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Genre: fiction; crime suspense novel; psychological thriller.

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Do you love NANCY DREW (&/or Hardy Boys) Books?
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I literally grew up on them! Love Nancy Drew!

 Today’s #bookreview is on a book titled #VictimsForSale written by the super talented Nish (Nischinta) Amaranth.

 Reading VFS, brought back memories of my school days when I was a die hard fan of Nancy Drew..

 What’s the Connection??!

 Well, the protagonist, Sandhya (Sandy) Raman is a journalist based in Mumbai. She was covering the Mumbai Bomb Blasts in June when she lost her boyfriend Saahil in the same incident.

 Later she coerces her father, a priest & her brother to let her go abroad & study Masters in Media Governance from London School of Economics.

 She is just 19yrs old.

 The story begins from here..3 months after the blasts..in Sep..in London..at the home of Sawants..where Sandy is a PG & is in a reverie of the Mumbai blasts..

 Gradually she becomes close to the family..esp. their son Nimmy & his differently abled sis ASHA.

. Her Journalist brain starts working as she finds the family uncanny, spooky & wierd in many ways..

 She makes friends with a guy, Chitraksh (Ritchie) Joshi at LSE.

 As her course continues, she lands up a stint with BBC TV..

 At the same time her curiosity reaches a situation/ level of bedlam wherein she is a witness to murders, has apprehensions about the Sawant Familia, a feeling of uneasiness for an institute of differently abled..discovers a sex racket, masked as something else..& much much more..!!

 So our Sleuth, Nancy Drew/ Sandy alongwith Hardy Boys/ Nimmy & Ritchie tries to unveil various masks & a human trafficking scandal..

 Will she be able to do all this, in time, before her time runs out??

 Published by Harper Black in 2018, it has 324pages divided in 17chapters where each happening has a date & month as header so that the reader understands & manoeuvres his imagination perfectly.

♀️ Nish Amaranth is a Journalist, Writer & Author & has drawn inferences for the fiction, crime thriller from her own life.

 Her WRITING STYLE is Crisp & Succinct.

 The NARRATION is Exhilarating & for me is the USP of the book.

 The PLOT is full of twists & turns that keeps the reader on his wits ends.

 The COVER is perfect & gives Goosebumps.

 TITLE is apt & on point.

 A FAST PACED TALE OF INTRIGUE & SUSPENSE. It touches a very sensitive, heart rending issue of the atrocities, the differently abled girls go through.

Kindly go through the images.
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P.s. I have done a separate post on the super talented author.

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Are we just going through life, living each day as it comes n time goes by..?
Have you noticed REPEATED PATTERNS of PROBLEMS or DIFFICULTIES in your life??

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Well, I have, many times & I have READ that Patterns Keep On Repeating UNLESS & UNTIL, We Learn Our Lesson & move on from that particular stage.

 Life is what, but a Journey where we while doing the mundane tasks  make mistakes & more importantly Learn from our follies.

 Wouldn’t it be even more better, if we could learn from the experiences of others??
After all, we cannot spend our entire life making mistakes & then learning.

And for that purpose we have our Elders who tell us various episodes from their life, narrate numerous fictional & Mythological stories..to enlighten us with life’s lessons..

Books, another great medium to learn from the lives of others.

Let’s talk about the book now,
 Walks through Life Stories is written by @authorsantoshkomaraju

 It’s his debut book;

  First printed in USA in Feb, 2019;

 Genre- Fiction

 It is an amalgamation of 9 unique short stories, each so so relevant & giving away an important lesson.

 The WRITING STYLE is simple with a few new words, whose meanings is explained in kindle dictionary.

 NARRATION is very engaging & the book can be accessed by any age group.

 COVER design is so perfect. It depicts a maze, a meandering path.. Life itself is what, but a labyrinth.
The cover brilliantly describes the contents of the book.

 TITLE is apt & explicitly explains the book.

 These short stories do have a moral or message to convey but they are in no way preachy or boring.

 Each story forces you to ponder on your thoughts, feelings, emotions..as you go through it.

戮 The author believes Mythology doesn’t just offer historical events but rather a set of valuable lessons that are often interwoven within the details.

戮 Acc. to him, past events offer great wisdom to future generations.

戮  Walks through life is a collection of stories in which each story reverberates the same principle of truth in its own unique ways.

 These are stories serving as plain reminders of the supreme learning that was handed over to us a long time ago.

 For eg., one of the stories, The Hidden Kingship tells us to be Brave enough to want something in life. For that we need to Focus on our Aim, have a bigger Vision & should be convinced that we are Worthy of it.

 Available @amazonkindle Rs 69/-; 139 pages.

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Fiction/ Comic Novellete

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1.) Why do we love to watch & share Stand-up COMEDY or Comedy Videos & shows?

2.) What makes a FICTION/ Comic/ HUMOUR book an AMAZING or FANTASTIC Read?

3.) How AWESOME would it be if we can have the benefit of both the worlds??
 A BOOK WHICH AMUSES WITH IT’S STORY & NARRATION!

4.) What is the most COMMON STANCE in Comedy which can never ever go wrong??
SHAADI !!
Yes!!
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Now let’s talk about this book
 In the main lead is Leena, 30+, single not eager to mingle, divorced, no kids with a pestering mom who wants her independent daughter to “settle” asap.
 She succumbs to her mother’s fretful ranting about her future & agrees to register herself on an online wedding portal.
 Thereon, Leena meets several ‘rare-birds’-most of whom are running; some- a little wierd; some- quite crazy & some- simply gung- ho!
 With Leena on this trail of quirky encounters one is left chuckling & giggling unabashedly.

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a PERFECT “IMPERFECT” story with a happy-ending;
the story is very RELATEABLE;
it makes one LAUGH/ SMILE/ CHUCKLE/ CRY..Connects EMOTIONALLY;
the Characters are so BELIEVABLE;
a PERFECT WRITING STYLE wherein one feels as if someone is narrating a story to you or you are reading someone’s personal diary; WITTY & PEP;
the COVER is bright, colourful & IMPRESSIVE like our weddings;
TITLE is CATCHY
and to TOP IT ALL
FONT is beautiful, gorgeous DESIGNING on each page &
FULL MARKS for the SCRIPT.
 at THE END, when you finish the book, there is a Feeling of SATISFACTION & Calmness in your heart..a LINGERING Smile on your face.

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 Why are Celebrities like @amittandon @kapilsharma @ssumier so popular??
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Simple, because THEY MAKE US LAUGH! A precious emotion nowadays.

 A LIGHT, QUICK read with PERFECT COMIC TIMING to get some laughs in your mundane day!

Thankyou @readomnia for the review copy.

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