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Book Review: Everything I Never Told You - Celeste Ng

Image Source Title: Everything I Never Told You Author: Celeste Ng Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group; new edition (1 February 2015) Genre: Contemporary Fiction Price: Rs. 379 on Amazon Pages: 304

Hero To Zero #NotAMovieReview

Image Source I've been a die-hard Shahrukh Khan fan since I was a little girl. I've loved him right from his 'Baazigar' days and have been a loyal fan throughout. So much that I even endured the torture called 'Fan' just for him. While 'Jab Tak Hai Jaan' gave me the mother of all migraines, I still forgave him for that. My love for him was not something a bad movie could diminish. Then 'Jab Harry Met Sejal' happened. It tested my love to the core, and yet it survived. Though terribly disappointed and angry, I still forgave him. After watching 'Zero', the second day after its release, for the first time ever I questioned my love for him. I then swore to never watch a movie of his again so that my memory of him will still remain that of love. But, as a crazy fan for close to three decades, I had many many questions in my head to ask him. That's when I decided to call his team and ask for some of his time. This is how it went.

Dear Woman, Don't Apologize

Image Source You don't have to be always alright Sometimes, it is okay to not be nice For being honest about what you feel Dear woman, don't apologize You don't have to do it all Everything you don't have to supervise For getting that me-time to relax Dear woman, don't apologize

Book Review: The Particular Sadness Of Lemon Cake - Aimee Bender

Image Source Title: The Particular Sadness Of Lemon Cake Author: Aimee Bender Publisher: Windmill Books (1 September 2011) Genre:  Contemporary Fiction Price: Rs. 499 on Amazon Pages: 336 It is not a hidden fact that I'm a foodie. I'm also a bibliophile so when these two meet, I'm ecstatic! After the sensuous ' Chocolat ' and the romantically delectable ' Like Water For Chocolate ', when someone recommended this book to me, I was more than happy to buy and read it. The blurb was way too interesting and the fact that it had a nine year old as the protagonist was endearing. I started reading this book in early December, but work kept me insanely busy. Towards the end of the month, I continued reading it and this was the first book I finished in 2019.

Simplify #WOTY2019

Image Source My word of the year for 2018 was ' Survive ' and boy, did life take it seriously or what! When I sat down to think about my word of the year for 2019, there were too many choices. I wanted something realistic and something that is very important to me. I have always been a very impulsive person. While most people think that I'm impulsive only in terms of speech, I'm much like that in all spheres of life too. I speak what's on my mind, and, my actions reflect the same too. I make impulsive decisions and then think too much about it. Since 2018 kept me really busy, it made me over think a lot too.

Action Replay + Gratitude List: 2018

Image Source When I chose ' Survive ' as the word of the year for 2018, life somehow decided to take it more seriously than me. 2018 has been a beautiful year in more ways than one, but it also has been the year that tried me the most. It threw me up, dragged me down, pulled my hair, squeezed me and tested every ounce of my patience. But, I survived! That's what matters right?