The Girl who left Town
Have you ever lived out like away from your parents, your town, your city, your country away from everything familiar.. Have you felt...
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THE BOOK GULLY
RETROSPECTION
ON LIFE
WITH
POETRY,
BOOKS & BLOGS.
J.S.D
- May 31
- 2 min
The Sanatorium
Author: Sarah Pearse Pages: 427 Words: 118000 approximately Words can’t describe how bored I felt while trying to finish this book. I...
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J.S.D
- Apr 28
- 1 min
The unmarriageable man
Author: Ashok Ferrey The saying that never judge a book by its cover has its own importance. I don’t abide by it always. Every now and...
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J.S.D
- Apr 26
- 2 min
Mundane
I have been binge watching a bit of Hindi cinema lately without an ounce of guilt. The idea to make every spare minute productive is way...
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J.S.D
- Apr 8
- 3 min
Comfortable in an Uncomfortable Relationship
While growing up, I have been closer to my mother, more than I have been to my father. One of the reasons may be because Maa was mostly...
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J.S.D
- Jan 11
- 2 min
Full Dark No Stars
Author: Stephen King Total Pages: 453 Total Words: 140000 (approx) This book has 4 different stories, all under the broad genre of...
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J.S.D
- Jan 11
- 1 min
The Moroccan Daughter
Author: Deborah Rodriguez Pages: 293 Words: 87000 approx The Moroccan Daughter is Rodriguez’s second book that I have had the pleasure to...
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J.S.D
- Dec 11, 2023
- 2 min
BITTERSWEET
Human life is meaningless, a bottomless pit of unnecessary chores and things to do till we die… we hurt others, knowingly unknowingly,...
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J.S.D
- May 25, 2023
- 2 min
Last Man Standing
Author: Aravind Adiga The unescapable back story behind me reading this phenomenal piece of fiction… I read Adiga’s ‘White Tiger’ four...
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J.S.D
- Mar 27, 2023
- 2 min
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
Author: Nicholas Sparks The last time I read one of Nicholas Sparks’s books, I was barely 19. A disillusioned teenager, who believed in...
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J.S.D
- Jan 29, 2023
- 2 min
Never Have I Ever... wrote a review on a Netflix Series
The perks of living alone are many! Apart from having the whole bed to yourself, not having to have any routine, and no chores debate...
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J.S.D
- Dec 23, 2022
- 3 min
Monologuing 2022!
Never in the past decades have I felt time running away so fast! The older I am getting, I more I realize that time is slipping faster...
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J.S.D
- Nov 23, 2022
- 3 min
ELEVEN MINUTES
Author: Paulo Coelho Total pages: 291 Total approximate words: 81400 Paulo Coelho is a story teller, probably one of the bests that the...
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J.S.D
- Nov 18, 2022
- 2 min
THE ALCHEMIST
Author: Paulo Coelho Total pages: 170 Total approximate words: 43000 The first time I read this book, I was younger. Perhaps in my mid...
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J.S.D
- Mar 29, 2022
- 2 min
NOT A PENNY MORE, NOT A PENNY LESS
Author: Jeffrey Archer Total pages: 336 Total approximate words: 1,00,800 SYNOPSIS Harvey Metcalf, one of the protagonists of the story...
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J.S.D
- Mar 8, 2022
- 2 min
THE HOPE FACTORY
Author: Lavanya Sankaran Total pages: 350 Total approximate words: 1,19,000 SYNOPSIS The plot has two protagonists, Anand, a family man...
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J.S.D
- Feb 12, 2022
- 1 min
TEMPTATION
Author. Nora Roberts Total approximate words. 55000 Pages. 216 Temptation is the second book of 2022, that I have laid my hands upon. I...
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J.S.D
- Jan 29, 2022
- 2 min
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Author: Harper Lee Total Pages: 309 Total Approximate words: 1,08,150 The new year hasn’t been the happy one so far that I was hoping...
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J.S.D
- Dec 27, 2021
- 3 min
INHERITANCE
Author: Christopher Paolini Total Pages: 850 Total approximate words: 300,000 Last couple of weeks have been pretty interesting. I was...
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J.S.D
- Dec 11, 2021
- 2 min
ONE PART WOMAN
Author: Perumal Murugan Total Pages: 240 Total approximate words: 71000 The novel was originally written in Tamil, and then translated in...
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