Just Married Excuse Please : Book review

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Yashodhara Lal's debut book Just Married Excuse Please is a light read. The first impression of the book would be the cover page, which has summery type of look with some dash of yellow color and the car with a number plate inscribed as V vs Y. The book name itself talks loudly that the story is about a married couple and their difficulties in the marriage. Did I just miss to tell it is a love marriage? The couple gets married without much hustle and tussle. Yashodhara has described her love story in a simple way. What I liked more about the book is the way both individual handle their marriage. There were times when I felt ‘aww’ for both Yashodhara and Vijay. They both love each other so much and they both have opposite tastes and yet managed so well to save their marriage.

The Bankster - Book Review

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When I read Ravi Subramanian called as the Indian John Grisham, I was smiling because the latter is one of my favorite authors since I laid my hands on Theodore Boon series. Ravi Subramanian is an Indian author to be followed. His writing skills are captivating and his works make one to keep turning pages. Moreover, if by mistake reader keeps the books down to rest, then make sure that reader will be constantly will be jostled with the guilt feeling for not completing with the next sequence. Ravi Subramanian has by far written five books and most of his stories serve the plot based on banking. He makes sure he speaks his mind while writing the thriller. No wonder ‘The Bankster’ is now topping the charts in the bestselling list! (Crosswords) The titles he owns under his name are If God was a Banker (2007), I bought the Monk’s Ferrari (2008), Devil in Pinstripes (2010), and The Incredible Banker (2011).

The Stop at 'The Stop Over'- P-Review

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The Stop Over book is much talked about book over every possible medium like Facebook, Writeup Café etc. I came across this book through word of mouth recommendation from one of my fellow blogger-cum-friend. The most enthralling thing of the book is the cover page; it is sober, subtle, pleasing, and elegant. The book is the photo-fiction, which is a new concept that evokes curiosity to pick a copy. The book has more than 100 photos to support the stories and the characteristics of the book, 4 different stories set up in four different locations. The Tibetan wheel of wisdom, A rocking horse can gallop too, The sun shines forever, I hear them calling are the names of the chapters present in the book that are awaiting its reader to read. The masterpiece belongs to Ram Prakash and Deepa Pinto, the notable newbie in the writing genre.

Superstar India: From Incredible to Unstoppable - Shobhaa Dé - Review

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Shobhaa Dé, the name itself strikes the chord. Everybody knows her for her works, her attitude towards her life. The book names Superstar India, was my first read from her. However, I had a great deal of expectation from this much read and recommended books. I used to see this book in most of my friends hands. Out of sheer curiosity, I tried this book. Sadly, it did not touch my level of expectation I had.

Anyhow, the book is about her views on India, proud feelings for being an Indian and sharing the same age between her and the Independent India. She managed to touch every section one would really want to know for instance politics, welcoming color television sets to India, Indian women, Indian marriages, dictatorship in countries like China, China made products, value of money, her childhood and her children, advent of mobile phones in India, transformation of India from post-independence to pre-independence, etc.

I will not deny the facts for whatever she has written. She is true about the system of our country in political terms. She is not wrong when she spoke about the status of women in India. Nevertheless, I was disappointed more because there was nothing special. I have read so many storied of such kind. When I had updated my ‘Facebook’ status regarding my current readings, one of my friends commented that Shobhaa Dé could have used it as her personal diary instead of publishing the book. Rude isn’t it. However, it was my friend’s take on it.

I am a slow reader when it comes to non-fiction. This book took me nearly 3 months to finish. I had to take a break while reading them. Anyhow, my rating would be 3/5. Better go and read other books from the same author. I partly liked the linguistic used while writing. It was a blend of English with some Hindi and French phrases. You can give amiss to own this book. 

(c) Reviewed by Sridevi Nayak Karopady

The Krishna Key - Book Review

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‘The Krishna Key’ is a book by Ashwin Sanghi ( Shawn Haigins - Pseudonym) and also the author of ‘Chanakya Chant’ and ‘The Rozabal Line' fame. It’s a Thriller based story, however, it has all the spices one would want, romance, thriller, mystery, adventure, dramas. The book got my undisturbed attention and I did not realize that I had already finished it halfway through within few hours. The story and the plot are addictive thanks to the catchy narratives. 

Prologue

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     Knowledge is wisdom and this wisdom can be achieved by a simple method. Reading. Yes reading! Read good books, gain knowledge. When I say good books, I mean the book that helps you grow help you for your development. It helps a lot. Increases your vocabulary, helps you understand how to use the language, how to frame sentences and many things. Important thing about reading books is sometimes they are rejoinders for our several questions which no one can answer. 

I am going to start reviewing books and with help of this blog, HALO I SEEK. Why this name? Do not ask me, it happened eventually. I remembered the photo of a Halo, and then I googled it to check if anyone had a blog, fortuitously I am now having it since no one existed with this name! So Happy reading for you and Happy Reviewing for me. 

This is the first time I am going to review books that I have read. 

(c) Sridevi Nayak Karopady