tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12260298001048845142024-03-16T06:39:25.870+05:30 So Many Books, So Little Time Kritika Narulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08381922674759765004noreply@blogger.comBlogger209125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226029800104884514.post-83919890487209604052018-09-17T15:14:00.000+05:302019-01-18T11:47:45.568+05:30A list of all my favorite Bojack Horseman Season 5 Think Pieces<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are very rare shows that actually want to make you do more about, than just watch. Bojack Horseman, the Netflix animated series about a talking horse, has had its fair share of evolution over the past 5 seasons.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The fifth and most recent season was released just last week but fans have already binged it. Now there are facebook groups with long discussion threads, reddit fora, twitter threads and major media websites with Think Pieces about</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- the entirety of the season</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- the eulogy episode</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- the show's handling of a problematic character</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- much more</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I am compiling here a list of all the think pieces that I read and liked. (in no particular order)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">The Verge: B<a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/16/17867216/bojack-horseman-season-5-netflix-tv-review-will-arnett-amy-sedaris-alison-brie" target="_blank">ojack Horseman season 5 examines the many flavors of sadness</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">AV Club: <a href="https://www.avclub.com/bojack-horseman-delivers-a-jaw-dropping-eulogy-and-once-1829050401" target="_blank">BoJack Horseman delivers a jaw-dropping eulogy and once again raises the bar for concept episodes</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Vulture: <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2018/09/bojack-horsemans-season-5-eulogy-episode.html" target="_blank">BoJack Horseman’s Eulogy Episode Tackles Death With Brutal Honesty</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Decider: <a href="https://decider.com/2018/09/14/bojack-horseman-funeral/" target="_blank">BoJack Horseman’s Funeral Episode Is a Devastating Must Watch</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Bustle: <a href="https://www.bustle.com/p/the-free-churro-episode-of-bojack-horseman-nails-what-its-like-to-grieve-someone-who-wasnt-even-good-to-you-11899214" target="_blank">The “Free Churro” Episode Of ‘BoJack Horseman’ Nails What It’s Like To Grieve Someone Who Wasn’t Even Good To You</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Vulture: <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2018/09/bojack-horseman-recap-season-5-episode-6-free-churro.html" target="_blank">BoJack Horseman Recap: The Eulogy</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">The New Republic: <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/151121/bojack-horseman-season-5-review-darkly-funny-reckoning-death" target="_blank">BoJack Horseman’s Brilliant Crack-Up</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Medium: <a href="https://medium.com/upthrust-co/bojack-horseman-gets-woke-delivers-eulogies-and-does-very-shitty-things-in-a-strong-fifth-season-cf3a46b7d9d5" target="_blank">Bojack Horseman Gets Woke, Delivers Eulogies and Does Very Shitty Things in a Strong Fifth Season</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">The Dot and Line on Medium: <a href="https://dotandline.net/bojack-horseman-season-5-pain-pleasure-b8ac41e2b77c" target="_blank">The Pleasure of pain</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Fansided: <a href="https://fansided.com/2018/09/12/bojack-horseman-season-5-netflix-review" target="_blank">BoJack Horseman season 5 tests the limits of meta commentary</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Newsline: <a href="https://newsline.com/2018/09/14/bojack-horsemans-eulogy-episode-tackles-demise-with-brutal-honesty/" target="_blank">BoJack Horseman’s Eulogy Episode Tackles Demise With Brutal Honesty</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Vox: <a href="https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/9/15/17858086/bojack-horseman-season-5-review-netflix-metoo-spoilers" target="_blank">BoJack Horseman season 5 is a bold, bracing look at a culture that shirks responsibility</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">IndieWire: ‘<a href="https://www.indiewire.com/2018/09/bojack-season-5-controversy-ending-perfection-1202003765/" target="_blank">BoJack Horseman’ Has Become So Great It’s Beyond Reproach — So Season 5 Critiques Itself</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Polygon: <a href="https://www.polygon.com/2018/9/7/17828120/bojack-horseman-season-5-review-addiction-diane-princess-carolyn-hollyhock" target="_blank">BoJack Horseman’s addiction gets a rare honest, compassionate look in season 5</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Gamesradar: <a href="https://www.gamesradar.com/think-bojack-horseman-is-just-the-sad-horse-show-its-secretly-the-most-grown-up-series-on-tv/?utm_content=buffer38505&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer_grtw" target="_blank">Think BoJack Horseman is just 'the sad horse show'? It’s secretly the most grown-up series around</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">The New York Times (It is an interview but so interesting!): <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/arts/television/bojack-horseman-season-5-raphael-bob-waksberg-interview.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur" target="_blank">‘BoJack Horseman’ Creator Talks About Hollywood and Forgiveness</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Gay News Tourism Travel: <a href="https://gaytourism.travel/what-bojack-horseman-got-right-and-wrong-about-asexuality-in-season-five/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank">WHAT BOJACK HORSEMAN GOT RIGHT (AND WRONG) ABOUT ASEXUALITY IN SEASON FIVE</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">The Atlantic: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/09/bojack-horseman-season-5/569710/?utm_medium=social&utm_term=2018-09-14T17%3A34%3A15&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_source=twitter" target="_blank">How the Hollywood Redemption Machine Works, According to BoJack Horseman</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Den of Geek: <a href="http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/bojack-horseman/60488/bojack-horseman-season-5-review-retreading-old-ground" target="_blank">BoJack Horseman season 5 review: retreading old ground?</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Pendora Magazine: <a href="https://www.pendoramagazine.com/articles/2018/9/15/the-evolution-of-bojack-horseman-what-are-you-doing-here" target="_blank">The Evolution of Bojack Horseman: What are you doing here?</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Film School Rejects: <a href="https://filmschoolrejects.com/bojack-horseman-antihero/">BoJack Horseman is The Antihero Hollywood Needs Right Now</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Vice: <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mbwagy/this-season-of-bojack-horseman-is-the-shows-darkest-yet?utm_source=vicetwitterus">This Season of 'BoJack Horseman' Is the Show's Darkest Yet</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Vulture: <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2018/09/bojack-horseman-season-5-marginalized-women.html">How BoJack Horseman Addresses the Silencing of Women</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Slate: <a href="https://slate.com/culture/2018/10/bojack-horseman-metoo-moment-overlooked.html">The #MeToo Moment Everyone’s Missing Totally Changes How We Think About BoJack Horseman</a> </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Guardian: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/sep/14/how-bojack-horseman-became-the-most-empathetic-show-on-television">How BoJack Horseman became the most empathetic show on television</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While we are at it, I wrote one for UnBumf too: <a href="https://unbumf.com/bojack-horseman-season-5-you-say-you-want-to-get-better-but-you-dont-know-how/" target="_blank">Bojack Horseman Season 5: You Say You Want To Get Better, But You Do Not Know How</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have also added the full text of the eulogy on highlights on my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kritika.narula/" target="_blank">instagram</a></span></div>
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Kritika Narulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08381922674759765004noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226029800104884514.post-7420708466912063272018-08-07T22:41:00.000+05:302018-08-07T23:39:49.672+05:3013 Reasons Why...I Am Saying Goodbye<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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During the humid Delhi summers of 2013, fresh out of school, 'bibliophile' was enough of an adjective and a title to define my personality. Yep, my entire personality- because whoever I was, whatever I knew was owing to (and also limited to) what I read. This included books, newspapers, magazines and textbooks. SO MANY TEXTBOOKS. I was THAT kid in school. In retrospect, I now realise that entering college I was thoroughly taken aback by how much flexibility and scope there was for me to try something I never had. The clichéd narrative of transformation of a nerd into a spunky character seems absurd, but clichés exist for a reason: it isn't always larger than life as is often portrayed in popular media, but gradual- so sneaky at times that you barely even notice. You realise it when you bump into an old classmate from high school and find yourself completely detached from the life you were living 4 years ago, and from the person you were 4 years ago. SO I guess what I am trying to say is: over the course of the last 5 years, I changed. I still love reading a lot, but adulthood has been a tricky terrain so far. </blockquote>
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While I was always a nerd as far as I can remember, it wasn't until I was 12 that I found the goldmine of leisure reading. So yes, I missed out on the Enid Blyton and Nancy Drew and PG Wodehouse and Harry Potter phases of the younger life (even though I like to believe I have compensated now as an adult) and dived straight into Charles Dickens. Not sure why, but I think having a spelling competition ahead of me made me lean into these choices. It is no coincidence then, that my if-I-use-big-words-I-will-make-my-point-effectively phase was around the same time.<br />
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I had a Robin Sharma phase too- I read around 6 of his books and my belief in self-help literature was annoyingly high. Today, I still cherish reading The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, and Who Will Cry When You Die, but I also takes whatever jokes are made at their expense with loads of laughter.<br />
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When I started the blog, it was to learn web publishing and such, and more importantly, I was so thrilled by the idea of this book bloggers community! I was getting in touch with authors directly, interviewing them and getting to know them a little better- it was a great ride, but this amusement park is now shut.<br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1. Now that I look back, a hidden motivation for me to have this blog had always been having something to talk about. Cut me some slack here: I was trying to fit in where it felt like I belong- there were so many pop culture references thrown around, and for someone who had not watched a single sitcom, or been a fan of a single band, books were the best icebreaker. Anyone talking about movies would bring me a great segue for the whole movie-book adaptation controversy.<br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2. During these 5 years, so much changed. Personally, what changed was that a lot of my education now came not from books- but from experiences and people. Hate to admit it, but I even enjoy people's company …sometimes. Fun fact: When I first joined facebook, it was a reluctant step and to avoid being discovered my name was Kritika Bibliophile (which explains the URL https://www.facebook.com/kritikabibliophile) so that was a great talking point too<br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3. What also changed was the world around me. When I started the blog, #bookstagram didn't exist. It was a fairly different community with obscure for a and such. With the obscurity depleting, its charm for me did too.<br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4. Another pivotal world change: it feels like there was a phase of bombardment of self-publishing and indie publishers, and my review requests were always full and I was apologising all the time for posting the reviews later than decided.<br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5. This is pretty lame: I had told my self I will stop once I cross 1lakh page views. I liked the number game, I cannot defend myself here. But then I got Spoon University and DU Beat to look at the numbers of, and once again, the charm of my own blog faded.<br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>6. I have often felt like that kid in the attic, and books have been there to rescue me. So: Don't get me wrong; books are still my saviour in more ways than I can imagine, but when you're told in therapy to take a long hard look at things you are doing that no longer bring you happiness, blogging came up.<br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>7. Reading Harry Potter as an adult put a lot of things in perspective and one of my takeaways from the whole experience was that I don't HAVE to do anything. Like Hermione, I haven't given up on books- never make the mistake of assuming that- I have only learnt more of the world beyond those books and a lesson or two in survival.<br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>8. Emails. When I started blogging as a naïve school student, I didn't have to think about emails as a drudgery. In fact, I was trying to understand the email etiquette. Now, having managed some 11 email IDs, I have to say I am done.<br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>9. This is the worst part: I come across a post I remember writing after hours of painstaking references to the dictionary, but reading the articles now, I do nothing but cringe. The only way I remember 2013 is that I thought using big words will embellish my review.<br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>10. The blog has been my longest commitment ever. (In addition to a few friendships that make me swell with pride- because sure, longevity may be overrated, but longevity with the right people is a heaven you don't have to die for) I digress. The blog has been my longest commitment but not a proud one. I am completing 2 years in a job this month that I am in fact very proud of- so I will let that take the limelight now.<br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>11. Leisure reading (is that what you kids call it?) has been such a delight. Being able to read a book without mentally commenting on the prose, style, information, characters is so pleasing.<br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>12. There's been a lesson in humility: I don't like a book doesn't mean it is bad. I refrain from dumping on a book because the more I see and understand the world, the more I realise how unqualified I am to comment on an author's work- I can only tell what the reading experience was for me, but I can never critic it in the real sense of the word.<br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>13. To be honest, a huge reason this is happening is because I had a burnout last year. Life. And then there's a tonne of academic reading to be done each day. I got myself a library card and now there's no limit and it is all so overwhelming and so I just don't have time to deliver quality and a goodbye is always better than a compromise.<br />
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But over the years, I have had the immense pleasure of getting to know so many bibliophiles and authors and other SO SO IMPORTANT people working in the publishing industry, I am owning up to it and getting back to books- my lovers.<br />
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PS: So I think I'm shutting this blog down now…help me pick the best reason.<br />
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PPS: it was a home run folks. I'm glad we did this. :)<br />
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Kritika Narulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08381922674759765004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226029800104884514.post-91728913684720024082018-08-07T22:25:00.000+05:302018-08-07T22:25:04.560+05:30Book Review: Sam's Theory by Sarah Mendivel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Title/Author Name: </b>Sam's Theory/Sarah Mendivel<br />
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<b>Release Date</b>: Jan 8th, 2018<br />
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<b>Publisher</b>: CreateSpace<br />
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<b>Amazon</b>: https://www.amazon.com/Sams-Theory-Sarah-Mendivel/dp/1977568505 ,<br />
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<b>GoodReads</b>: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37642889-sam-s-theory<br />
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<b>Author Website:</b> https://www.sarahmendivel.com/<br />
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After a final act of horrendous abuse threatens her life, fifteen-year-old Sam runs away from home and into the Olympic Mountains of Washington State. Physically and emotionally exhausted, she happens upon a mysterious tree house in the woods which shelters an old woman named Theory. Through elements of magic and sage advice, Theory takes Sam on an unforgettable healing journey. Sam begins to discover that she, too, has powers. But her process is interrupted by the nervous reality that her abusers will soon go after her younger sister, Nova, unless she can get to her first.<br />
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With the help of Sam’s friend, Dodger, and two other spirited kids from foster care, the group sets up a hidden camp in the wilderness and forms “The Orphan’s Collective.” While struggling to create their own concept of “family,” Dodger and Sam also work to navigate their budding feelings for one another. As the group formulates a plan to reach the masses of kids left behind by adults who never wanted them, they naturally begin to rewrite the fate that has seemingly already been decided for them.<br />
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Sam’s Theory is a story of immeasurable grit and re-empowerment after trauma. With embedded real-world advice, it is the recognition of our tremendous capacity as human beings to withstand darkness and summon resiliency, simply by learning how to use our voices and reconnect with those around us.<br />
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"It's okay, Sam. I think we're safe now, I told myself."<br />
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Right from the beginning, the tone for the book is set: there's a lot that's made up, but you can read the metaphors. The metaphors have a function to perform: they make the story easy for you.<br />
Yet, I have to admit it wasn't the smoothest of reads: you might not, for example, finish it one sitting. It also takes it some time for the plot to grow on you enough so that you don't leave it unfinished, but if you keep at it, the story is a strong one.<br />
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The theme that the novel deals with a sensitive ones, trauma and its aftermath is basically a time of more questions than answers, which is why it becomes hard to obtain clarity. You want to read a book, now the sub-plots. At the most, you want the mystery to be solvable. But unlike your cliched detective mysteries, the injuries we are dealing with are hard to identify. So it only makes sense that identifying the plot turns and anticipating them is tricky too.<br />
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If you go by the face value, the plot is very fictional, very absurd: Sam meets a woman names Theory. Our protagonist has suffered abuse of all kinds, and is now on a rescue mission of sorts to save her sister from the atrocity. There are many other layers to the plot as well: and all get unravelled in due time.<br />
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But if I were to point out that one thing that I loved he most about the novel, it has to be the subtle inclusion of positive messages in favour of mental health and support. Consider these:<br />
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"Asking for help doesn't make you weak; it makes you an army."</blockquote>
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"We are all made up of the same ingredients, you see, which is ultimately what creates a shared human experience"</blockquote>
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"Remember that a trait is neutral until we give it power. When we give it power, we can either use the trait to become a superhero, a common person, or a villain." </blockquote>
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The protagonist is also my favourite character, perhaps because we walk with her through the plot, and feel the vulnerability of her thoughts. Not to mention, she is also a relatable person as far as coping mechanisms go:<br />
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"The presence of books soothes me and were often my secret escape from the violent alternative at home." </blockquote>
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"Flaunting my repertoire of reads would have likely torn the cool card I barely held onto right out of my hand."</blockquote>
So I believe the question to ask is: what colour were you eyes when you were at chapter 1 versus the last? Or was it reflecting light from being too moist?</div>
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The true story of a psychologist who takes off his professional hat and returns to his ‘60s childhood. His quest is to solve the mystery of what happened to his father and his family. Guided by diaries, letters, photographs, visits and family recollections, he finds out what made him a psychologist in the first place.</div>
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Publisher: Telling Stories Press (February 11, 2018)</div>
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I don't think I have ever read a book that handles the issues of digging the past so realistically.<br />
The story, very simply, follows the second-hand reconstruction of a man's life (and of those around him) in a quest for answers and explanations. If you are a product of the silent generation, you will know what this means. I can faintly recall this scene from my favorite TV show New Girl,<br />
<b>Jess</b>: Families talk about things.<br />
<b>Schmidt</b>: No. Families ignore things until they go away.<br />
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This is what makes the story and the book in entirety so different, but also a highly risky narrative: we cannot know someone's story for sure, and in my hyperbolic opinion, we cannot even know our own story completely ever. But as the book mentions too: the act of storytelling is curative and therapeutic. Closures are sought by all of us and they are highly underrated. Or in the words of the author, 'Silence denies us understanding while truth lets us live and breathe.'<br />
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I know there are things I would like to lash out at my family for- and I am only 22! So looking at the narrator's journey of weaving together these remnants seems painfully realistic, and raw.<br />
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My favorite bits were two. One was the fact that the story wold often pause: to take a look back at the ethical quandaries involved- sometimes within the process that our protagonist/narrator was pursuing, sometimes on the actual incidents being talked about:<br />
‘As a writer you permit no privacy to the dead: if they leave diaries you have to read them and in this we are utterly unsentimental. To be a writer means to tell the truth you need to tell’.<br />
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The other favorite bit was the psychological tangent it took: and kept, realistically. For example, it doesn't exaggerate it as a moment of epiphany for the whole family just to make it a great, fun plot. It just states the truth: The truth that often the passage of time creates an unease for you, but the others may not feel it with the same intensity of unease, or even, at all. So the rest of the family isn't presented to be as bothered, or restless by the turn of events.<br />
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A lot of research shows, and often concepts have been explained from an informed perspective which is reassuring, but also the jargon seems unnecessary in the larger scheme of things.<br />
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In a way, this book to me is the written adaptation of the movie Dil Dhadakne Do, and my review for both stays the same: a long-awaited look at the aftermath of living in dysfunctional families and semi-functional individuals, scarred and marred by what the rest of the world offered them- with the story stretched just a bit more than the reader wants to stay for, before losing it.<br />
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‘Don’t make it a box of secrets, as people did in the old days, because untold stories are poisonous, and as soon as a story is told, the healing begins’.<br />
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Archie, a snarky genderqueer artist, is tired of people not understanding gender neutral pronouns. Tristan, a cisgender dude, is looking for an easy way to introduce gender neutral pronouns to his increasingly diverse workplace. The longtime best friends team up in this short and fun comic guide that explains what pronouns are, why they matter, and how to use them. They also include what to do if you make a mistake, and some tips-and-tricks for those who identify outside of the binary to keep themselves safe in this binary-centric world. A quick and easy resource for people who use they/them pronouns, and people who want to learn more!</div>
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Always love a balanced, teaching-without-preaching graphic book!<br />
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<i> "This book exists to educate and inform people on gender neutral pronouns--specifically they/them*--so that you don’t have to do all the heavy lifting yourself. We want to keep this book short and affordable, so you can give it to friends, family, co-workers, or random people on the street.Also, if education fails and folks are being jerks, you can just throw this book in their face."It’s the future, we don’t have time for that nonsense.</i><br />
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<i>"...ignore your personal experience to fit into my own worldview...This is how | feel every time |’m purposely misgendered."</i></div>
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I have been trying to explore books that talk about gender-neutrality and gender-fluidity in a very elementary, rudimentary manner- so this one comes as a great recommendation for that.<br />
As a cisgender, I have wondered myself how awkward and uncomfortable conversations about one's gender identity could be, and how tricky it is to use words, and to try and use them in the right manner- I have imagined the best of intentions go to waste because of the uncertainty of 'what should I say that it doesn't offend them' or 'how should I say this without sounding mean'. If anything, I have to thank this book to address this issue. Not just by giving healthy ways of going about these apprehensive conversations, but also addressing how these can get awkward- but change is awkward and uncomfortable and if we are to be advocates for inclusion, we have to be companions in this discomfort.<br />
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At its core, the book is a practical argument in basic human decency- the fact that we need to respect other people, their choices and preferences. And that respecting differences is not to be equated with questioning your own choices. The entire idea is to have inclusive safe space - it is going to take much more unlearning of the flawed conditioning we received since childhood- but it is worth the effort to let everyone breathe in peace.<br />
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I like the fact that even when the book uses humour, it doesn't try to be sarcastic- it is rather the plain, good ol' humour and I believe that is how such issues need to be discussed (Honestly, sarcasm can often backfire in fragile situations like these!)<br />
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<o:p></o:p>Kritika Narulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08381922674759765004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226029800104884514.post-75370403323931112642018-01-22T20:58:00.000+05:302018-01-22T20:58:30.255+05:30Book Review: Herding Cats by Sarah Anderson<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Title</b>: Herding Cats (Sarah's Scribbles #3)</div>
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<b>Published by</b>: Paperback,<br />
Expected publication: March 27th 2018 by Andrews McMeel Publishing</div>
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<b>Pages</b>: 112 pages</div>
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<b>Genre</b>: Comics/Graphic Novels</div>
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<b>Blurb</b>: Sarah valiantly struggles with waking up in the morning, being productive, and dealing with social situations. Sarah's Scribbles is the comic strip that follows her life, finding humor in living as an adulting introvert that is at times weird, awkward, and embarrassing.<br />
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<span id="freeTextContainerauthor14144506">Hello! I’m Sarah and I’m a cartoonist and illustrator. I graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2014 and currently live in Brooklyn. My comics are semi-autobiographical and follow the adventures of myself, my friends, and my beloved pets.</span></div>
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Contrary to popular belief, being introverted is not about your ability to socialize...it is about what you do after. Sarah is back with her third book,<br />
I have been a big fan of Sarah scribbles, and read through both <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2213536508?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1" target="_blank">Adulthood is a Myth</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2206229662?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1" target="_blank">Big Mushy Happy lump</a>. I've said it of her books before: they are simple and endearing...I always have a gala time. But unlike the first two books that revolved around an overarching theme, this one was a bit generic in terms of content.<br />
The best part of the collection, to me, was the truth bombs she has dropped throughout.<br />
Consider this as a very simple example of the same:<br />
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So subtle yet so incontrovertibly true, you laugh your guts out without really even creating an arch on your lips. My point is, she makes smiling possible in ways we did not know of. </div>
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This one hurt me a bit too much too.<br />
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The one thing that doesn't change, no matter which Sarah Scribble you pick up: you embrace the fallibility of being a human.<br />
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And here, for instance: do you know how retail therapy works? Yeah, you guessed it, it doesn't!<br />
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Another thumbs up to the book for covering almost everything you can think of: from reading books, binge-watching to headphones and listening to music.</div>
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And then, she took a serious, an innocuously sarcastic turn. This is when I knew:</div>
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Parting words? Chaos, I am your mistress!<br />
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The Hidden Spark: Ignite The Passion For Your Amazing Life</h1>
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"Do you feel that you are working hard but not getting the returns you deserve? Have you tried relentlessly but failed repeatedly, and now want to lose hope? Do you want to be like the famous and successful people but don't know what special gifts you have to do? Are you still struggling with your own demons and do not know how to get out of it? Do you think that you are negative, lethargy, failed, unsuccessful, poor and unlucky? </div>
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If yes, then “The Hidden Spark” is only for you. This practical book is a result of thoughts of the great mentors of the world after a long research and the guidance of the most successful people. It is said that one mind has more power than millions of cells but when it comes about ten most intelligent and active minds, you can make out how important each word of this book is! The book, you are holding in your hand is not a theory but a practical guide which will take you to your right direction in your life and leave you as the best version of yourself. Each and every chapter of this book has already been implemented by thousands of people and their real stories are in this book. </div>
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Do you feel that you are working hard but not getting the returns you deserve? Have you tried relentlessly but failed repeatedly, and now want to lose hope? Do you want to be like the famous and successful people but don't know what special gifts you have to do? Are you still struggling with your own demons and do not know how to get out of it? Do you think that you are negative, lethargy, failed, unsuccessful, poor and unlucky? </div>
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If yes, then “The Hidden Spark” is only for you. This practical book is a result of thoughts of the great mentors of the world after a long research and the guidance of the most successful people. It is said that one mind has more power than millions of cells but when it comes about ten most intelligent and active minds, you can make out how important each word of this book is! The book, you are holding in your hand is not a theory but a practical guide which will take you to your right direction in your life and leave you as the best version of yourself. Each and every chapter of this book has already been implemented by thousands of people and their real stories are in this book. </div>
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Do you feel that you are working hard but not getting the returns you deserve? Have you tried relentlessly but failed repeatedly, and now want to lose hope? Do you want to be like the famous and successful people but don't know what special gifts you have to do? Are you still struggling with your own demons and do not know how to get out of it? Do you think that you are negative, lethargy, failed, unsuccessful, poor and unlucky? </div>
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If yes, then “The Hidden Spark” is only for you. This practical book is a result of thoughts of the great mentors of the world after a long research and the guidance of the most successful people. It is said that one mind has more power than millions of cells but when it comes about ten most intelligent and active minds, you can make out how important each word of this book is! The book, you are holding in your hand is not a theory but a practical guide which will take you to your right direction in your life and leave you as the best version of yourself. Each and every chapter of this book has already been implemented by thousands of people and their real stories are in this book.</div>
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There are reams of books and other literature on self-help and it becomes hard to differentiate one from another. What sets this one apart?</div>
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Well, take your usual inspirational literature: The Secret, for example. And make it a practical guide rather than just fancy words lit together. </div>
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The product you will have is The Hidden Spark. But the recipe isn't as simple: it takes consistency, persistence and hard work, as the book makes it clear. </div>
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Sooner or later, we all are met with an epiphany, or a critical juncture when we feel the need to have a guide or a mentor, but often we are not lucky enough to find one at our ready disposal. This books comes as a saviour for times like those. </div>
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If you are dealing with a particularly troublesome episode in your life, the book provides helpful exercises to develop healthy coping mechanisms. With the principle that we need some certainty in this highly uncertain and unpredictable world, the tried-and-tested exercises mentioned in the book are a great resource to tap into. Even if you are just paled down by the monotony and drudgery of everyday life, the exercises and practical words in the book can be a reservoir to renew your rigour from. </div>
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It is effective, hands-on, just like The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari where Robin Sharma has often talked about principles that work. The authors have outlined the hacks and exercises that can lead you to unleash your full potential. </div>
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The way the book is designed has a lot to do with its efficacy. It isn't just an amalgam of thoughts: it actually accompanies anecdotes and the like that act as proofs. By making lists, jotting down things on paper, this book becomes a motivation journal of sorts!</div>
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The book has the potential to become your go-to whenever you doubt your own potential!</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I<a href="http://kritikabibliophile.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/an-ode-to-year-that-was.html" target="_blank"> had a lot of people to thank for making me feel alive</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This
year, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have
myself</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I bid
adieu to 2017, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Making<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>sense of the rebellion inside me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Rebellion
that has become second nature</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So it has
even stopped asking for my permission</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Before
flaring up illusions to pieces</span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Before
setting fires to the imagined</span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Because
it all came down to the three-dimensions</span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">though I
may have even seen a fourth</span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I
woke<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>up to a snowfall and my lips rose
in a curve</span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I didn't
realise I was smiling until my jaw hurt</span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I was a
wide-eyed kid in the moment I saw the whites</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And gave
that effortless smile</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I fear</span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I may not
experience again the magic as it froze</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I once
slept by the riverside in a place with colorful walls</span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I fear</span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">My feet
and those waves might never get close</span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Not a
moment went by, that I regretted</span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">So I fear</span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">If I will
ever say the same of any coming year</span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">But this
year also taught me:</span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I fear
only what I look forward to</span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And so I
look forward to all of those</span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">But most
of all, </span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I learnt
this new thing</span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I know </span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am
going to practice a lot</span></div>
<div lang="en-GB" style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I said
no. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
</div>
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<div style="height: 0px; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">xoxo</span></div>
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Kritika Narulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08381922674759765004noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226029800104884514.post-49301776300444375302017-12-20T20:48:00.000+05:302017-12-21T01:19:45.691+05:30Book Review and Spotlight: Rarity from the Hollow by Robert Eggleton<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Title</b>: Rarity from the Hollow </div>
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<b>Published by</b>: Dog Horn </div>
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<b>Published on</b>: November 3, 2016 (first published March 11th 2012)<br />
<b>Pages</b>: 284 </div>
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<b>Genre</b>: Science fiction</div>
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<b>Rating</b>: 3.5/5<br />
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<b>Blurb</b>: Lacy Dawn's father relives the Gulf War, her mother's teeth are rotting out,and her best friend is murdered by the meanest daddy on Earth. Life in the hollow is hard. She has one advantage -- an android was inserted into her life and is working with her to cure her parents. But, he wants something in exchange. It's up to her to save the Universe. Lacy Dawn doesn't mind saving the universe, but her family and friends come first.<br />
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Will Lacy's predisposition, education, and magic be enough for her to save the Universe, Earth, and, most importantly, protect her own family?<br />
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Rarity from the Hollow is adult literary science fiction filled with tragedy, comedy and satire. It is a children's story for adults, not for the prudish, faint of heart, or easily offended<br />
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Robert Eggleton has served as a children's advocate in an impoverished state for over forty years. Locally, he is best known for his nonfiction about children’s programs and issues, much of which was published by the West Virginia Supreme Court where he worked from1982 through 1997. Today, he is a retired children's psychotherapist from the mental health center in Charleston, West Virginia, where he specialized in helping victims cope with and overcome maltreatment and other mental health concerns. Rarity from the Hollow is his debut novel. Its release followed publication of three short Lacy Dawn Adventures in magazines. Author proceeds support the prevention of child maltreatment.<br />
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Political Allegory: </span></span></b>This novel was the first, perhaps the only, science fiction adventure to specifically predict the rise of Donald Trump<i> </i>to political power -- parody with no political advocacy<span style="color: black;"> one side or any other. Readers find out how Lacy Dawn, the protagonist, convinced Mr. Rump (Bernie Sanders) to help talk Mr. Prump (Donald Trump) into saving the universe. The allegory includes pressing issues that are being debated today, including illegal immigration and the refuge crisis, an issue that several European commentators have compared to cockroach infestation; extreme capitalism / consumerism vs. domestic spending for social supports; sexual harassment…. Mr. Prump in the story was a projection of Donald Trump based on the TV show, <i>The Apprentice</i>. The counterpart, Mr. Rump, was based on my understanding of positions held by Bernie Sanders as I wrote the story. Part of the negotiations in the story occur in the only high rise on planet Shptiludrp (Shop Until You Drop), a giant shopping mall and the center of economic governance, now more easily identifiable as Trump Tower. The political allegory in the novel is obvious now that Donald Trump has become a household name.</span><u></u><u></u></div>
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I remember reading the blurb of the book, and the first words I muttered to myself were, "Oh, well then!" "It usually takes me time to become comfortable with a third person narrative, but I find it worth the time. When truth bombs are slipped in subtly into the narrative, it is even better an ice-breaker between me and the book, and it happened when Lucy mentioned, "Complaining is like sitting in a rocking chair. You can get lots of motion but you ain't going anywhere"<br />
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The book is not a casual read, so if you are looking for one, stay away. Often the chapters will take re-reads to understand the teeming number of undertones each sentence had, or the issues that it touched upon. It is a very odd read, and yet very thoughtfully crafted. The themes it touched upon might be way too many for my liking, especially since I like to read fast.<br />
There are a lot of fart jokes slipped in though, so it is safe to say that the humor helps to keep up with the allegories and the fictional devices of the plot.<br />
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The crux is that the novel touched upon a lot of social taboos, issues and gives a push to the discourse for them, and even with the element of humor and satire, it manages not to offend the reader. That's a commendable feat in itself.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“What’s a dollar?” Oak asked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“It’s made of paper and you can buy things with it,” Lacy Dawn said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Eat shit,” the oak tree said.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I wish her the best of all nutrients.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">and this one</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“You can bandage dysfunctional family dynamics by doing homework or washing dishes as if everything is functional,” the walnut tree quoted DotCom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Don't piss me off, Walnut."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“You can impact a family crisis, Honey, by engaging in healthful routine,” the maple tree continued to quote. "</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> …..…Jenny (the mother) walked up the hill to Roundabend. She called Lacy Dawn's name every few yards. Her muddy tennis shoes slipped and slid.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <i>I hear her voice. Why won't she answer me? <u></u><u></u></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “Sounds like she’s talking to someone,” Jenny said to the Woods. <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Nobody responded. The trees weren't supposed to since Jenny was no longer a child. Her former best friends had made no long-term commitment beyond childhood victimization. They had not agreed to help her deal with domestic violence in adulthood. She hugged the closest tree.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <i>I will always love you guys. <u></u><u></u></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Jenny quickened her pace, stopped, and listened for human voices. A few yards later, she stopped again. <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <i>Now it sounds like she’s behind me instead of in front. <u></u><u></u></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <i>There ain't no cave Roundabend, but there it is. <u></u><u></u></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> She walked toward the entrance. The voices grew louder and she looked inside. Lacy Dawn sat on a bright orange recliner. Tears streamed down her face. Jenny ran to her daughter through a cave that didn't exit and into a blue light that did.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “All right, you mother f**ker!”<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “Mom!” Lacy Dawn yelled. “You didn’t say, ‘It’s me’ like you're supposed to (a traditional announcement mentioned earlier in the story)."<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> DotCom (the android) sat naked in a lotus position on the floor in front of the recliner. Jenny covered Lacy Dawn with her body and glared at him. <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> "Grrrrr," emanated from Jenny. It was a sound similar to the one that Brownie (Lacy Dawn's dog) made the entire time the food stamp woman was at their house. It was a sound that filled the atmosphere with hate. No one moved. The spaceship’s door slid shut.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “Mommmmmy, I can’t breathe. Get up.”<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “You make one move you sonofabitch and I’ll tear your heart out,” Jenny repositioned to take her weight off Lacy Dawn.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <i>Stay between them</i>.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “Mommy, he’s my friend. More than my friend, we’re going to get married when I'm old enough -- like when I turn fourteen. He’s my boyfriend -- what you call it -- my fiancé.” <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “You been messin’ with my little girl you pervert!” Jenny readied to pounce. <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “MOM! Take a chill pill! He ain’t been messing with me. He’s a good person, or whatever. Anyway, he’s not a pervert. You need to just calm down and get off me.”<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Jenny stood up. DotCom stood up. Jenny’s jaw dropped.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <i>He ain't got no private parts, not even a little bump. <u></u><u></u></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “DotCom, I’d like to introduce you to my mommy, Mrs. Jenny Hickman. Mommy, I’d like to introduce you to my fiancé, DotCom.”<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Jenny sat down on the recliner. Her face was less than a foot from DotCom’s crotch and she stared straight at it. It was smooth, hairless, and odor free. <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “Mrs. Hickman, I apologize for any inconvenience that this misunderstanding has caused. It is very nice to meet you after having heard so much. You arrived earlier than expected. I did not have time to properly prepare and receive. Again, I apologize.” <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <i>I will need much more training if I'm ever assigned to a more formal setting than a cave, such as to the United Nations.<u></u><u></u></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “Come on, Mommy. Give him a hug or something.” <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Jenny's left eye twitched. <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> DotCom put on clothing that Lacy Dawn had bought him at Goodwill. It hung a little loose until he modified his body. Lacy Dawn hugged her mother… <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> …(scene of Dwayne, the father, overheard by those in the spaceship while talking to himself)… “Besides, the transmitter was part of Daddy’s treatment. There're a lot of other things that he did to help fix Daddy. DotCom is like a doctor. You can see that Daddy has gotten better every day. And no, there ain’t no transmitter in you. DotCom figured you out like a good doctor and the only things wrong are a lack of opportunity and rotten teeth that poison your body. You don’t need no transmitter. He just gave you a few shots of ego boost. I don’t know what medicine that is, but I trust him. You ain't complained since the shots started -- not even with an upset stomach.”<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> "He's a doctor?" Jenny asked.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “What's your problem anyway?” Lacy Dawn asked. “I know. You’re prejudiced. You told me that people have much more in common than they do that's different -- even if someone is a different color or religion, or from a different state than us. You told me to try to become friends because sometimes that person may need a good friend. Now, here you are acting like a butt hole about my boyfriend. You’re prejudiced because he’s different than us.”<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “Honey, he’s not even a person – that’s about as different as a boyfriend can get,” Jenny said.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “So?”<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <i>Mommy's right. Maybe I need a different argument.<u></u><u></u></i></span></span></div>
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<i> </i>A fast clicking sound, a blur of motion, and a familiar smell assaulted them.<u></u><u></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> "What's that?" Jenny asked. <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> She moved to protect her daughter from whatever threat loomed. Brownie, who had been granted 27 / 7 access to the ship, bounded over the orange recliner, knocked DotCom to the floor, licked DotCom’s face, and rubbed his head on Jenny’s leg. He then jumped onto the recliner and lay down. His tail wagged throughout. Jenny sat down on the recliner beside Brownie and looked at Lacy Dawn.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “But, you were crying when I first came in. That thing was hurting you.” Jenny shook her finger at DotCom to emphasize a different argument against him.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “Mommy, I'm so happy that I couldn’t help but cry. My man just came home from an out-of-state job. I didn't talk to him for a whole year. Before he left, he told me that he wasn’t even sure if he'd be able to come home. I still don’t know what happened while he was gone. We ain't had no chance to talk. All I know is that he's home and I'm sooooo happy.”<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “Your man came home from an out-of-state job?” Jenny patted Brownie on his head, some more and some more…. <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <i>It's unusual for a man to promise to come back home and ever be seen again. Brownie likes him and that's a good sign. Maybe she's right about him</i> <i>helping Dwayne. Something sure did and it wasn’t me. It is a nice living room. They've been together for a while and I ain't seen a mark on her</i>. <i>That's unusual too. He ain't got no private parts and that's another good thing</i>. <i>Hell, if I get in the middle, she’d just run off with him anyway. I</i>'<i>d better play it smart. I don't want to lose my baby.</i> <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “What about his stupid name?” Jenny asked.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “I’ve got a stupid name, too. All the kids at school call me hick because my last name is Hickman.”<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “My name was given to me by my manager a very long time ago. It represents a respected tradition -- the persistent marketing of that which is not necessarily the most needed. I spam…,” DotCom said. <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> They both glared at him. <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> "Dwayne is sure to be home. I don’t want him to worry. Let’s go,” Jenny said. <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “Okay, Mommy.”<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “I love you, DotCom,” Lacy Dawn stepped out the ship’s door, which had slid open. Brownie and Jenny were right behind her. <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> “I love you too,” DotCom said.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Lacy Dawn and Jenny held hands and walked down the path toward home. The trees didn’t smile -- at least not so Jenny would notice. On the other hand, no living thing obstructed, intruded, or interfered with the rite. <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f242d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 21.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Mamá Graciela’s Secret</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f242d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Publication date: October
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f242d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Written by Mayra Calvani<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f242d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Illustrated by Sheila
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f242d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">MacLaren-</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Cochrane Publishing<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Graciela’s TENDER, CRUNCHY, SPICY bacalaítos fritos are the best in town... </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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customers (including stray cats!) come from all over the island to enjoy her
secret recipe. But when the Inspector discovers that Mamá secretly caters to so
many cats and he threatens to close her tiny restaurant, Mamá must come up with
a plan to save it—and all of the animals she loves. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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children and adults and has authored over a dozen books, some of which have won
awards. Her children's picture book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Frederico
the Mouse Violinist </i>was a finalist in the 2011 International Book Awards;
her anthology <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Latina Authors and Their
Muses</i> was a First Place winner at the 2016 International Latino Book
Awards; her nonfiction book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Slippery
Art of Book Reviewing</i>, was a Foreword Best Book of the Year winner. Her
stories, reviews, interviews and articles have appeared on numerous
publications like <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Writer, Writer's
Journal, Multicultural Review, Bloomsbury Review</i>, and others. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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years, two wonderful kids, and her three beloved pets. When she's not writing,
editing, reading or reviewing, she enjoys walking with her dog, traveling, and
spending time with her family. </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.mayrassecretbookcase.com/"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.MayrasSecretBookcase.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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illustrator:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Born in Queens, New York and living in Los
Angeles since 1987, Sheila Fein has always been inspired by the changing world
around her. Earning her BA in Design from Buffalo State College of New York,
her concentration was on drawing, painting, printmaking, and photography.
Sheila's education as an artist has taken her everywhere from Fleisher Art
Memorial in Philadelphia to Bath University in England. Today, Sheila Fein runs
two figurative workshops, Imaginings Sketch in LA and People Sketchers in
Thousand Oaks. She has been featured in numerous collections, magazines, books,
solo and group exhibitions. Her paintings and drawings reside in public and
private collections. Sheila loves to make the imagination of others a reality
and has done so through her commissioned Fein Fantasy Portraits and Interactive
Paintings. In addition to being a fine artist Sheila works as an illustrator.
She just completed the book "Mama Graciela's Secret" for
Maclaren-Cochrane Publishing.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i><u>"A children's book where everything makes sense: the illustrations, the story and the message!"</u></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have always maintained that I look for two elements in a children's book. One, how well the book endears itself to the little readers, and two, the message that it puts across. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is indeed interesting when the two blend together nearer to the climax of the book. And admittedly, children's books have the most heart-warming of them. This book faired well on both the aspects. It follows the story of a restaurant owner who has to choose between her livelihood and her love for pets. The great part of the story was its uniform tempo and tone. This ensures that each time the book is read, the reader gets to choose what s/he wants to focus on: whether it is the dilemma that she faces, whether it is the solution, whether it is the message of love...as a young reader, you get to choose what you want to focus on. This is what an open-ended, but morally rich book would look like. Yes, I'd call it an epitome. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The illustrations were a treat to the eyes as well. They complimented the story well, and in fact, at ties, even stole the limelight. Illustrations in a children's book should exhibit clarity and capture the plot with all its minor details. The book passes this litmus test also. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">All in all, I'd recommend this book to be on the shelf of a young one. (Hope all the parents are listening)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Book info:</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f242d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ISBN:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f242d; font-family: "MS Mincho",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "MS Mincho";"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f242d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">HC </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">978-1-365-86153-6 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #242424; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SC </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">978-1-365-86155-0 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #242424; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ISBN Dyslexic Font
Version: </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #242424; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">DY HC </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">978-1-365-86154-3 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #242424; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">DY SC </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">978-1-365-86156-7 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">**This
book also has version printed in the Dyslexic font, the typeface for people
with dyslexia. Go to <span style="color: blue;">www.dyslexiefont.com </span>to
find out more about the typeface. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f242d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Suggested Retail Price - 17.99 Hardcover & 13.99 Softcover
40 % Discounted Price – 10.80 Hardcover & 8.40 Softcover </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f242d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Available through - </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f242d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Ingram - Discount 40% </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f242d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Returnable – </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f242d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Yes </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f242d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">MacLaren-</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Cochrane Publishing – Discount 40% - <span style="color: blue;">Orders@maclaren-cochranepublishing.com </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f242d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Returnable – </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f242d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Yes </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f242d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Publishing company Contact Info: MacLaren-Cochrane Publishing
1024 Iron Point Rd 100-1478 Folsom CA 95630 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f242d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">916-897-1670 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tannya@Maclaren-cochranepublishing.com www.maclaren-cochranepublishing.com
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">MacLaren-Cochrane
Publishing 620 Buchanan Way, Folsom, CA 95630 916-897-1670 <span style="color: blue;">www.maclaren-cochranepublishing.com </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kritika Narulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08381922674759765004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226029800104884514.post-53048605432540404492017-10-08T21:55:00.002+05:302017-10-08T21:55:33.056+05:30Book Review: Sayni and the Windowjet Brothers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sayni and the Windowjet Brothers is about the importance of finding your own individual path regardless of the pressures to conform to a straightforward, mainstream route through life. Follow young Sayni as she seeks to find her passion in life by searching for pieces to build her life's compass. Every child's compass must be made very precisely, and each one is unique. As each compass develops, its child can follow theirs and find their way to a life of fulfilment and purpose. Sayni faces confusion when the opportunity arises to settle for a ready-made compass from a factory. Will she grasp the opportunity to own a completed compass, or continue in her struggle to build her very own? One thing's certain: the Windowjet people will have something to say!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">I grew up in a small city called Guelph, and have loved drawing, writing, and above both, making stories my whole life.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Check out my children's book Sayni and the Windowjet Brothers that I self-published in 2016. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">I also update a webcomic weekly on Mondays, check it out here: </span><a href="http://www.paperlesscomic.com/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #00635d; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://www.paperlesscomic.com/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The reason I love reading Children's books is that the words they contain are the ones that kids acquaint themselves with, at a formative stage. So it is immensely intriguing to me to see what the books are talking to them about. This book is a greatly satisfying read from that perspective. It takes a fundamental lesson of life, simplifies it to its very core, breaks it down into a fragment of fiction and presents it in a very understandable form: you need to get lost to find yourself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Getting lost is so underrated in the literary narrative, and to bring it to the fore in a piece of children's literature is especially a feat. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Another very pleasing part of the story is the metaphor that the compass becomes by the end of it: it is your life. You build it from your own memories, friendships and love for each other. These things together, in a concoction guide you through the ups and downs of your life. So profound, yet so simple. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">What helps the story of the book is the illustrations. The author is a talented illustrator- there is absolutely no doubt about that: the colors lend an aura to the story, which is in tandem with the theme and the ambiance created hence. Again, the hues and illustrations are comforting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And you thought you wanted the yellow,<br />but you forgot you have a Bukowski soul<br /> <br /><br />you thought leaving would be the solution<br />but you knew, didn't you?<br />that life is grey<br />so this pursuit of black and white is always futile?<br /><br /><br />now you are here<br />and it is struggle all the same<br />but sweeter, where the realities of an 8 hour job<br />don't make you uncomfortable<br />Bukowski said so, didn't he?<br /><br /><br />he also once called love<br />a dog from hell<br />and you cannot agree more:<br />the truth transcends time zones and geographies<br /><br /><br />but you are a hero,<br />just like Bukowski at the post office<br />lack of, and yet inspiration,<br />and so tragedy permeates your life,<br />for which the story<br />is under production<br /><br /><br />took you long, didn't it?<br />long enough to realise what it was, you were after<br />It just eludes you, doesn't it?<br />what do you think can cure this malady?<br /><br /><br />cure you say, is a far-cry<br />and bring in humour to cope<br />because you remember Bukowski telling you<br />to laugh at the odds<br />something about death trembling at the life you lived<br /><br /><br /><br />the touch conspicuous by its absence<br />the letters undelivered<br />words unsaid, emails not sent<br />is the fleeting tragedy you can drink to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">in five years' time<br /><br /><br />and you thought you wanted the yellow,<br />but you forgot you have a Bukowski soul<br />greys are all you need, greys are all you want, greys are all you will ever have.</span></div>
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I log in to my social media accounts. Scratch that, I never logged out.<br />
So, I hop on to social media for my daily dose of words. There are reams of stories there: micro-fiction, nano tales, haikus, memes and flash fiction.<br />
I will lick through some Terribly Tiny Tales, or chew some Scribbled Stories. Might swallow a lot of memes and digest some flash fiction. It should be no more than 200 words. Two sentences, abrupt and unjust as they may be, should do the trick. You can find word count more clearly embossed on your screen than your own words in Word processors and website templates.<br />
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Because reading is now measured.<br />
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I click on a link that leads me to an important piece of long-form journalism. But the first thing I notice there is "6 min read". They are telling me it would take me 6 minutes to read this. Well, dear publisher, are you so sure of the mediocre quality of content on your page that you know I am not going to hover over a sentence I find well-constructed? You know for sure that I am not going to read such a long piece if it takes up more time of my day than my daily dump does? Of course you do. You care about content, not words. Words don't sell. Content does.<br />
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Because reading is now measured.<br />
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Savoruing a book, flipping through its pages, underlining quotes that you like, making a note of those quotes in a special diary, dog-earing pages, inserting multiple bookmarks, putting up post-it notes within pages, finishing the book, going back to these quotes, reliving the story in snippets: the stupid old-school reader seems to have the luxury of time. I think she doesn't have a goodreads book challenge to finish. Someone will tell her about it. Or it will slip into conversations innocuously when she'll be asked how many books she has read this year. <br />
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And yet.<br />
We are all readers. Our loyalties lie with words. But we are not ready to see pages wither away, the book spines breaking apart, the words fading away, the trickle of blood from a paper cut.<br />
We are all readers, even though reading is now measured.<br />
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The book had me at its idea. The metaphoric title seems just apt, and someone who relocates to another continent/country can very well relate to the conundrum. The story follows the journey of Neena Arya as she adapts to the professional lifestyle and embraces the work culture of a new culture while still keeping herself grounded to her roots.<br />
This dilemma is as old as time, or at least time since travel was invented. But the point is the story was simple, lucid and easy. It is a quick read too, and the occasional quirks of India and the clashes of the culture are an entertaining element.<br />
The millennial generation will have these lives over and over again, in different forms, so the story makes a whole lot of sense. The interactions between the family members of the protagonist and her boyfriend were warm and cordial, which was a welcome departure from the cliche.<br />
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At some point I may have thought that this theme has now been beaten to death and something more crispy is worth exploration, but the story, due to its simplicity, made me finish it till the end. If for nothing else, for the metaphor!<br />
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Kritika Narulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08381922674759765004noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226029800104884514.post-27805388130337767522017-06-07T23:40:00.000+05:302018-01-11T21:25:11.512+05:30Book Review: Minced Bits by Maneevak<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Precision is the order of the day. Brevity is a trait to be revered. Succinct descriptions and crisp endings are attractive to a reader pressed for time.<br />
Haikus are all the rage.<br />
It is the era of nano tales and micro tales and flash fiction.<br />
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And with that point in mind, as the book blurb says too, "<i>In this fast paced world where no one seems to have time to read a book with a precious tale, here's an anthology of micro tales for all types of readers. In a few words these tales will feed your soul in the modern way.", </i>the book acts like a Social media page on paper: A Terribly Tiny Tale, or a Scribbled Stories.<br />
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A lot of the micro tales have been laced with that wit that makes it endearing to the reader. For instance, the book begins and ends with these tales, respectively:<br />
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<i>My mind suffered from indigestion, writing was the only antacid available for me. And thus began my pen, spilling ink...</i><br />
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<i>And my pen pauses, the indigestion I talked about is cured. </i><br />
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It is this sort of attention to words and thoughtful messages that make such a book worth reading. There are many tales that have a surprising twist, leaving the reader emotionally evoked.<br />
That said, there are an equal number of stories that are predictable too. There's an equal number of witticisms that seem forced as there are the ones that appear fluid.<br />
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The best micro-tales are the ones that end in a cliffhanger. But even the ones with a natural conclusion are sweet and palatable.<br />
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<i>She told everybody, except me, that she loved me </i></div>
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What makes this a good read, is the fact that after an overdose of this genre on social media, it was surprisingly refreshing to read this on paper.<br />
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<b>Title</b>: Hellie The Hovercraft Elephant</div>
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<b>Published by</b>: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform</div>
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<b>Published on</b>: 15th April 2016</div>
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<b>Pages</b>: 38</div>
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<b>Genre</b>: Children's Book</div>
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<b>Rating</b>: 4/5</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">"I'm Hellie the Hovercraft Elephant and I'm ever so tall, I'm Hellie the Hovercraft Elephant and I never fall. I have fur that is fairy floss pink, and it's wonderfully fluffy and light. For although I am an elephant, I'm an elephant in flight!" Hellie the elephant has a very special skill - she can fly! But when she meets Queek the mouse, she learns that the power of friendship is the strongest superpower of all. Children will love flying with Hellie on this magical journey that blasts through fear and zooms into fun and friendship.</span><br />
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Ever since I started communicating with Carrie, she has been absolutely adorable and patient. Her chirpiness and gusto for life needs no explanation once you read her <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29947766-hellie-the-hovercraft-elephant?from_search=true" target="_blank">goodreads </a>bio:<br />
<span id="freeText3986657892010150685" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">I am <b>Carrie Mortleman</b> and I know I can fly - I just haven't figured out how to do it while I am awake... yet.<br />As a published <b>children’s book author & illustrator</b> I have the most wonderful job of writing and illustrating rhyming children's stories. I adore the cadence and meter of a well written rhyming children's books and I grew up on Dr Seuss & Roald Dahl.<br />My current <b>children's books</b> feature the unlikely friendship of a <b>candy floss elephant named Hellie</b> (who can fly) and a <b>sugar mouse named Queek</b> (whose magic power is his fascinating mind and wonderful ideas for zany adventures with his best friend Hellie). My illustrations are composed of yummy foods that I make with the overenthusiastic help of my young daughters including jelly aliens, toffee space houses and a chocolate painted planet Mars. My books are delicious!<br />I am a proud Australian who is lucky to have lived in England, France & Spain. My 2 English daughters, my adorable fuzzy labradoodle and my mad Brazilian husband fill the house with music, raw passion and abstract creativity.<br />My home is now a sleepy little seaside town called Calafell which is South of Barcelona in Spain and I love soaking up the art and inspiration this country thrives on.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> </span></div>
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Carrie calls her books 'edible literature' because all the creatures and characters are appetizing. There's not an iota of doubt that the characters she has woven and mothered are adorable.<br />
What do you look for in a children's book? It should first and foremost have the ability to glue your kid to it, second, it should leave scope for less interpretation considering as kids can hardly dig deep to that, and finally, to put across a point by the end of the book that passes the litmus test on the moral barometer.<br />
This book contains all these three qualities, the first one being fulfilled partially by the impeccable and consistent rhyming scheme produced.<br />
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A slight quirk of the book which might raise some eyebrows is the fact that the illustrations aren't pure in that they are animated illustrations put across on backdrops of actual, real photographs.<br />
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So, you can't eat the book. Or, can you?<br />
On the imagination scale, this book scores high too! All in all, it is a definite recommendation from my side to all you parents of little ones out there.<br />
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A side note: I received a copy from the author in exchange for an honest review. I usually assess a book apart from the writer, but make an exception when it comes to this particular genre of children's books. It makes sense to see the writer and the words as a single entity. Carrie is a very warm person and the warmth and positivity rubs off in her work too!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Three twenty-somethings dare to do just that! While the two guys take turns to drive, the girl gives voice-over as they record their entire journey on a handycam.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Ab, Sasha and Unnati are ordinary youngsters, rendered special by the feat they accomplish. As they recount their adventures, I crave to live their journey all the more. They look at each other with a glint in their eyes, as if refurbishing those memories, as they narrate their spooky time at Bhangarh Fort, strange escapades at Wagah Border and Sundarbans, car breakdowns, wild animals, near-death experiences and highway robbers! It's nothing less than crazy.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">I doubted if I'd ever have the gumption to create such experiences. So I did the next best thing - I penned a book about them, and their roadtrip.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Colorful Notions is a journey of three young hearts on the Indian terrain and into the inner recesses of their souls, giving a new perspective to relationships, love and life.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">There is hardly any doubt that the blurb of the book gets to you. There will always remain something charmingly attractive about the idea of a road trip. Or the idea of undertaking a journey around the country. Or the idea of recording your journey into something concrete. The plot of the book is all of these things combined, and more.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">There was a sense of variety in the experiences, which also seeped into the writing, words and expression. It wasn't trite or platitudinous. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">At certain places, it was funny- like a Bollywood movie that's not really supposed to be a comedy but the cinematography could easily render it as one. The style of writing does not impose anything- neither the seriousness nor the fun- which is perhaps both a good and a bad thing. Good, because the reader gets to give his/her own mood to the book, but it does little in the story's favor to endear the book to the reader. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">The better part of the book, for me, was without a doubt, the journey and experiences. So diverse and yet so real. India, with its different colors made its presence felt in a travel fiction such a this, and that was a major, major highlight. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">The way it ended, however, was a departure from the way all the rest of the book was. I am still not sure if I liked the pace, but it was d</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">efinitely a one-time read. </span><br />
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Kritika Narulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08381922674759765004noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226029800104884514.post-59605977836558680982016-12-30T21:50:00.001+05:302016-12-31T15:25:30.261+05:30An Ode To The Year That Was<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I promise you this isn't the poetry you were expecting. I promise, this isn't something you'd revere. But I also promise that each word, each goddamn word has a significance. At least for me. I promise they are all laden with metaphors- the lines and words and letters. And I promise that I am hoping you find something, even if just a line, that makes sense to you. If you, like me, always look up to the next day as a fresh start, a rare opportunity, then know that I am rooting for you!</div>
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I will do everything but forget the year gone by</div>
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The bags under my eyes became permanent</div>
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The bags in front of my eyes became memories</div>
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There were days when I saved the day</div>
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There were days I could barely save myself</div>
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I started off trying to break from my comfort zone</div>
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I have ended up with no comfort zone at all</div>
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My quirks decided to come out of the closet</div>
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And I embraced them with giant bear hugs as they did</div>
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A lot of friendships found their elusive tuning</div>
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Some other inexplicable friendships got their tuning redefined</div>
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There was a moment when I thought I'd lost everything</div>
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There was another when I thought I'd need nothing more</div>
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Semi colons became more important than full stops</div>
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And all full stops were actually commas in disguise</div>
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It doesn't matter who became the Lucky 7 as long as you got lucky with me</div>
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It is more than just a mud cake laden with chocolate syrup on a spree</div>
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It is the promise that its never too late</div>
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It is the promise that you don't want to peak so early anyway</div>
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<a href="https://siddharthitis.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/maybe-maybe/" target="_blank">Maybe, Maybe</a> became the coolest millennial Nonsense verse</div>
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And Toodles became the coolest millennial goodbye</div>
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We Spooned some</div>
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And spooned some (If you know what I mean)</div>
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I stopped using filters in instagram photos</div>
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I stopped using filters in my words</div>
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(I am still shocked most of the times at what comes out of my mouth)</div>
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So what if this year I didn't get to meet Randolph?</div>
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I turned 21, with atleast 21 memories of the year to boast of</div>
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Reading between the lines became important</div>
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Because when I say I suck at something, turns out I actually rock at it</div>
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Like adulthood, photography and coping mechanisms</div>
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Like bossing and leading and bridging chasms</div>
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The conventional just didn't hold an allure</div>
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The unconventional too had a bad trip</div>
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Shitty skype callls got replaced by stronger Whatsapp videos</div>
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And time zones gained a sudden importance</div>
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I never once judged people who fed off bling</div>
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I still shiver when you mention that thing, the 'thing' </div>
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I also stopped shivering from the cold of the winter</div>
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I learnt to stare at the ink falling off the printer</div>
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There were days I fell every step of the way</div>
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There were days I made it unscathed</div>
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(Okay, maybe this was literal)<br />
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I finally found something I love in the city I have hated for so long<br />
Hating and bidding adieu to college led to this all</div>
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Creeping people out became a conscious effort</div>
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Body language analysis was just the tool</div>
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Solace was sought in cozy nooks and fruit beers</div>
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Most decisions were taken without even a dash of fear (of the page duh!)</div>
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There were more firsts than lasts</div>
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Because Facebook just wont let bygones stay in the past.</div>
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I found comfort in those jumpy jeans</div>
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and did things I should have done in my teens</div>
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I may have missed on some deadlines,</div>
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Some deadlines may have hit me right at the target</div>
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New likes and weird interests may have built up</div>
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Or the built up rage may have thrown up</div>
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Pendants and cameras and brownies acquired meaning</div>
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Meaningful days were spent bookstore-hopping</div>
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Books, my best friends may have frowned upon me</div>
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Frowns might have been my only Metro company</div>
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I might have been sick more than the past</div>
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The memories box may have overflowed, there might've been a blast</div>
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But you dare not tell me to forget the year that was</div>
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It may have been the only time I saw the dull gloomy hospital walls,</div>
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It may have been easily the darkest hour, the steepest fall</div>
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But you dare not tell me to forget the year that was</div>
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Kritika Narulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08381922674759765004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226029800104884514.post-42681018031998740962016-12-03T11:57:00.002+05:302016-12-03T19:49:52.817+05:30Author Interview and Book Giveaway: The Summer That Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Blurb</b>: Fielding Bliss has never forgotten the summer of 1984: the year a heat wave scorched Breathed, Ohio. The year he became friends with the devil.<br />
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Sal seems to appear out of nowhere - a bruised and tattered thirteen-year-old boy claiming to be the devil himself answering an invitation. Fielding Bliss, the son of a local prosecutor, brings him home where he's welcomed into the Bliss family, assuming he's a runaway from a nearby farm town.<br />
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When word spreads that the devil has come to Breathed, not everyone is happy to welcome this self-proclaimed fallen angel. Murmurs follow him and tensions rise, along with the temperatures as an unbearable heat wave rolls into town right along with him. As strange accidents start to occur, riled by the feverish heat, some in the town start to believe that Sal is exactly who he claims to be. While the Bliss family wrestles with their own personal demons, a fanatic drives the town to the brink of a catastrophe that will change this sleepy Ohio backwater forever.<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">About the author</span></u></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.tiffanymcdaniel.com/the-author-1/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLdz0mCspRF7WlgRtedkJnwDdgSH0rc-dW5tBXXhZKxipPp9C2XLGiB5aO1frQZ2sw_DLocE_dldjv9JbL052W0MJmYweESIYzjYKzWygPG5tFFZ_FxX0BLqtkwlndVjEbqcsGtbeZjSI/s200/author+website.jpg" width="200" /></a><span id="freeTextContainerauthor14220744">Tiffany McDaniel is an Ohio native whose writing is inspired by the rolling hills and buckeye woods of the land she knows. She is also a poet, playwright, screenwriter, and artist. The Summer that Melted Everything is her debut novel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Interview:</u></b></span></div>
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First of all, I absolutely adore the author. She has been one of the warmest persons I have been fortunate to come across through my years of blogging. And she has written a book that makes it to the list of the most creative ones for 2016, so there's that too.<br />
What I especially like about the book is that it such a bold plot, and to think that it is a debut!<br />
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I have never done this before in any interview, but I would like to thank her right away for giving me this opportunity to firstly, read her book, and now to interview her.<br />
And while, I am at it, may I tell you I am also in love with her artwork, especially 'And so we burn'. It's on her website!!!</div>
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(Oh, and she also clicked a book photo, may I boast, exclusively for me? Scroll a little further to have a look at it)<br />
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<b>Kritika: Let's begin with the most obvious, cliched question: When did you decide you'll be a writer? Was it a conscious choice?</b><br />
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<b>Tiffany</b>: I never decided to be a writer. Writing is the earliest thing I remember doing without being told to do so. As a kid I would pick up that crayon and just scribble what was in my head. As so many authors will say, I was just driven to write by that internal gear. In the elements that make me, there’s that something that drives me toward story. I want to read story. Create story. Live with story. I’m lost without writing. It’s my compass home. </div>
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<b>Kritika: One thing about writing you absolutely love?</b><br />
Tiffany: Falling in love with the characters.<br />
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<b>Kritika: One thing about writing you kind of hate?</b><br />
<b>Tiffany</b>: Trying to get a foot in the publishing door. I wrote my first novel when I was eighteen. I wouldn’t get a publishing contract until I was twenty-nine. It was eleven years of rejection and fear I’d never be published. This is the narrative so many authors have. The road to publication can be heart-breaking and discouraging. That’s what I’ve hated. <br />
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<b>Kritika: How is the publishing process like for a debut author?</b><br />
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<b>Tiffany</b>: I will say one of the surprising things about the publishing process is how long it takes to move a book through the publishing house. On average it takes about two years. Waiting seems to be a major theme of the process. You’re always waiting for someone to read. Waiting for someone to review. Waiting for the pass pages, the galleys, the publishing date itself. Waiting is a major part of the process and to a debut author especially it seems like waiting is all there is. </div>
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<b>Kritika: When did you decide you write this book?</b><br />
<b>Tiffany</b>: I was twenty-eight when I wrote the novel. It was one of those Ohio summers that was so hot I just felt like I was melting. All of myself just giving up to the heat and melting to a puddle on the green summer grass. And thus the title was born, which means so was the book itself.<br />
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<b>Kritika: Why did you write around the theme of devil?</b><br />
<b>Tiffany</b>: I didn’t set out to write about the devil. I always start writing a new novel with two things. The title and the first line. These two things lead the rest of the story. So while I never set out to write about the devil, the first line determined I would. I never outline or plan the story out beforehand. I like for the story to evolve as I write it. I always say I’m surprised myself how the story turns out. I meet the characters and themes as I go along. In this case, I met the devil page by page…<br />
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<b>Kritika: What was it like to sketch the character of the devil?</b><br />
<b>Tiffany</b>: The devil is a character that is interesting to develop because the devil is universal. Every culture has their version of the devil. What I didn’t want was the stereotypical devil of red-flesh, horns, cloven feet, and forked tongue. We’ve already had that version of the devil. I wanted to explore the devil within ourselves.<br />
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<b>Kritika: Did you jot down the plot first, or did you keep writing as it came? What part did planning play in this insidious plot?</b><br />
<b>Tiffany</b>: I never jot the plot down beforehand. To me writing an idea down can cause that idea to rot and lose its essence. Planning for me isn’t the key to my stories. If you plan too much you can domesticate the story and I like to preserve the wild life because in that wild, spinning chaos, you can learn so much more about the story and characters.<br />
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<b>Kritika: The world wants to know: Why the name Autopsy? Why!</b><br />
<b>Tiffany</b>: World, I will tell you. I always say the characters know their names before I do. It’s my job as the author to pick up the hints the characters are leaving for me. The more you develop a character, the more hints there are. One day I had seen the word autopsy. It’s as simple as that. I looked up the definition to learn the word’s origin and knew that this was Autopsy’s name. This was his truth. I saw that much for myself…<br />
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<b>Kritika: Tell us something about yourself as a person? Any quirk? Any secrets?</b><br />
<b>Tiffany</b>: Writing is really the most interesting thing about me. I wish I could tell you something exciting like I wrestle alligators or swim with sharks, but aside from writing, I’m pretty quiet and boring<br />
<b>Kritika:</b> (to herself) Ah she is anything but boring.<br />
<b>Tiffany</b>: Thanks again for doing this interview.<br />
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<b>Title</b>: Hyperbole and a half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened</div>
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<b>Published: </b>October 29th 2013 by Touchstone</div>
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<b>Pages</b>: Paperback, 369 pages</div>
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<b>Genre</b>: Humor/Non-fiction/Graphic Novel/Comic/Memoir</div>
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<b>Rating</b>: 5/5</div>
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<i>This is a book I wrote. Because I wrote it, I had to figure out what to put on the back cover to explain what it is. I tried to write a long, third-person summary that would imply how great the book is and also sound vaguely authoritative--like maybe someone who isn’t me wrote it--but I soon discovered that I’m not sneaky enough to pull it off convincingly. So I decided to just make a list of things that are in the book:</i><br />
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<i>Words</i><br />
<i>Stories about things that happened to me</i><br />
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<i>Eight billion dollars*</i><br />
<i>Stories about dogs</i><br />
<i>The secret to eternal happiness*</i><br />
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<i>*These are lies. Perhaps I have underestimated my sneakiness!</i><br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">About the author</span></u></b></div>
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Allie Brosh has enjoyed writing ever since her mom tricked her into writing a story to distract her from her immediate goal of wrapping the cat in duct-tape. She started her award-winning blog in 2009. Brosh lives in Bend, Oregon, with her husband Duncan, her two dogs, and six pet rats.<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">My Review:</span></u></b></div>
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Brosh has reproduced some of the most endearing stories from the <a href="http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.in/" target="_blank">blog </a>in this book, and the result is nothing short of hilarious.<br />
There are a lot of things that this book is. A LOT.<br />
It is a comic/graphic novel. Because the visual part is a huge chunk of it. It is also a memoir of sorts, because in a very simple narrative loaded with visuals, she recounts how her life has come to be. There are anecdotes hinting at the the innocence of childhood, but also at the silliness of it. And to add to the amusement, all these anecdotes are real. Even the one where a goose is an unwelcome guest in the house. (There's proof in the book, I am not biased)<br />
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The graphics are interspersed with short descriptions of what she calls 'Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened', and as if the illustrations weren't tickling enough, the words reek of sarcasm, wit and the kind of wry humor that makes you giggle until you start crying.<br />
Crying, because if you have been in the situations that she describes, you know that the humorous take is a huge favor she is doing to the world.<br />
Take the comics about depression, for example. I have never seen anything put into words that could accurately hit the right spots when describing what it feels like to lose drive when depressed.<br />
Her take on it, through this enviable combination of words and illustrations is the most raw, accurate and authentic rendition of this condition. The way she puts them, makes you laugh and cry, inexplicably at the same time, and I, for one, didn't know that that was possible. Her razor wit makes the reading and all the time spent around the book so much worthwhile.<br />
The endearing part is that her take on every anecdote is infused with a kind of subtle humor in most cases, and explicit humor in othesr, that you cannot overlook the fact that the book is called 'Hyperbole and a Half' (and so is her blog)<br />
If you think, crying with laughter isn't a thing, read this book, for it can make you smirk, chuckle, grin, laugh, sneer, chuckle, chortle, guffaw, and laugh all the varieties of laughter there are. And of course, it is a huge plus if you have been in situations similar to those described. (Which, frankly is unlikely)<br />
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No doubt then, that this book was also the winner of the Goodread's Readers' Choice Awards.<br />
A HUGE recommendation from me. So glad I read this book!<br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Diya Rai</b> – is the
protagonist of the story whose actions have always had terrible consequences
for those around her. Diya is self-absorbed and never chooses anyone else over
her own self. Diya’s troubled past keeps her from letting people into her life.
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is her best friend in school and later on, boyfriend. He is left heartbroken by
Diya but when their paths cross later on, he realises he doesn’t want anything
to do with her. He lives with his mother and elder brother and hails from a
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quintessential hot, rich guy that Diya dates in college. He seems to be in love
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Aniesha Brahma is an author who
realized her passion for writing at the tender age of six. She also happens to
be the social media manager for BEE Books. Her debut novel, The Secret Proposal
(2012) was published by General Press and was followed by When Our Worlds
Collide (2015) by the same. She blogs at: <a href="http://www.anieshabrahma.com/" target="_blank">www.anieshabrahma.com</a> and runs an online
magazine, <a href="http://www.buzzmagazine.in/" target="_blank">BUZZ Magazine</a>. She can be contacted at:
<a href="mailto:aniesha.brahma@gmail.com" target="_blank">aniesha.brahma@gmail.com</a>. She lives in
Kolkata with her family and her five super adorable cats!<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This YA story has been inspired from a lot of YA fiction out there, especially Paper Towns. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The story is a light-read and if you are looking for some thought-provoking YA, then this might not be for you. The novel spans across a handful of school and college years of the characters and traces their story as they meet new people, redefine themselves, define their relationships and learn crucial lessons. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The heartwarming part is how they let go and hold on to friends or support systems. That, for me, is the highlight of the plot. The comebacks and actions of the characters are amusing, but there isn't a particular highlight here. </span></span>I wish the ends weren't so loosely tied. </div>
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to action in <i>Deceiving Bella</i> – book eleven
in Cate Beauman’s <i>Bodyguards of L.A.
County</i> series.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Colby has always yearned for normalcy. Now that she’s settled in LA, she
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Palisades’ top skincare specialist are a dream come true. Bella is content until
she meets her hunky new neighbor, but her attraction to the blue-eyed cutie is
the least of her worries when contacting her long-lost father threatens to
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His seven-year stint as an NYPD detective nearly got him killed. His wounds
have healed and he’s starting over as Ethan Cooke Security’s latest recruit.
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discovers that Bella is keeping dangerous secrets. Bella may have the answers
to decades-old questions he’s been searching for. Reed will risk it all to
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Beauman is known for her full-length, action-packed romantic suspense series, <i>The Bodyguards of L.A. County</i>. Her
novels have been nominated for the National Excellence in Romance Fiction
Award, National Indie Excellence Award, Golden Quill Award, Writers Touch Award,
and have been named Readers Favorite Five Star books. In 2015, JUSTICE FOR ABBY
was selected as the Readers' Favorite International Book Award Gold Medalist,
while SAVING SOPHIE took the Silver Medal. SAVING SOPHIE was also selected as
the 2015 Readers Crown Award winner for Romantic Suspense and FALLING FOR SARAH
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 18.6667px;">I'd be lying if I said that this book didn't surprise me at every turn of the page. (Actually swipe of the touchscreen, but you get the emotion). The story has every possible element to infuse it with cliffhangers: buried pasts coming back to haunt, old relations getting revived and new ones being assessed, there's mafia, there's brutality, there's strife for justice and then there's a resurrection of normality. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 18.6667px;">The author is done a brilliant job, and the book is flawless in that the characters are well-etched, the plot is finely tuned, and the expressions are raw and real. The reading is seamless, and effortless, and that is one indication of the effort that has gone into writing it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 18.6667px;">The title, as intriguing it is, makes sense early on in the plot, and the story is unique, unlike any I have read before. A breath of fresh crime-fiction, if you will. Never once was it fanciful, unrealistic or over-the-top. The characters didn't unreasonably turn a new leaf for the sake of a plot twist, and the revelations were life-like. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 18.6667px;">I especially loved the dyanamics that the different characters shared with each other: everything was intense, whether the shared history, or the multiple identities, or the tension. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 18.6667px;">The pace of the novel is the kind that keeps the reader on their toes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 18.6667px;">The author has such a command over the plot and her expressions, that she manages to say a lot by just narrating the stry, leaving bread crumbs as food for thought, for the readers to contemplate. And that is refreshing, because now a days a lot of books over-do expressions, and bog down the plot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 18.6667px;">Here the plot is a champion, and the expressions lead this champion to arenas that spike the intrigue of the reader. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 18.6667px;">Definitely a recommendation for ya' all, and definitely a signal for me to hop on to more of the author's works. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">Should we get started?” Bella gestured to the kitchen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">“After you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">She walked in front of Reed, hurrying to the table to pull out a chair. “Does this work?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">“Yeah, it’s fine.” He sat down. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">She immediately draped him with the black cover, wanting to get to his hair while it was still wet. “So, what are we doing here, exactly?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">“Just a cleanup, especially on my neck.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">“Sure.” She grabbed the sheers and took her place by his side, sliding her fingers though his short hair and stopped. “Oops.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">His shoulders tensed. “What?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">“Just kidding. A little haircutting humor.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">He tilted his head up, meeting her eyes. “A comedian.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">She laughed as he smiled. “I haven’t even started cutting yet.” She gave him a bump. “Try to relax. I promise you’re in good hands.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">“Chop away.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">“Thanks.” She combed her fingers through his hair once more, using small snips to freshen up his look. Silent seconds ticked by as she breathed in the masculine scent that was Reed. He didn’t seem to wear cologne or use any fancy shampoos, but he smelled good just the same. “So, how was your day?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">“Not too shabby.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">She worked her way around his head, finding his cut a breeze to clean up. He easily could have gone another week without any problems. “What did you do?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">“I could make up something about stopping a bank robbery in progress or rescuing a cat from a tree.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">She smiled. “The truth is fine, thanks.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">“What about you?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">“It was pretty much a normal day at the office—a second-session tattoo removal, a microdermabrasion, two stretch mark reductions, the usual stuff.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">“A woman’s name. Genevieve. The relationship didn’t work out.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">He winced. “Ouch.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">“Triple ouch. Tattoo removal is <i>not</i> a pain-free procedure, nor is it cheap—and he went pretty ornate with <i>Genevieve</i>. Hopefully next time he’ll pick a woman with a shorter name or abstain from getting himself tatted up altogether.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">She grinned, loving that sound. Did he have any idea how gorgeous he was when he smiled like that? She picked up the clippers off the table and let her knees rest against his as she leaned in and gently lifted his chin, evening out his sideburns. She swallowed, feeling his breath on her skin and his eyes studying her face. Licking her lips, she met his gaze. “You better hope I get this part right, or you’ll have to tilt your head for the next four days.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">He sent her another one of his pulse-pounding smiles. “You’ll have to help me decide if I should lean more to the left or right.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">Oh, this cutie had the potential to be trouble. Her eyes darted to his mouth mere inches from hers as his five o’clock shadow tormented her sensitized fingers. She took a step back and a steadying breath. It was a good thing they were just friends—currently the only relationship status she was interested in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span id="freeText6472619237295169384">In 2008, J.K. Rowling delivered a deeply affecting commencement speech at Harvard University. Now published for the first time in book form, Very Good Lives offers J.K. Rowling’s words of wisdom for anyone at a turning point in life, asking the profound and provocative questions: How can we embrace failure? And how can we use our imagination to better both ourselves and others?</span></div>
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Drawing from stories of her own post-graduate years, the world-famous author addresses some of life’s most important issues with acuity and emotional force. </div>
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Published April 14th 2015 by Little, Brown and Company</div>
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Rowling proves it: words can carry a unique magic and save you, in ways you'll never know. When the words are coming directly from her, rest assured!<br />
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Of course I finished the book in one sitting, but I cannot put into words how much longer the words have been lingering with me.<br />
The book is actually the commencement speech that Rowling gave and it has set some serious benchmark for a speech.<br />
It speaks to me on so many levels, and fills me with so much hope for everything.<br />
While she retains the humor in her speech, reading the words on paper has a different impact. She touched upon the beautiful, and as she calls it "quixotic" twin themes of failure and imagination.<br />
If you're someone who wants to achieve something, be someone remarkable, you will have a lot of takeaways from her speech.<br />
I will quote some of her points, to make my own point clearer:<br />
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<b>1. "Poverty... is not an ennobling experience"</b><br />
As someone whose story quite literally represents the 'rags to riches' tale, she has described not what it seems or looks like, but actually what it feels like: in poverty, you are a lone ranger, the lack of resources make your life less charming for the world, and it is only in the journey of stepping out of poverty like a diamond from a coal mine that one can find some relief, not before, not after. Certainly not before, when poverty gnaws at your very existence. We romanticize the wrong things.<br />
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<b>2. "Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the Fates"</b><br />
It is rare to find people who have such an acute understanding and deep awareness of the fact that not everyone is born with a silver spoon. And I guess it only happens when one has been on both the ends herself. Her acute sense of understanding is largely due to the fact that she can say for herself too, that her standing in front of Harvard University's graduating class in no way means she has had it easy. Such a brilliant thing to say to put everyone's fears at peace and hopes ignited.<br />
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<b>3. "It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default."</b><br />
This is one life lesson at least the millennial generation wouldn't forget.<br />
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She also expounds on her experiences at Amnesty International and how they played a part in her future actions.<br />
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<b>4. " I think the wilfully unimaginative see more monsters. They are often more afraid."</b><br />
I am personally a strong advocate of the importance of keeping possibilities alive, always knowing that there are teeming opportunities and that there are pursuits galore if you never stop learning and exploring. And so the complacent people, the ones who see only the reality and nothing else, live lives not worth remembering. Leaving legacies is indeed a noble pursuit.<br />
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Wise, witty, wonderful, moving, inspirational, sincere: I cannot find the right adjective for the text, and I know I will keep coming back to it, on the rainiest and sunniest of days!</div>
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Kritika Narulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08381922674759765004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226029800104884514.post-50968490627122608652016-10-26T22:39:00.001+05:302016-10-26T22:45:43.560+05:30How I Became A Fan Of Used Books ... Slowly And Then All At Once<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I had been quite 'literally' brought up with the principle of only using/buying/reading new books. You know, the unused ones, with new ones, the ones that exude the crisp aroma of fresh publication. The unstained. Freshly bound. Pristine. Perfect.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">My sister and mom just told me not to look at used/second-hand books and that was that. It was never really reasoned out. Until, it finally was. I realised there was little to no sense in this rejection of second hand books. And there hardly seemed any probable logic.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Besides, who am I kidding? The old, rusty books are cheaper than new ones and as a college student, when you are perennially broke, and have an insatiable urge to read, you explore all possible avenues. So it hardly comes across as a surprise that I finally resorted to second-hand books. But resorting is one thing, I fell in love with used books. And to know the why and how of this love, you'll need to read up my tryst with these treasure troves over the years.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">It all began with a library clearance sale in the opposite part of the city, and I was getting Ghosh and Lahiri and Coelho for as low as 50 rupees. It was dramatic, all right! I had braved a commute of 2 hours and the muddy terrain (yes, to add to the flair of dramatic, it was raining). and here I was. Torn between a handsome deal for books that had long been on my TBR, and my sister's inexplicable dismissal of used books. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I took a call, of which I am proud, and would be gladly narrating 4 years from that moment. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I will admit it started with sneakily importing the yellowed book into my shelf. </span></div>
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There was no going back from there. I went to various book sales and sneaked in the discolored, even auburn-ed copies of some real treasures of books. What marked an important juncture in the transition from my practical acceptance of used books to my unalloyed love for them was this: I opened this old hardbound copy of <i>Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events</i>. And there was a name scribbled in childish handwriting, crooked at the edges, as if the child had picked up a pen for the first time. Or maybe one of the siblings had a fight and in order to mark the book as his own, the kid who went by the name of Alex, established his ownership in ink. Maybe, the book scared him and so he couldn't hold the pen without shivering. Who knows? </div>
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But the point is, there are so many possibilities, so many conjectures, and to think of the stories that these books have witnessed, somehow adds to the charm. To think that someone cried on the same pages that now have our tears, to see the same page has been dog-eared where our favorite part of the book lies. </div>
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Since then, I have come across so, SO many used-books. With notes, with thank-you's, with apologies, with inter-generational exchanges. It warms my heart so much. </div>
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And with that magic, I ganged up with the used books. I bought them at every available opportunity, because, well, if I love them, why friend-zone them?</div>
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<b><i>A latest edition may give me crisp pages for the story, but the used editions give me crisp stories for the pages.</i></b> (Yes, multiple!)</div>
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Before you leave, let me add: this also speaks to me on a deeper level: for one, it made me realise how futile our obsession with perfection is. No one wants a termite-infested book, but just a used book does not harm. And then there are stories, as many as you make up, about the person who was the owner prior to you and what the book did to them, meant for them. But most of all, that you know you are holding more than just bound printed pages in your hand. </div>
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There are always lessons hidden in the little, seemingly innocuous events of life, aren't they?</div>
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