The views that are skewed and the points that are unfair. So many thoughts and so many sentences. All leading to heartburn and heartache, making us ‘food for thought’ and someone’s dinner conversation. Do …
As Waters Gone By(Abingdon, May 2015)Author: Cynthia Ruchti As Waters Gone By Book Review This is a book with a lot of substance and soul, quite a bit different from the regular romantic fiction I tend to read. It is about a middle aged lady and her search for love, not the bubbly over the top …
I am sharing my #oyoxplorer activity pictures straight from twitter because this was the first time I did such an activity and wanted you all to see the fun, silly and down right silly pictures I took! When I came to know I was shortlisted for this challenge and stay at #oyorooms I was so …
This paranormal novel #SirensCall has everything for a book lover like me with a dash of extra thrown in! Not only was the story very solid but the characters of Sam and Opal too were so well etched even though they were not the main lead in the book! Lily and Sam had good help …
Taking the life in the slow lane, not rushing for work but making some extra time to enjoy the journey. Mindfulness is the act of thinking before doing, look before you leap! This fast paced life needs this act of pacing ourselves and here are a few of my thoughts and those of others that …
Crossed & Knotted Book Review I started reading the book thinking it would be stories of star-crossed lovers and unrequited love; it is all that and so much more. If I say that the title of the book is so apt, the stories truly are knotted and merged with one another so much so that …
True Colors has much to offer as it takes us with Landry as she discovers true friends, school and social challenges as well as discovering hard work is the only way to success. I started reading the book thinking it to be a story of Landry, a teen who was being bullied and how she …
They had a beautiful green meadow for as long as they remembered. All of them grumbled and sighed as they had been plucked from their plush green homes. The tomatoes shuddered as they were plucked, some smoothly, some rudely but plucked none the less. They had been enclosed snugly in their soft, green coverlets. Life …
I am a firm believer in the power of kindness and karma. I tell my six-year-old time and again about his actions having reactions. At times, I even demonstrated with my own actions that how goodness matters and that we need to try our best that our words, deeds and actions do not hurt the …
Looking for interesting people to follow on Twitter, people who tweet with wit, wisdom, and passion for what they do? Here’s a list of 20 contemporary Indian women writers you should follow. These contemporary Indian women writers feel the pulse of contemporary India and the communities they are part of. Women who explore every possible genre, emotion and …
I recently contributed an article for “Changing Tomorrow”, a fortnightly newspaper being published from Jaipur. Find them on Facebook. In my post, I talk about what is like being an Army Wife. How our friends, relatives and even strangers feel we have it easy. Trust me, a life linked to the Army is never easy. A lot …
New Girl on the Salt Road by Jackie Hirtz and Marcy Winograd Book Synopsis Lola Zola is back. . . and this time her world is being rocked by the new girl on Salt Flat Road! Eleven-year-old Lola Zola wants a bra, but her mother won’t buy her one, reminding her that she’s “not quite …
A chance reading of a blog post by Parul Kashyap Thakur at her blog galvanized me into action just as the day was coming to an end. I just picked my phone and clicked the pictures of all the available feet in the house. I just loved the idea that a simple photo of bare feet …
The Perfect Summer It’s summertime! That means it’s time to sit back, relax and just have fun, right? Wrong! For Marlena Fernadez, Gloria and Valerie James and Max and Mickey Martin. . .summer is all about life lessons in these three page-turning tales about kids in search of The Perfect Summer. Synopsis of each Story …