Wednesday, 14 July 2021

I'LL WAIT


 I just thought to read a book and pick it and when I read few chapters it was so engaging that I read in a full stretch. This is the story of Naina, the girl who went to the US for her higher studies, and the guy she loved said he'll wait. Then we are moved to the story after 10 years where Naina comes from New York to Surat for her best friend's wedding with her husband Vinay.  Things start to change guys. There are a lot of events waiting to be read.

I liked the friendship of Naina and Sarah, Sarah is a single mother because of her one-night stand and later found her love Avinash but Sarah's parents never accepted her back after knowing about her pregnancy. Now Sana is 3 years and She got a loving dad Avinash.

The way Naina was arranging everything from engagement, Mehendi, Sangeet, Haldi, and  Marriage events was really narrated well and I loved it. Naina is not a happy woman as she tries to love her husband for the past 5 years but failed and Vinay is not taking any initiative too.

From this read, I understood we should live for ourselves and we should make ourselves happy and don't think of Society. Many show they are best and happy just to please society but inside they are broken. They want to lead a different life and wish to do what makes them happy but they think what others think and speak of us make them not take a single step towards their happiness.

We have this life once and we should not regret at the end of our life not doing what we wish. Live the life to fullest and make yourself happy first before trying to make others happy.

What The Pandemic Learned From Me

 


The book title was different and that made me choose the book. It is an enjoyable book like a journal entry. The way each thing was narrated was so good which make us laugh as like the remix of Punjabi songs using the words we came to know after a corona.  I was laughing and reading about the finance stuff and how their abbreviation was changed by the author of SIP, MF. 

We all learned something during the lockdown and started living a life where we only concentrating on needs than our wants and so much DIY. We started cooking for ourselves and try some new dishes and started to enjoy and listen to the things around us.


We know never thought of an era in India where schools and college conduct online classes and this happened so soon. Work from home became a common thing and it is quite time consuming than office work as we are always at home and available. The way the author described WFH made me think of myself.

S.I.M.P.L.E Goals


 This is self-help with some stories to make us understand how we each have different goals and different definitions for happiness. The author gives practical ideas to achieve success and how to select one goal at a time and take step by step to reach it. We all plan but unless we take steps it is not possible. Taking baby steps is important more than planning and he explains about finding one's Satya and trying the way to achieve it.

Unlike other self-help books, this gives step-by-step direction to reach our success and explains how to overcome obstacles with examples. He has said about his goal for weight loss which he did for himself not of thinking what others speak and how he started writing a book, how we all become lazy with no timely routine to eat food, sleep during this lockdown. He also said about planning and how it may fail at some time and having a plan B and reviewing the pros and cons and how well we have carried out with a plan.

We should practice mindfulness and stay focused and try to do one work at a time.  Meditation and Exercise need to keep our mind and body healthy. 

It was much like a conversation between the reader and the writer about how he achieved his goal using the technique, explaining the techniques and what was his goal, and how he started working. I recommend this to all there who are interested and wish to read a self hep book.

Break Free Break Through


 In this book, we learn how we can overcome our childhood traumas and how it will affect us both physically and mentally leading to one thing after another and changing us adding some good things and bad. The story of Kabir is really so emotional to hear as I remembered few events of my life where my mom beats me up a lot for no reason and later pampers me. They show their frustration stress and anger on their kids. Kabir's parents gave him a lot of freedom and trusted people around and never spend much time with their kids which was one of the reasons he became a victim of child abuse from the age of 4.

When the kid says all that happened, the child is blamed. Parents should be there for their kids and should be a strong pillar of support when they even least deserve it.

We can overcome any problem or guilt for what we have not done if we open with the right person. We can free our minds and take the right decisions rather than getting frustrated and depressed. I think everyone should read this to know how children are abused and how it affects their life.

Almost Damned

 


This is a sequel to Almost Mortal. I read Almost Damned the same day after reading Almost Mortal so the flow was so good and I was enjoying the read. In this book, all the upcoming characters and their role were mentioned prior. Sam has always used his powers to help his clients but now things are different and he wants to defend the fallen Angels and the hybrids before the panel of God - Gabriel, Raguel, Saraikel.... Samuel was represented as her and she was the prosecutor and the way the story was moving was so good. 

Here too Sam was reading back the Journal and the appearance of more hybrids and return of Camille at right time to help Sam was interesting. The characters Tawana, Igor, Riker all were given detailed narration and they are all played their part well in the story. 

I will surely say you should read Almost Mortal which makes you understand more about fallen Angels and their capabilities and the hybrids who are immortal. Almost Damned get more interesting when they all reach Mount Hermon. The way Amelia asked questions to the person who did the background check on Sam will make u laugh.

It is a mixture of religious and legal stuff, supernatural elements, and for sure it is a different story and I enjoyed reading.

Almost Mortal


 

I am a thriller read lover. I found it a different read with a lot of details and a lot of characters and I even forgot some characters introduced who appear later at some part of the story like. It is a long read and took time but it is interesting too.

I loved the character Sam, the way he was handling cases. To find a serial killer who confessed in the church was really made me read it. Some journal entries are given by sister Camille to Sam. The journal was also narrated it make us think who it was, who it was what was the connection with the murder and this story.

Then one more thing is about finding using DNA samples and the detailed explanation by Juliana. You should read it at a slow pace to understand each and everything in the plot arranged. I think this will become a movie soon. The court scenes and the way Sam speaks and helps the clients and speaking about his side cases all were needed to make the characters appear later in some part. There are a lot more hidden facts about the serial killer case and he wants to his mother's relation with Camille and Raj.

Overall the story and narration are so good and I recommend this to thriller genre lovers.

The Lambda Factor

This is a dystopian novel where there is some natural disaster and spreading of this which is causing heavy damage to people and the surrounding.  The story is weaved in a nice way. The writing so good and lucid that makes the reader engaged with the story. There is some romance too which acts as a balm when there are a lot of things going around. There are a lot of heartbreaking painful moments in the story.

This is a thriller genre and I recommend it to all of you as the author's style of writing was so good and captivating, the characters are narrated so well.

There is a lot of suspense waiting for you. I don't want to give any spoilers. I really thought of the current scenario we are facing. In many states, there are monsoon floods caused by cyclones and on another side, COVID is mutating and oxygen demand, vaccine demand.

 

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