Book Review: Spiritual Anatomy: Meditation, Chakras by Daaji

In a world where only one thing is precious to a person, it is Happiness. Yes, in the materialistic world, Happiness, and eternal peace of mind are what we all long for in our lives. Today, we are sharing the book Spiritual Anatomy: Meditation, Chakras, and Journey to Meditation, authored by Daaji.

Who is this book for?

Have you ever felt the urge to stay calm?

Do you look for Happiness after a hectic day?

Do you quest for the means of peace through various channels?

If you answered all three questions with a big YES, then you are on the right page to delve into a book review of Spiritual Anatomy.

Book Review - Hyderabad - The Partition Trilogy By Manreet Sodhi Someshwar

Partitions are sad, grieving, nostalgic, and have many tales to tell. Hyderabad, part two of the partition trilogy by Manreet Sodhi Someshwar, tells the story of the wealthiest princely state in the world just after India attained independence.

Hyderabad - The Partition Trilogy - Part 2, by Manreet Sodhi Someshwar

Book Cover:

The cover is colorful, camouflaging the name partly with the background of chandeliers dangling in a room that seems to give a glimpse of Mughal grandeur.

The 5 Best Books Read for 2021

Reading has been an integral part of our life and the year 2021 has been a great year in terms of reading for us. We have successfully completed the reading challenge where we had set a reading target of 52; apart from that, we have also read around 20 short ebooks. If you are one who wants to ace the reading, then the post “How to ace in reading” will help you to do so.

In this blog post, we are sharing a few of the books that were the best read for us in 2021. 

1. Club you to Death by Anuja Chauhan

The story of 'Club you to Death' begins with Brig. The Dogra family visit the club and the next day the gym trainer Leo is found dead, the Crime Branch chief ACP Bhavani has been called to solve the case in a few weeks as this is a high-profile club and many fingers are being pointed to renowned persons. When the investigation begins ACP finds many loopholes in the club and also comes to know the past of the people who they are trying to silently shun under the carpet. All the interconnections of the people lead to many investigations that help the ACP to unravel the mystery in the end.

Young Blood By Chandrima Das : 10 College Horror Tales

Book reviews have been one of the most important segments of our blog, and giving our commitment towards it we bring to you all the first book reviews of the year 2022.

Reading varied genres has been our conscious effort to increase our reading horizon, so we bring to you horror book reviews.

 

Book & Book Cover :

Young Blood, Ten terrifying college tales by Chandrima Das is a book in the horror genre. Book Cover has a title in the center in bold blood-red color with benches in the backdrop. Background color being greyish green gives a perfect start to read the book.

 Story plot:

Book has 10 ten tales based on college days, and the haunted places are visited by college students besides all the horror stories related to the college or hostel are created by the author in each chapter. The bizarre story that does around college can be a true event in today’s life. Sometimes students take a leap of faith and start venturing the haunted sites on their own, and that is when the trouble starts. Does each hunt be adventurous and fun or do students remember these incidents as the dark patch of their life? The page-turner book holds you with most of the stories.

Paranormal effect: 

The storyline has the paranormal activities mentioned with a smooth flow that makes the story spooky and takes you to the edge where a reader has to decide what is real and what is not.

Book review : Club you to Death by Anuja Chauhan :Delhi club Murder story

Reading fiction books takes us to a world where we temporarily forget the present world. Well, this book Club you to Death by Anju Chauhan takes you to Delhi club and its sequences in a very interesting way. We are thankful to the Writersmelon for sending us the review copy in exchange for the honest review.

Book Title & Book Cover:

The book title ‘Club you to Death’ will grab the attention as the story has been set in the Delhi Turf Club and the murder happens in the club gym, later on when you are in the middle of the book, you understand the catch of the word ‘Club’ too. 

The book cover has the title at the center and the club building beneath and the one thing that grabbed my attention is the 3D effect of bloodstain on the book, it is engrossed on the cover and you can feel the blood spots. I would say brilliantly designed for the murder mystery plot.

Murder Mystery Plot:

The story begins with Brig. Dogra family visit the club and the next day the gym trainer Leo is found dead, the Crime Branch chief ACP Bhavani has been called to solve the case in few weeks as this is high profile club and many fingers are being pointed to renowned persons. When the investigation begins ACP finds many loopholes in the club and also comes to know the past of the people which they are trying to silently shun under the carpet. All the interconnections of the people lead to many investigations that help the ACP to unravel the mystery in the end.

Death on The Nile by Agatha Christie: Murder Mystery Book

Reading a murder mystery can keep you awake for nights to know the next move in the book so is the book Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie published by HarperCollins. Let us explore all aspects of this book in this book review. 

About the author: Agatha Christie

I have not read many of the renowned author Agatha Christie book, and this year I have pledged myself to read the bestsellers, so this is the first in the year. Many already know about the famous author yet let me share few highlights about her.

Agatha Christie has penned more than 100 titles that includes Mystery books, Poitrot book series, Tommy & Tuppence, Memoirs, Plays & Stories. She was one of the best-selling authors whose words and plot were magical besides the detectives build the whole scenario so colorful. Born in 1890, her books speak volume of the changes the world was going through and till her health fall ill in 1973, she continued to write. 

After reading this book, I am surely going to pick few more books by this author and add in my collection as these books are treasure.

Book Review : Irrationally Passionate by Jason Kothari

Today, we have an inspirational book titled ‘Irrationally Passionate’ which can also be called a biography of ‘Jason Kothari’. When I first looked at the blurb of this book, I knew I had lot of things that can be learnt, you never know when in future I turn entrepreneur. Well I am thankful to Blogadda for sending us the copy of the book in exchange of honest review even before release of the book.

Book Cover:

The cover of the book stands out with striking color combination with the crisp picture of writer himself. The title "Irrationally Passionate" , My turnaround from Rebel to Entrepreneur’ is something that just prompted me to pick.

Book Review: Nobody's Child by Kanchana Banerjeee

It has been long time that I had read a mystery thriller book and when Writermelon posted review opportunity of this book, I immediately picked this one. Let’s see the review how good the mystery held my attention.

Book Title: 

Nobody’s Child by Kanchana Banerjee grips attentions of the reader from the title. It has lot to convey and opens many doors to the readers to guess right from the first page.

Book Cover: 

A girl eyes is what one observes on the cover and behind the title one can see the mouth covered with a fingers. Cover reveals that this is a story of a girl in captive and indeed it is. So cover justifies with the plot.

Story Line: 

A girl named Asavri wins a singing competition and is apple pie of a nation with her sweet voice, now she is an household name. She meets an accident immediately after contest and she is declared dead. Her close friend Avniel publishes a book named ‘I’m Nobody’s Child’ and gains popularity.

Book Review: Parliamental by Meghnad S.

I thank Blogchatter to send me this copy of the book in Book Review Program, and I am happy to share with you all honest detailed review of the book. In the age of politics in every section of society this book comes with a witty take on it.

Book Cover: The cover looks amazing which has the round parliament building at the back drop and caricature of many great political personalities & other people involved in the job in a colorful attire are portrayed each doing their own business.

Title: The title of the book is very creative which clearly depicts the melodrama that takes places inside the two houses of the parliament.

Book Cover Launch: Paradise Towers by Shweta Bachchan-Nanda

Books reflects ones thoughts and ideas and is unique in essence and narrates varied emotions through writers beautiful vocab.  A fresh jibe on style and expression makes it more interesting read. Shweta Bachchan too has come up with her debut book 'Paradise Towers', to tickle something afresh in a different way. HarperCollins India has announced that Shweta Bachchan-Nanda’s debut, Paradise Towers, will release on 10th October 2018, with a book launch event in Mumbai.

Though the book lovers have to wait for it as it is being released on 10th Oct. But we can surely take a sneak peek about the book as the book cover is released. Yes, a cover speaks all about the contents. Here is the book cover of Paradise Towers by Shweta Bachchan-Nanda.

Book Review- Panther

The book 'Panther'by Chimmi tenduf-La is his second book which portrays how life of a boy,Prabhu,is affected due to the war and what kind of problems he faces in his journey of life.

Book Cover:
The front cover of the book gives an idea about what could be the base of the story. The map of Sri Lanka gives a clear picture about the location of the story or some special connection with the country. Cricket is been obvious by the cover and lures to start off.

Panther by Chimmi Tenduf-La

Author: 

Chimmi Tenduf-La is half English; half Tibetan grew up in Hong Kong, London, and Delhi and finally settled in Colombo, Sri Lanka with his family.He has written plays and fiction for local publications.His debut novel is 'Amazing Racist'.

Plot:

The story kick starts introducing the hero of the story, Prabhu Ramanathan, a Tamil young lad , an all-rounder who is extremely good at sports especially cricket. The story revolves around him who is one of the sufferers of the war between the locals of Sri Lanka called Sinhalese and the Tamils.

His father fell victim of the terror group which changes the life of his family. He was left alone and was forced to take shelter in a very clumsy camp where the minimum facilities seemed far off. 
Being very good at cricket he somehow gets admission into a fancy school which brings in some hope to improve.It was a totally different world and experience for him but failed to prove fruitful as at every walk of life he had to face many unpleasant situations for being a Tamilian.

Likes:

• Prabhu and his cricket counterpart Indika sets a good example of friendship. One Tamil and the other Sinhalese Sri Lankan show everyone that there is no place of hatred.
• Also liked the different code names used in the story for the members of the war groups.

Dislikes:

• The story keeps dodging into past and sets in present in every alternative chapters which creates confusion.

Final Word:

The book is surely a one-time read to know what the title of the book “Panther” represents here.The characters are portrayed beautifully and the shortcoming of a rivalry is pictured well. It deciphers a message through the story that war leads to nothing.

Thank you Chimmi Tenduf-La for giving the opportunity for reviewing the book.It was pleasure reading it. Looking forward for many more.

Book Details:

Name: Panther

Author: Chhimi Tenduf-La

Genre: Fiction

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

P-ISBN: 978-935177-220-0

E-ISBN: 978-935177-221-7

Pages: 263

Price:  Rs 299

My Rating: 3.5/5

@Meenal