Tag: #reading

• Thankful Thursday 04.05.23: Doors and a lot more

  

  It’s been a long time since I participated in Thursday Doors- first, for the want of doors and then, for the want of time. But here I am, with doors from Morocco. My sister visited the country to rein in her birthday on the 12th of March. And I asked her for pictures of the…

  Smitha V

  May 5, 2023

  Experiences

  #blessing, #Cominghome, #friends, #gratitude, #messages, #miracle, #morocco, #newbook, #readerpics, #readers, #reading, #thankfulthursday, #thursdaydoors

• Book Review : Patna Blues by Abdullah Khan

  

  image via shutterstock After an entire month of poetry and months of working on my debut novel, I’m reading again, and I can’t tell you how wonderful it feels. Abdullah Khan is the author who wrote a blurb for my debut novel, ‘Coming Home’. When the publisher approached him, he was kind enough to agree…

  Smitha V

  May 4, 2023

  Book Review

  #abdullahkhan, #bookreview, #contemporaryfiction, #fiction, #middle-class, #muslim, #newbook, #patna, #Patnablues, #reader, #reading

• ‘Coming Home’ is now available on Kindle

  

  I’m very happy to announce that ‘Coming Home’ my debut novel is now available on Kindle in most countries and no longer restricted to India. I thank Colleen Chesebro of Unicorn Cats Publishing for preparing the Kindle version, bearing with my ignorance and patiently guiding me through the process to make it available to readers…

  Smitha V

  April 9, 2023

  Book Review, Creative Writing

  #bookreaders, #bookrelease, #comingofage, #contemporaryfiction, #death, #debutnovel, #familysaga, #findinglove, #healing, #inspiration, #life, #loss, #newbook, #reading

• Book Review: Amanda in Arabia by Darlene Foster

  

  This book is part of a series of books written by the author. The book was published in 2010. I knew of it in 2018 but did not read it as it’s marketed as a children’s book which it is, but, one that falls into the category of informative children’s books. I finally decided to…

  Smitha V

  February 15, 2023

  Book Review

  #arabia, #bookreview, #children'sbook, #darlenefoster, #fantasy, #ideasforgifts, #reading, #travelogue, #UAEfacts

• Book Review: Man’s search for meaning by Viktor Frankl

  I picked, ‘Man’s Search for Meaning at the airport in March 2022, on my way to Benaras. It felt like the perfect book to read considering the place I was visiting. For those who do not know, Benaras or Varanasi is a place of pilgrimage for Hindus, it’s where the Ganga flows and where people…

  Smitha V

  January 18, 2023

  Book Review

  #auschwitz, #concentrationcamp, #history, #holocaust, #inspiration, #learn, #life, #logotherapy, #manssearchformeaning, #mentalhealth, #must-read, #reading, #tension, #truth, #viktorfrankl