When the sky is clicking photographs, Where beauty dances happily, The Unseen will be clearly seen, And you will meet the Truth …!

️️ #qotd How would you feel, if you accidentally find the above written on a stone pavement, covered with dirt ❓ eXciTed or would you iGnOre it❓

Welcome to the MYSTERY CRACKERS SERIES, Book 1- A Chest’s Tale.

This book is pUrE NoStALgiA!!

It brought back memories of SECRET SEVEN, my first mystery series, as a kid.
I remember we could get only 1 book issued per week from the library. Me & my friend would choose our reads and keep an eye on em.
When the time to get it issued used to come, we used to rush to our reads n pick em up before anyone else did
And then finish it on that day itself! Later we used to exchange our books n enjoy!
Good ol’ school days.

️️ #qotd Share a school memory.

️️ Do you remember Hero Bicycle, Maruti Van, Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 & Samsung Galaxy Note 3❓

Well, this read brought all those memories back.

It’s a 46 page mystery series for age: 10-18 yes; Grade: 5-12 available for INR 49/- @amazonkindle
Published in 2014, this is book 1.

The 2nd book is Tattooed Music, available for INR 99/-; published in 2018.

Storyline:
Nish (Nishant) & Prash (Prashant) are fraternal twin brothers & Hri (Hriday) is their best friend.

They are around 14years of age.

Nish & Prash father is a scientist.
Hri’s father is a well known antique collector.

There’s a grumpy policeman, Golu, too for supporting role.

Nish & Prash have girl friends too, Anjali & Sanjana and together they form a strong team.

They are smart, intelligent, brave, courageous & also good at acting/ faking drama.

In brief, there a riddle/puzzle to solve, thieves, floods, kidnapping, a golden chest, a clue, a historical element & also a nosy neighbor.

The location is a small hill station of Jhiljila.

This book is the Indian vErSion of Enid Blyton or Franklin w. Dixon mystery series.

Well written, keeps the interest alive till the end.

A fresh bReAtHeR from heavy reads, for me.

Thoroughly enjoyed it!

A light, interesting, peppy, quick, simple read with ample twists to maintain the pace.

Writing a children’s book is a humongous tAsK coz maintaining their interest is not easy, but the author has done a fab job at that!

There are few illustrations too peppered here & there.

Totally recommend for middle grade kids!

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JuSt FiNiShEd READIng

#storieswenevertell
4th book
by
India’s Highest Selling
Female Author  Savi Sharma. 曆 WhAt I LiKe aBoUt SaVi’s BoOks❓  Use of simple language;
eMoTiOns are all over the place, heart touching & well described;
the read is on an average of 175-225 pages;
she releases 1 book every year;
Pricing is moderate around INR  200/-;
there are numerous lines, worth highlighting & pOnDeRiNg;
the sToRyLiNe is always overwhelming and gets me into tears but..;
the ending always puts a smile on my face & gives the satisfaction of a well read book.
All her books have been published by Westland/ Thomson Press & the cover designed by her  husband Ashish Bagrecha.
I picked up her 1st book, intrigued by the title & from it, there was no turning back. The characters, their stories, emotions are so relatable. 曆 Book 1
EVERYONE HAS A STORY 2016

everyone has a story to tell.
everyone is a writer.
some are written in the books, and some are confined to hearts. 曆 Book 2
THIS IS NOT YOUR STORY 2017.

sometimes, you donot write your story, it writes you.
you don’t choose your story, it chooses you.
but would you believe it if someone told you, “This is not your story”?
would you have the courage to write it? 曆 Book 3
EVERYONE HAS A STORY-2 2018.

I got a signed copy for this one!

the story of life can be summarised in a few short words.
it is never-ending.
no matter what you are going through, no matter how difficult the journey is, no matter how fate tests us, life never stops; it endures. 曆 BOOK 4
StOriEs We NeVeR TeLL 2019.

There is story of 2 main characters, Jhanvi- a budding social media #influencer & Ashray- an orphan adopted by a wonderful lady.

The book talks about their journey, their successes & failures, their insecurities at play, how they fall & recover & how their lives iNtErSeCt.

It highlights how we aim for pErFeCtion & failure to do so, pushes us spiralling down.

How relationships, emotions effect us.. How imp. family, loved ones, friends are for us & they form the support system we can fall back on.

It talks about MENTAL HEALTH & how imp. it is to accept & take HELP.
An aWeSoMe Read.

“The scales are tipped. No balance. All the fault slides one way. Black men. We are always guilty. Always to blame.”

“We are not to wonder. We are not to feel. We are not to question the things we see before us.”

LIGHT IT UP by KEKLA MAGOON. October 2019. Macmillan USA.
This is the next book by the author, in cOnNecTiViTy with her highly acclaimed book “HOW IT WENT DOWN” October 2014. Both the books are standalone novels but with similar CoRe iSsUeS.

StOrYLiNe:
A young 13 year old unarmed black girl, Shae Tatum, who is walking home, is killed by a white policeman. What follows is unrest amongst the black community for senseless taking of black lives and justification & shoving it all ‘under the carpet’ by the white supremacy.

WhAt’S sO sPeCiAL about ThiS BoOk❓
1.) It is influenced by many real life incidents.
2.) The Narration is fabulous and spot on. It is written from POV of several characters & covers their backstory, their inhibitions, their struggle. The cHaRacTerSKeTch of each of them is beautifully designed & is unique & different. From their story, to their ideology, to their response & to their voice- be it through prose, poetry or other characteristic style & expression.
3.) It aims to bring awareness about the things happening with the #blackcommunity & provide a voice/ platform to them, to be heard.
4.) It talks about oppression, injustice & survival.

It is broadly segregated into;
1.) The Incident

2.) The Fallout
3.) The Aftermath
4.) The Funeral
5.) and the days that follow
6.) torches & terror.
The morning after

ReAd iT iF yOu LiKe REALISTIC Fiction & believe #blacklivesmatter

The AIM of the book:
A collective effort to insist on systematic & concrete changes that will remove racism in the country.

The CRUX:
The focus here is the on-the-ground community reaction from Shae’s family, friends, and neighbors, set against the backdrop of a media that isn’t really interested in the whole truth and a justice system committed to perpetuating “white equals right” values.

✍️ ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Kekla Magoon is the author of several books for young adults, including 37 Things I Love, the Coretta Scott King Honor/John Steptoe Award-winning The Rock and the River, and the Coretta Scott King Honor book How It Went Down. She has also contributed to the anthology Dear Heartbreak: YA Authors and Teens on the Dark Side of Love.

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“Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.” Comment.

I am grateful to @mmbtours @fiercereads for giving me to the opportunity to immerse myself in this Powerful Work.
This is my 2nd #fierceread in #FRtour readalong.

Thankyou @keklamagoon for writing this, for the world to read & become aware.

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ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴄᴀɴɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇ ᴀ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴀ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴍʏsᴛᴇʀʏ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ʙᴀғғʟɪɴɢ sᴜsᴘᴇɴsᴇ ᴛɪʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ.
@mary.keliikoa.author @suzyapprovedbooktours 

#qotd Why do we like to read a “Mystery Novel” ❓

#aotd Mystery novels are fun because the entire premise of the book is intellectually engage the reader to try to “get the answer” to the problem the author created.

️️ There are 5 basic elements that keep a mystery story, running smoothly & allow the clues to the solution of the mystery to be revealed in a logical way that the reader can follow, namely;
 Characters, setting, plot, problem and the solution.  This book, #derailed scores ☑️ perfectly  on all these points.

Although a debut novel by Author Mary Keliikoa, it ceases to look like one.

Beautifully penned down in 38 chapters, 236 pages her writing style keeps the reader involved and inquisitive.
It is suspenseful, a page-turner with a good pace and with ample red herrings to make the reader baffled, looking for more clues to reach the solution.
#blurb
A dying wish. A secret world.
Can this grieving investigator stay on the right track?

PI Kelly Pruett is determined to make it on her own. And juggling clients at her late father’s detective agency, a controlling ex, and caring for a deaf daughter was never going to be easy. So she takes it as a good sign when a letter left by her dad ties into an unsolved case of a young woman struck by a train.

Hunting down the one person who can prove the mysterious death was not just a drunken accident, Kelly discovers this witness is in no condition to talk. And the closer she gets to the truth the longer her list of sleazy suspects with murderous motives grows.
On a crash course with a killer, she must piece together the puzzle of what really happened to the victim that rainy night, before her own fate is sealed and she loses everything near and dear, including her life.
Thankyou for the ARC in lieu of an honest review.