Tag: #reading

• 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

• Book Review: The odd book of baby names by Anees Salim

  

  A chance discussion on writing and getting published during an evening with some friends led to me getting to know about the author, Anees Salim. Our friend said, ‘Have you read, Anees Salim? He is a Harper Collins-published author. Anees is my friend. He has won several notable literary awards.” And I, in bewilderment, replied, […]

  Smitha V

  January 8, 2023

  Book Review

  #aneessalim, #bookreview, #fiction, #hyderabad, #irony, #oddbookofbabynames, #reading, #satire

• Book review: The making of a Chief Justice of India by Sunita Singh

  

  Disclaimer: Lengthy review! I received this book through Amazon on the 4th of September. I began reading it, however, only on the 8th of September. It accompanied me to Chennai, where I was visiting my in-laws to celebrate Onam. If you’re wondering why the day is important, read on. The author begins the book with […]

  Smitha V

  October 13, 2022

  Book Review

  #allahabad, #bookreview, #chiefjustice, #history, #India, #indianhistory, #indianjudiciarysystem, #KNSingh, #law, #newauthor, #newbook, #newread, #Queen, #reading, #sunitasingh

• Book Review : Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

  

  Three days in bed, recovering from minor surgery, and one good thing came of it- I finally finished ‘Pachinko’ by author, Min Jin Lee. The 480-page book took me a very long time to complete. In between, I read Preeti Shenoy’s ‘Rule Breakers’ which was a quick read and began Viktor Frankl’s ‘Man’s Search for […]

  Smitha V

  July 26, 2022

  Book Review

  #book, #familysaga, #goodread, #history, #informative, #japaneseculture, #Koreanculture, #lengthyread, #literature, #MinJinLee, #Pachinko, #reading, #review, #tragic, #War, #worldwar2

• Book Review : The Rule Breakers by Preeti Shenoy

  

  I would love to get a novel published one day. And the best way to make that dream come true is a) to get writing and b) to do a lot of reading. Reading ‘Rule Breakers’ was me doing ‘b’. Why Preeti Shenoy? Because, she is a veteran (not by age) in the field of […]

  Smitha V

  May 26, 2022

  Book Review

  #arrangedmarriages, #authorinthemaking, #bookreview, #education, #homosexuals, #preetishenoy, #quickread, #reading, #shortread, #speakup, #therulebreakers