As a reader, I love short stories. As a writer, I find it difficult to write. As an opinionated person, I also feel that there are few, very few people who like reading short stories. I have a series of one star reviews owing simply to the fact that the reader wants a longer story. It makes me…
Month: July 2019
Book Promotion: A True Lie (Happily Ever Afters #5)
Introduction: I like writing about small individual habits and traits that may have a much bigger consequence. Something as silly as calling names can scar a person for life. A casual remark may affect someone deeply. This story is about peer pressure among young kids. A group of teenage girls, in an age of smartphones…
Reading Roundup #3: Asian Writers
It started in May 2019. Ramadan began and I forgot to post about it. I have read some Asian women writers in recently and here is a summary of my reading spree. The Contract By Zeenat Mahal Beauty Is But Skin Deep By Sundari Venkatraman Red Rose Dating Agency (By Sundari Venkatraman) The Runaway Bridegroom(By…
Book Review: BOLLYWOOD FIANCÉ FOR A DAY (By Ruchi Vasudeva)
Book Details Title: Bollywood Fiancé For A Day Author: Ruchi Vasudeva # of pages: 170 Link to Buy: Amazon.in Author Profile Ruchi Vasudeva a doctor by profession, a teacher by vocation and an author by destiny. Synopsis Studious Dr. Vishakha never dreamed that winning a date with Bollywood heartthrob Zaheer Saxena would land her in an unusual…
Book Review: PLAY WITH ME (by Piper Shelly)
Book Details Title: Play With Me Author: Piper Shelly # of pages: 238 Author Profile New York Times/USA Today bestselling author Melanie Moreland, lives a happy and content life in a quiet area of Ontario with her beloved husband of twenty-seven-plus years and their rescue cat, Amber. Nothing means more to her than her friends…
A Retrospective: The week that was – 19w27
The week was crazy. I read around thirty stories of varying length. Some, I have reviewed. Some are pending. Some did not leave any impression and therefore will not be reviewed. My birthday is nearing and I still haven’t worked on the final draft of the novel I wanted to publish on my birthday. I…
12th July 2019: A Day To Remember
So, finally, my blog hits 15000 mark – in terms of visits, of course. It is no big deal, I know. It cannot be called a successful blog. But it was something I was secretly waiting for. There was another thing I dreaded – a day when my KDP report falls flat. It did. In…
Drama Review: Ranjha Ranjha Kardi – Episode #31
Finale Episode, woo hoo! The last episode reiterates that nobody should be between Allah and banda when we ask from Him. And we should ask only from Allah. The conversation between Noori and Fehmeeda, well, more like a monologue was really nicely written and executed. Well done! We need that change in Muslim society. So, Noori refuses to…
Drama Review: Ranjha Ranjha Kardi – Episode #30
It is confrontation time. Noori kicks Sahir out. Fehmeeda has asked Nusrat to move out and he has agreed, still thinking of ways he can reverse the game. Sahir suggests the marriage to be preponed, just to make Noori jealous. Yeah, as if. Nusrat, goes the last mile and hits Bhola with his car. Bhola is…
Drama Review: Ranjha Ranjha Kardi – Episode #29
Noori sees the real face of Sahir and we can see that she has changed her mind. Or it was always her plan (see review of episode 25). Fehmeeda was asked to offer her first kid to the peer, but she didn’t. She feels that she is suffering the fate of having a son like…