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Title:  The Wise Man Said Author: Priya Kumar Genre: Fiction, Literature Pages: 180 Publisher: Books That Inspire Rating: 4.5/5 Finally! A review that I was eager to give to my readers.  The Wise Man Said , by Priya Kumar , was one book that I had desperately wanted to read and when Priya Kumar's office asked me for a review of the same, I was thrilled, to say the least! After reading The Calling by the same author I was sure that this book, too, would help people achieve what they thought was unachievable. A lengthy bit of an introduction but well deserved nonetheless. Let's get to the review before I get carried away with my ramblings. The book is about the many journeys made by Sammy, a billionaire, who travels the world eleven months a year. He goes from one place to the other, gathering knowledge and experiences, that he writes about in his diary. A wanderer, Sammy lets his intuition take lead to experience any adventure/obstacle, willing to even d...

Meet Sudesna Ghosh, author of the newly released Just Me, The Sink and The Pot. The book is a humorous but touching experience of an overweight girl and her struggles thereof. Book Vue: Hi Sudesna and welcome to Book Vue. Please tell us a little something about your book. Sudesna Ghosh: Just Me, The Sink and The Pot is about one girl's battle with negative body image. She hates her body and deals with body shaming and this in turn makes her hate life and be miserable all the time. She wants what any teen girl wants like boyfriends and Valentine Day cards but her weight ruins it all for her. BV: What prompted you to write on such a topic? SG: I wanted to purge myself of my own negative experiences by writing about them and then I realized that I wasn't the only girl who faced these things while growing up. BV: What is the best quality you like about the protagonist of your book? SG: My protagonist can be sarcastically funny or just plain funny at ti...

Buy from Amazon.in Title:  Just Me, The Sink and The Pot Author: Sudesna Ghosh Genre: Fiction, Literature Pages: 96 Rating: 3.5/5 Just me, the Sink & the Pot , an aptly titled book by Sudesna Ghosh , is a story of an overweight teenage girl Pamela and her struggles thereof. It is a witty take on the challenges faced by a 'fat' and 'ugly' person who is mostly lonely, due to this predicament. Pamela is a fat kid with an Indian mother and an American father. Due to her size, she has been ridiculed since childhood and has no friends. Her only 'friends' are those in her bedroom - her dolls. Pamela discusses everything with them and they are the only ones who offer some comfort to her dreadful life. Her own sister, who is skinny, hates her and is ashamed of Pamela as her sister in public. As Pamela grows up, she is eager to have a boyfriend but then, who would want to talk to a fat girl? But when she does find one, it doesn't last long. Agai...

Buy from Amazon.in Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK Title:  Fall Irmgard : Operation Irmgard Author: Rand Charles Genre: Fiction, Literature Pages: 440 Publisher: Penurious Publishing Rating: 4/5 Fall Irmgard: Operation Irmgard  by Rand Charles  is a story set during the Second World War. Its been long since I have come across a complex and involving book such as this and I, for one, thoroughly enjoyed it. The year is 1941 in German occupied Paris. A German businessman, Konni Ritter, is murdered and the brutality is witnessed by one of his friends, Addie Bridges, an American waiting to return home. She is held back for inquiry by Major Rolf von Gerz, a German army officer who is in charge of the case. Konni was a sweet and friendly person according to all his friends and acquaintances and it comes as a shock when he is murdered on the Alexander III bridge. Along with a Gestapo, Rolf, with Addie as a suspect, set about to find the murderer am...