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“Decoding Midlife” by Aesha Shah: #BlogchatterEBook #AmReviewing

July 31, 2018 Natasha Comments 2 Comments

the book: decoding midlife author: aesha Shah Genre: inspirational About “Decoding Midlife”: According to the author, ‘Decoding Midlife’ is about approaching midlife with positivity and vigour and not consider it to be a crisis phase of life. For the author, writing this book was an enriching and moving experience, as she explored facets of her own unknown personality. About the Author: Aesha Shah is a teacher, a writer, an avid reader with a lifelong love for books. Her…

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#TeaserTuesday: Return to the Little Coffee Shop of Kabul

March 1, 2017 Natasha Comments 3 Comments

“Don’t grieve, the old woman had quoted from Rumi. Anything you love comes round in another form. Well, Sunny thought, I’m good with that. As long as it doesn’t come around as a shitload of fog.” It’s kind of uncanny I picked up the sequel. But the cover and the title of the book was way too enticing and intriguing to have been left back on the bookstore shelf. This prompt was initially hosted by Jenn…

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#BookSlutThursday: Week #5 – It’s Book ‘O Clock Folks!

February 26, 2017 Natasha Comments 1 Comment

#Bookslutthursday: week # 5 Yes, it’s Book ‘O Clock!” Another week of reading and letting those magically woven words sink in. I hope Shalini http://www.shalzmojo.in continues this prompt in the coming weeks too, as it’s gotten kind of addictive. Shalzy you listening? :-))) So I was at this little non-descript bookstore the other day. It used to be the once famous Tekson book store in Delhi, now it has a branch in one of the malls here in Gurugram that too…

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#BookSlutThursday: Week #4: And it Gets Better & Better

February 16, 2017 Natasha Comments 4 Comments

#bookslutthursday: week # 4 A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, The man who never reads lives only one.” – George R R Martin Woaaah! #BookSlutThursday is back. Bolder, brighter and mightier, if I may say so. Thank you Shalzy http://www.shalzmojo.in for this engaging prompt. It’s prodding me to read faster and a lot more. So for today’s prompt I pulled out a couple of interesting things to doll up these intriguing books. Let’s start with these props that make this picture enticing and colourful. We’ll come to…

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#TeaserTuesday 2 : This is the Story of a Happy Marriage – Ann Patchett

February 15, 2017 Natasha Comments 5 Comments

#teasertuesday 2 Ann Patchett’s books were recommended by a writer friend, Kiran who runs a writing community called Write & Beyond. I had already heard of the author but never considered reading her works. Though Kiran had suggested I read Ann Patchett’s Commonwealth, but as I was browsing through my Kindle I found this title pretty appealing. Though I’ve just read a few pages, but in my opinion this book might appeal to a lot of aspiring writers, as this…

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#BookSlutThursday: Week 3: I Love it!!!

February 10, 2017 Natasha Comments 5 Comments

#Bookslutthursday: week #3 “THERE IS MORE TREASURE IN BOOKS THAN ALL THE PIRATE’S LOOT ON TREASURE ISLAND.” – WALT DISNEY I’m reading all the above including a Kindle copy of Karan Johar’s Unsuitable Boy. I’m glad I have started the year on a “reading” note. Yes, I used to be a voracious reader, but the last few years my reading habits took a heavy backseat and got mostly restricted to books on Spirituality or a one-off book here and there….

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#TeaserTuesday 1: The Spy-Paulo Coelho

February 7, 2017 Natasha Comments 7 Comments

#Teaser Tuesday 1 I’m currently reading two books, both of completely different genres. Paulo Coelho’s, The Spy has me pretty much intrigued, as it is the legendary Mata Hari’s story told in her own words. The Unsuitable Boy by Karan Johar, I will leave for yonder. Yes, I turned this gossip into secrets”, because I wanted money and power. But all those who accuse me now know I never revealed anything new.” This is my first post for TeaserTuesday hosted…

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10 Day “You” Challenge: 4 Books

January 12, 2017 Natasha Comments 0 Comment

#ALLABOUTME #BLOGCHALLENGE #10DAYYOUCHALLENGE 4 BOOKS The Prophet-Khalil Gibran. This has been my bedside bible for years and years now. I can keep re-visiting this awe-inspiring piece of writing over and over again and learn so much each time. The lessons are a reminder of each aspect of life, be it marriage, love, children, pain, friendship, sorrow and so on so forth. I never cease to stop learning from this incredible book by the Khalil Gibran who died so young, yet…

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