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7 Secrets of the Goddess

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Last month, before Diwali, I was browsing through the shelves of one of the famous stores in the mall. I chanced upon this book and wanted to pick up a copy as I found the book to have some interesting facts. But since it was past the billing time, I could not pick up a copy.But I was very lucky to receive this from Blogadda for review! This book authored by Devdutt Pattanaik, attempts in unlocking the secrets of our ancestors by bringing into light the meanings of the stories,symbols and rituals of the Goddess. There are seven chapters titled Gaia's secret[Greek Goddess] Kali's secret  Gauri's secret  Durga's secret  Lakshmi's secret  Saraswathi's secret  Vitthai's secret In each of these chapters, the author talks about the balance of male and female entities in the society. It flows through each society, through the Gods and Goddesses and through various cultures and countries. And with that the book talks of how the women wer

God is a Gamer

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When Blogadda sent me this book for review, I had very high expectations. I have already read and reviewed Ravi Subramanian's Bankster and it was a very thrilling and 'hard to put down' read.I expected nothing less from his current novel.As I started reading this book, I was convinced that the book would live up to my expectations. The story line starts with a prologue -the the meeting between the President of Master Card International and the CEO of Visa International.And this happens in  2009 in New York, where some important decisions are charted out. l story starts with the murder of Gillian Tan in Washington DC while on his way to meet the President who also happens to be his pal. From there the story travels to New Delhi,Mumbai, Goa,New York,Rio and back and forth between these places and more. The story revolves around the world of bitcoins, a relatively new term for many of us.It is a sort of digital currency that was founded in 2008 by Satoshi

Certain Prey

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This is a very old book that I picked from a used books sale. This is the first book that I read in the 'Prey series' and it is certainly a good one. Clara Rinker is a hit women, the smartest and best in her job plus is going to business school!. She is hired by a defense attorney - Carmel Loan as she wants to eliminate Barbara Allen and Clara gets the job done. This is unwittingly witnessed by a cop and so starts a series of shootings and killing. Clara and Carmel get together to wipe out the evidences and want to be about without a trace. But things don't go as planned when officer Davenport takes on the killing case and finds a thing or two about both these women. The ending is most unexpected and one of these women dies.Read this book to find out who it is... This book is a fast paced thrilled and after a while you feel sorry, sad and happy for the characters.. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a thriller.. Happy browsing...

Catching the Departed

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Last month I received a copy of the book - Catching the Departed ,from the author for review. The author - Kulpreet Yadav ,is the founder -editor of Open Road Review,a literary journal with  global footprint.He is also the founder of the Asian Pacific Writers and Translators Association.This book was shortlisted for the Hachette - DNA 'Hunt for the Next Bestseller'. When I saw the title, I was sort of intrigued. I wondered if it would be something to do with supernatural things or a mystery solved after someone departed to the other world.Well, read on to know what it is all about! Read more of this review in my other blog. .. Happy Browsing...

Maid in Singapore

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This is one of the books that I got recently.Very recently ,actually,just 2 days ago! I finished reading it the same day I got this book in two hours flat!!It is one of those books that made me read till the end non stop. The story is about a family that plans to move to Singapore from London. A husband of British origin, a wife of Indian origin and their 14 year old son, settle down in Singapore. They hire a maid ,a young lady,Mary,to make things easy around the house. In reality, the house and the people are torn and tattered by the actions of the maid! Or that is what Mrs. Rashmi Kettlewood thinks... David Kettlewood has a weird way of pointing an empty gun at his wife after getting stupidly drunk and getting his way with her in bed. Rashmi catches her husband in bed with the maid in the same manner that he does it with her ,is inexplicably furious and decides to send back the maid. By the agency refuses to transfer her to another home within the city since the medical t

Ramayana - The Game of Life : Rise of the Sun Prince (Book 1)

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I am so lagging behind in posting for the 52 books in 52 weeks reading Challenge.Though I have been reading a lot and of course buying a lot of books, I don't find time to post them all here. I really have a lot to catch up! For now, here is a book that came for review and one that is relevant even today. -------------- I have the habit of reading books over and over again over a period of time. I keep buying new books, yet I take an old book from the shelf to read once again. If there is one book that almost everyone reads or should read if not over and over again, at least once, is the Ramayana.This epic has 24,000 verses which describes the life of Lord Rama.It also portrays and teaches us the role of each person in the society be it a father, wife, brother, king ,servant etc. The Ramayana is not a book; it is a way of life, says the author of the book -  Ramayana - The Game of Life : Rise of the Sun Prince ,Subha Vilas. When the author sent me the book for review, I

Sorting Out Sid

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I know I am way behind in this challenge of reading 52 book in 52 weeks. I have rad a lot of books but I literally don't find time to post the reviews. Anyway, here is one of my recent reads.... Sorting Out Sid is yet another book that I got through  Indiblogger  for reviewing. When  Yashodhara Lal  left a comment on my blog regarding the release of the book and a contest, I was so interested to read this book.I am sure you remember her from my review of Yashodara's debut book -  Just Married Please Excuse . Sorting out Sid  is based on the life of our Hero -Siddhart Agarwal aka Sid, who is thoughtless,vain,Master of denial,amiable easy going,beer loving,witty,impulsive,well meaning, comical and in trouble!! To read more about this book,check out this post that I have posted on my other blog... Happy Browsing....

The Hunt For Kohinoor

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Kohinoor - A famed precious gem A Mythological tale claims that it was worn by Lord Krishna and it was stole from Him when He was asleep. Another story claims that it was found in a river bed in 3200 B.C The first reliable evidence is from Barber, The Mughal Emperor, who named it as a part of the treasure won bu Alauddin in the 14th century. The Mughal acquired it in the year 1526. Right from the start this gem was claimed and hunted by India, US,Afghanistan and Taliban. Now in the present times, the same countries are on the look out for the Kohinoor but this time, its not the gem that they are after, but it is a set of critical documents that decides the fate of the country and its people.... This is the outline of  Manreet Sodhi Someshwar' s second book -  The Hunt For Kohinoor  . This book is the second of the Thriller series featuring  Mehrunisa Khosa. A very thrilling book and I loved it. Read the review here .. Happy browsing...

Rage Of Angels

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This is one the books that I love to re-read. In fact most of my books fall into this category. This story is about a woman's life which is shadowed by two most powerful men and she is attached to both of them for various reasons. Jennifer Parker is a young and beautiful woman who happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time thus ending her career as an attorney in a very shot period of just a few hours!! Because of her tryst with the Mafia of which she had nothing to do, she meets the handsome attorney Adam Warner who has been sent to investigate her ties / relationships with the mafia due to which a highly sensitive case had to be closed.Adam sees her living condition and her behavior and concludes that she was in no way involved. All charges are dropped against Jennifer but no one is willing to hire her because of the sensation the case had created. She struggles to live and ends up in an office with two men - Ken Bailey and Otto Wenzel. These two men help her bu

Summer's End|Book Review

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This is yet another book that really touched me! This book, along with another 2 books,is from the used books sale I went to a few weeks back. I am so glad that I picked up this title from among the 1000's of books there. This story is about a lady who has everything that she wants - a good life, a beautiful family and loads of wealth.But there is one small yet important thing missing- love and affection from her husband! She finds another guy who treats her like she wants her husband to treat her, respects her and thinks of her highly. But she can never really leave her husband for this guy she falls in love with. It is struggle of mind and her decision that makes this story so touching and very interesting to here.Here is the gist.... This book is about Deanna Duras, a lady married to Marc Edouard. Denna grows up in a rich family where her father is always traveling in the plane he owned and flew himself and has little time to take care of her or any of other things. So

Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less

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I got this at a book fair when I was in college. This book fair which was held inside the huge library was like a blessing in disguise for many of us. Right on the first day, I picked up 3 of Jeffrey Archer's books after I overheard one of my college mate describing the works of the author. This book was born out of the authors personal experience with near-bankruptcy. This also happens to be his first book and it was published in the year 1976!  Four men- Stephen Bradley,an oxford don, Jean Pierre, an art dealer, James Brigsley, an English Lord , Dr. Robin Oakley, a revered society Physician suddenly find that the oil company shares that they had purchased have gone done to the lowest possible price and they are left penniless. To get it back, Stephen calls in the other three whom he has never met before and puts forth a plan to get each penny back from the con - Harvey Metcalfe,a Polish immigrant. Each one of these men have to come up with a plan to bring Harvey down

Vector by Robin Cook

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I became a huge fan of Robin Cook after I read 'Sphinx'. I loved it to the core and re-read it so many times in the past. Then the time came when all my novels and other books had to be shelved.I would sneak through a few pages of my favorite novels and put them away quickly for I knew I had other duties to attend to-like running behind 2 lil kids! Now that my daughter is in school, I have a few free hours when my lil one takes a nap. I now happily sit with my favorite novels to do the 2014 reading challenge. Like I mentioned before, I have taken down half a dozen cardboard boxes full of book that I have collected over the years.Some of these book have not even been touched! In one of the boxes, I saw this book and picked it up for this week's review. Though I remember reading it as soon as I bought it in the year 2000, many parts seem new to me now!I just did not have the mind to put in down and finished this book in 3 days !!! This is a thriller involving bio-t

One Night At The Call Center

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A few weeks back, I saw this on a discount sale and thought it would be a nice read .Since I have heard quite a few reviews about the author and his books I bought this one without hesitation.                                             This book was born when the author met a young girl on an over night train journey.She tells him the story about the lives of 6 people working in a call center / BPO and the time when their world up side down! After a conversation with God, they make life changing decisions that make them feel better and happier. My Thoughts.... Since this is a small book, I chose to read this one for week 1. I read this book within a couple of days. The book, as the name suggests, is based on what happened one night in the workplace. The story is narrated by Shyam who works with Radhika, Esha, Priyanka, Vroom[a nickname given to Varun coz he loves to drive his bike very fast!], and Military Uncle. The story shows the various sides of the characters

Read 52 Books in 52 Weeks - 2014 Reading Challenge

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Yeah, I know, I wrote this here too.But then I started this blog just for the reading Challenges :).So here we go again..... In spite of signing up for the  Foodies Read 201 4, I have joined another reading challenge!!! Looking at the number of challenges and the categories[click the   link  to know more], I just could not help myself from stopping with just one reading challenge! So here I am, joining the  Read 52 Books in 52 Weeks  - 2014 Reading Challenge. As the name suggests we have to read 52 books by the end of the year.The reading week starts on Sunday and  all genres are allowed except children's books. And there are some mini challenges too !! Quite recently I started buying novels apart from my favorite - cookbooks!I have them all stacked up on the shelf. I am surely going to enjoy doing all the reading and reviewing. And the best part is re-reads are allowed too!!Yay! So I can get to read those books that I got long back! For further details on partici

Hello !!!

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Hello World!! I know this will sound crazy but sometimes it is nice to get a little crazy, right!! Yes, I have started another blog to share my experiences and reviews for the Reading Challenges that I am taking part in 2014! I am the author of a food blog - Seduce your Tastebuds and a Travel blog - My Foot Prints on Earth . Check these out if you love to cook and travel! This blog is basically about all the books I read, the ones that I would love to read, and all other stuff relating to reading and reading Challenges. Come back soon to see my very first post on the subject!! Happy Browsing,