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Book Review: Once There Was Me

• Book: Once There Was Me
• Author: Bobby Sachdeva
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 427

Once There Was Me is a book by the author and story teller Bobby Sachdeva. In this book, we get to know about the painful past when lots of people got penniless and homeless due to India-Pakistan partition. People had to abandon everything and move to their respective countries based on their religion.

Another tragic incident happened in 1984 when our former Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh guards. In Delhi, the bloodthirsty mob started knocking every Sikh house’s door to kill Sikhs or burn them alive. Bobby and his family survived this incident luckily.

Later Bobby went to America and China to earn money but all went in vain. He even started questioning the role of religion in our lives. Read this story that is a personal experience of the author itself.

The book is written well with a lucid language. The narration is clear and smooth. I would recommend this book to everyone to read it atleast once to enrich your knowledge about our country history.

My Rating: 4/5

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Rhythm Roger by Himanshu Rai

Book: Rhythm Roger

Author: Himanshu Rai

My Rating: 5/5

Genre: Fantasy

Publisher: Invincible Publishers

Rhythm Roger is the first book that I have read written by the author Himanshu Rai. He had written other books as well earlier but being a fantasy lover, this one caught my attention.

The story features Rhythm who is an engineer in the human world. But in the Virtual World known as the Electon World, he is the son of a queen Alagon. This Electon World was created by Heinrich Rudolf Hertz when he discovered electromagnetic waves. It cannot be seen or felt by humans.

In the world of Electon, there is so much to discover by Rhythm and so by us along with his journey. I really appreciate the vivid imagination of Himanshu to create the Electon World. The story is intriguing and that makes it an unputdownable book.

Cover of the book is eye catchy and the title is apt. I was really enthralled to read this book. I am gonna read more work by the author.

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Book Review: Connections by Shreesh Kakkar

Book: Connections

Author: Shreesh Kakkar

Genre: Poetry

My Rating: 4.5/5

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Notion Press

Connections is a collection of poems that are soothing and are about mind, soul, heart, life, etc.

The poems are simple yet powerful. It gives a strong message to conquer our thoughts with some control. It will help us to attain peaceful soul and happy life.

This book helps to generate positive energy within you. I enjoyed reading this by sitting in a front porch with an evening cup of tea. Secret and Tea, Balcony and Rain are my favourite from the collection and I could connect well with them.

Written in a simple language with deep meaning, this poems will leave a great positive impact on your heart ♥️.

I would recommend this book for a soulful read especially to poetry lovers.

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Book Review: Urban Xcellence

Book: Urban Xcellence

Author: Malcom X Bowser

Publisher: Bookbaby

My Rating: 4.5/5

Urban Xcellence by author Malcom X Bowser is what I wanna read since long and now I have finished reading it, have to say author have done commendable job in writing it down so beautifully.

A whole new way to see the things around and never doubt yourself, always look forward, define your own path and keep going strong in life to achieve your goals. This book is priceless as there is a lot more to learn from it, life changing thoughts and implementing in life can make you a successful person.

Totally loved to see the different mindset of different people in order to achieve the success, everyone followed their own path and that makes me realize that I should have my own definition of Xcellence.

Overall a book full of knowledge, motivation, perfect examples etc.. makes it worth to read for sure. So, give it a try and you will going to love this book. I am really impressed.

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Book Review: Flying by the seat of my pants

Book: Flying by the seat of my pants

Author: Hannah Corbin

Format: Kindle

Length: 240 pages

My Rating: 4/5

Do you love reading autobiography? If yes, you should pick this one.

This is the first time that I have read memoir. The journey of Hannah was not smooth. It was full of good and bad experiences. Some incidents will break your heart while reading. On the other hand, some incidents are so funny that you couldn’t stop laughing.

I really admire the author to share her struggles with all of us. Inspite of going through so much things, at the end she did quite well.

My favourite line from the book is:
“You never know what you’ve got until it’s gone”.

When I started reading this book, I couldn’t put it down. I finished it in a single sitting. The writing style is admirable and I am enthralled to read this.

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OG by Joanne Hutchinson

Book: OG

Author: Joanne Hutchinson

Genre: Children’s Book

Length: 32 pages

Illustrator: Kris Lillyman

QOTD: Do you love reading children’s book?

OG is the debut book of the author Jo Hutchinson. The story is about an Ogre who listens to a young girl Lucy every night when she reads. One day when goblins had stolen Lucy’s books, Og went to get the books back from Goblin.

The little girl Lucy became quite happy after getting her books back. OG became the hero. The story is adventurous and it motivates kids to read.

The illustrations in the book are really amazing. The cover page of the book is eye catchy. This is a good book for children.

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Book Review: Hagwitch and the Cauldron of Colour

Book: Hagwitch and the Cauldron of Colour

Author: Joanne Hutchinson

Illustrator: Kris Lillyman

Format: Ebook

My Rating: 4.5/5

It’s great to read a book that makes you a lot more happy and keep you engaged throughout the wonderful journey. A book ‘Hagwitch and the Cauldron of Colour‘ by author ‘Joanne Hutchinson‘ is an interesting read.

A dragon came suddenly in town who picked up a lot of people to eat, everyone got panic, shivered and asked Hatrix for a help but he never listened to anyone as he has some other bad plans.

A witch named Hagwitch, with a one eye black and the other pond green looks little bit scary. But in real she is soft hearted and determined enough to rescue the townspeople all alone and won hearts of everyone with her kind nature.

Hagwitch defeated the selfish wizard Hatrix. I must say author have done commendable job in writing it down so beautifully. Perfect book for children.

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Book Review: Anatomy Of A Self Indulgent Moongazer

Book: Anatomy of a Self Indulgent Moongazer

Author: Prateek Joshi

Format: Ebook

Pages: 74

My Rating: 4/5

Do you love reading English poetry? If yes, then this book is for you. These poems are not based on just one topic. Infact, they are based on multiple topics like love, silence, moon, night, dreams, dawn, etc. The poems are soothing and touches the heart.

The desolation
Of dream
tricks and taunts
throughout the sleep
the phantasms quit
when dawn arrives….

Above are the lines from this poetry book that has touched me most. Being a dreamer and a night over thinker, I could relate well to it. You can enjoy reading this book with a cup of tea in the evening.

The book is written well overall but the book presentation from inside and the way poems are organized could have been better. Cover is nice.

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Book Review: Elephant by Natalie Rodriguez

Title: Elephant

Author: Natalie Rodriguez

Genre: YA Fiction

Format: Ebook

My Rating: 4.3/5

Elephant is a Young Adult Fiction written by the author Natalie Rodriguez. The story is about a woman Lucia Smith and her grandson Matthew Jimmy Smith. Matthew was also known as Matt or Matty. Matty was suffering from trauma which resulted in PTSD. There was so much void in his life and mind that needs to be filled by someone.

As I read the story further, I saw the impact of some tragic life incidents on Matty’s life as he ended up being admitted to a hospital. 

The ending paragraph of the first book will make you shiver and will make you think how this could happen. Reading this book was a rollercoaster ride for me. 

I really appreciate the storyline. If a movie could be made on this story, it would be even more amazing for the children. I would like to recommend this book to children, teenagers and adult who have went through so much in their life and is not yet healed from their pain. I am looking forward for the next book from the author. 

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Book Review: Faith and the Beloved

Book: Faith and the Beloved

Author: Kochery C Shibu

Genre: Thriller

Format: Kindle

My Rating: 4.5/5

I really love to read murder mysteries as they are thought provoking. Faith and the Beloved by Kochery C Shibu is one such murder mystery. 

Naithy married a guy Tony D’Souza after her husband’s death. Naithy’s daughter Cherokil played an important role in the story too.

Everything turned upside down when Cherokil ran away after murdering Tony. 
Read the story to unveil the suspense behind these murders. The story was gripping and it was an unputdownable book. 

The story narration by the author is very smooth. The language of the book is lucid. I really loved the cover page and the title of the book. One should definitely read this. 

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