Tag: #bookreview

• Book Review 07/50: Square Peg in a Round Hole by Robbie Cheadle

  

  ‘Square Peg in A Round Hole’ is a book of 157 pages of syllabic poetry, micro poems, 100-word stories and artwork done by the author, Robbie Cheadle, and her son, Michael. I read this book during the short waiting time at the airport and on the two hour flight back home. About the book A…

  Smitha V

  April 22, 2024

  Book Review

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• Book Review 06/50 : Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

  

  The book has been lying on my bookshelf since 24.07.2010! That’s what the date on the book followed by my husband’s signature says. Each time I heard him quote from the book, “You need to put in 10,000 hours of work to become an expert at what you do,” I thought, ‘I need to read…

  Smitha V

  March 19, 2024

  Book Review

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• Book Review 05/50- The Parcel by Anosh Irani

  

  This book took me longer than normal. No, it’s not long, and no, it’s not dull. It’s difficult to stomach.  It talks of the hard reality that transgenders faced in India prior to the law being passed in 2014, sex trade, and child trafficking. The book is a detailed account of the Red Light district…

  Smitha V

  March 6, 2024

  Book Review

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• An award, a review, Thursday doors and more

  

  Among the millions of things I’m grateful for, here are a few that are exclusive to this week. ‘Coming Home’, my debut novel was awarded the Certificate of Excellence at the 6th Asian LitFest on the 20th of February. I’m extraordinarily grateful to all those who read the book and shared a review of the…

  Smitha V

  February 23, 2024

  Experiences, Photography

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• Book Review 04/50: This Is How We Grow: Stories and Poems for Perspective taking

  

  ‘This is how we grow’ is a non-fiction collection of stories written by several authors. I was curious about the book after having read several reviews on it. I wondered what it could tell me that I didn’t already know. As I know some of the authors, I began by reading their stories first. The…

  Smitha V

  February 5, 2024

  Book Review

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