Category: Book Review

• Book Review: Allusions to Simplicity by Dr Koshy AV

  

  Allusions to Simplicity by Dr Koshy AV is a book that came to me without me ordering it. I had ordered another book by the poet/author titled, ‘Birds of Different Feathers’ and this came in its place. I returned it and it came back again. When it happened for the third time, I figured I…

  Smitha V

  May 29, 2023

  Book Review, Poetry

  #allusionstosimplicity, #AVKoshy, #disturbance, #literature, #lovepoems, #poemsofmissing, #poetrybook

• Robbie’s Inspiration – Book review: Coming Home by Smitha Vishwanath

  

  Originally posted on Robbie's inspiration: What Amazon says Twenty-six-year-old, Shanaya, finds her idea of home and family ripped apart when she loses her mother. Her effort to drown herself in her job proves to be financially rewarding and her work is recognized by the organisation. But, even this is not enough to fill the…

  Smitha V

  May 24, 2023

  Book Review

  #India, #family, #loss, #love, #healing, #marriage, #bookreview, #indianculture, #debutnovel, #tradition, #inspiraiton

• Book Review: Do What You Love by MJ Mallon

  

  ‘Do What You Love’ by MJ Mallon is a quick read of 58 pages. It’s a sweet reminder to live life, look back to see how far you’ve come, appreciate all that’s got you this far and look forward to the future. I could read the book in an hour and a half’s time. I’m…

  Smitha V

  May 22, 2023

  Book Review

  #flashfiction, #memoir, #mjmallon, #newbook, #photography, #pleasing, #poetry, #quickread, #shortread

• Book Review: Sorrowful Soul by Harmony Kent

  

  I pre-ordered Harmony Kent’s book in November 2022. The image of a Calla Lilly, in the lightest shade of olive green on the cover against a greyish-white background, attracted me to it. But with life getting in the way, I forgot all about the book after it was released. It was Sally Cronin’s post that…

  Smitha V

  May 18, 2023

  Book Review, Poetry

  #bookreview, #dealingwithloss, #death, #harmonykent, #healing, #journeytohealing, #life, #loss, #poetry

• Book Review: He, She, and it- the grammar of marriage

  

  The book is an anthology of short stories. The interesting thing about anthologies centred around a theme, in this case, ‘Marriage’, is that you get as many different perspectives on the topic as the number of participating writers. When it comes to marriage, there can be two types- a happy marriage and a sad marriage. A…

  Smitha V

  May 14, 2023

  Book Review

  #bookreview, #emotional, #fiction, #India, #life, #marriage, #newbook, #reality, #shortstories, #truth, Creative Writing