A Girl to Remember by Ajay K Pandey

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I received this book from the publisher just in time to bring to you an honest pre-release review.

At the onset I would say, I have read the author's all works so far and have seen the growth in his writing style and content.

A Girl to Remember is a memorable recount of an innocent girl who believes nobody is a bad person and all inherently have good in them. The right reasons in life are required for that person to bring out the better side.  

As the story begins you discover Neel dealing with troubles that have cropped up due to his own weakness. He receives unexpected help from Pihu and comes across Annu - a woman 11 years older to Neel.

The evil demon in Neel makes him come up with a dark plot but his plans are thwarted by the helpless, timid, Pihu whose intentions are a puzzle for Neel.

As this puzzle pushes you to keep turning the pages you discover new facets of each characters life, especially you get an insight into Neel and the anecdotes from his childhood make you realize he could be anyone among us.

The main characters in the book are markedly different from all that we have seen from the author so far. The negative shades of Neel made me little apprehensive in the beginning but finally the journey justified it all. 

Intriguing read, wherein with every turn of page, new strings pulled me deeper into the narration and the characters' lives kept me glued to the book.

Definitely a keeper. Ajay Kumar Pandey shells out as real as it gets!

Love at second sight

We met, like two strangers
Whose paths had crossed again

You were quiet
When my eyes had skittered past you

The pause of your lips
Yes I felt the break in your breath too

Moved past you, Oblivious
World awaited
Which I had to face

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A fortnight in Auckland

I know it has been longer since I got here, but the first impressions are always worth sharing. 

Then of course it can become routine. It already seems, I have been here for, like forever! What with me resuming my housewife and editor duties without too much of a break.

Well leaving out the obvious, let me share with you what I have experienced so far. First to answer the question from the dear friends back at home. Yep! India and Bangalore are still The Home.

Friends ask me, “…yaad aati hai?” (“Do you remember us?”)

Guys! I have not had a memory loss! Of course, I remember our days and evenings together and I most definitely will continue to do so.

Now, coming to the point. First destruction of myth for you… All the online blogs that I tried to research before coming here, most of them claimed, New Zealand is so clean, people walk here barefoot!

Well, coming from India especially cities like Bangalore and Ranchi, I cannot argue the cleanliness part, but let me tell you, people here wear the smartest of shoes! All of them. Right from toddlers to oldies in retiring homes, best of shoes in the best condition. And they are clean too.

One myth down, let me tell you some more…

Never having stepped on a foreign land before, (I know my trip to Nepal nearly two decades ago does not count as a foreign trip) I cannot help but compare everything with back at home.

This is a true Indian’s confession who has spent her life in small town there as well as lived in a metro, so pay heed.

The biggest truth that I have found out is, in India, everything is so damned convenient! We are so used to things being taken care of for us, we do not value what we have there. True, honest confession. We keep on blaming Government for everything and we say we do not have facilities there, but the truth is, what we have I do not think any other part of World has. And I am saying this from my limited resource of comparison and believing New Zealand works like the other developed nations.

These people here, never seemed to have heard the word, free delivery and free installation! Do we, Indians, ever pay for things to be delivered to us? We already paid and bought the things on heavy discount, now it’s the shop's duty to deliver it to us and see to it that it is in top notch running condition or we will simply leave the thing with them and go to some other provider, am I right? Or am I right? 😊

There are so many things I would like to share with you all in the blogs that I intend to write, during my stay in New Zealand. Yes, I said stay, I am still unsure if this is a permanent thing for me.

I think my friends who know me will appreciate better the next information that I share. 

Its October here. I know its October in all parts of Earth, but this is supposed to be start of Summer season in Auckland. Population here is finding it pleasant and are going around in shoestring dresses and ganjis whereas I keep shivering in my full sleeved t-shirt and a sweatshirt. It’s so cold and windy that for someone like me, who does not allow the ceiling fan to run on anything above 3 even during the hot Indian summer months, it feels like the toughest winter I have ever faced. And I come from the old-time hill station town of Ranchi!

I only wish to tell you my friends, I dread the winter months after March. What did you say? You will be hot and dripping with sweat then?

OMG I miss my hot India!

Did I tell you about the internet connection? Will get back to you in my next update. Keep watching this space.

P.S.   I do Love it! 

My Take - Shamsuddin's Grave The story of a homeless by Paromita Goswami

The 5 star rating is on the following criteria:

Story/Concept/Plot               * 

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Shamsuddin's Grave is a narration, the story of a man who wishes to live with his family and lives a life to fulfill just that dream. His background, his homeland, the place where he lives, his place in social ladder are the hurdles in his quest. The story moves from Shamsuddin to Latika who brings in diverse issues in the picture, her career, her love, her past, her ambition, her drive to help, these, takes the story in a journey of many twists and sub-lanes.  

The opening chapter had me intrigued, so did the chapters where the characters interacted and had conversation. When the story turned into a narrative, it dragged.   

There are several interesting sub-plots but I felt they were only superficially explored. Latika's past, or when she is itching to help out the girl in the slum, would have made a very interesting read, had they been dealt with the flare that the author showed in the opening scenes, or the flood scene. But they have been reported to the reader rendering good ideas lacklustre and making them fizzle out.

At some places the author does manage to strum the right chords in the reader, hence the loss of various opportunities in the many sub-plots disappoints. 

However, I look forward to reading more from the author, because what I liked of the book, I would definitely want to read more.    

There were several editing negligence and proofreading errors.

On the above mentioned criteria, I rate it **

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My Take - Yama by Kevin Missal

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If you grew up on regular dosage of Sherlock Holmes and Byomkesh Bakshi, you will instantly identify with Iravan and his geeky and resourceful assistant Vardhaan. But that's where the resemblance ends.

The novel explores the big question;  evil with an intention of good, can it be called evil?

That is what has been told in story of Iravan Rajpoot.

His past and present has led to this interesting story, woven along are the various atrocities prevalent in society. 

An ex-commander of Indian Army, he has been chosen as the protagonist, for a reason. His ticking mind, is thrown challenges one after another to save lives - of chosen civilians, and Vardhaan tries to help him do so. 
The civilians, representatives of the society, and Iravan a man in conflicts because he wants to see a change, in himself, in his surroundings. 

Does Iravan succeed in beating the evil villain?

The story interweaves, today's society and its concerns, crimes, with mythology and has sufficient sprinkling of spicy thrills.

Yama is a page-turner, written in a way to keep the reader hooked. I was happy to see, despite various plots and sub-plots, the author never slackened his hold on his characters and their actions.

Each chapter begins and ends with lines that push you to the edge, making keeping down the book difficult. It definitely makes an interesting read. A journey you would not regret, if you choose to undertake.

In not too many words, but many chapters a complex story has been woven.

In some places, narration does seem rushed. Too much pruning, has somehow stunted the growth. The author could have taken some time to add on to the thrills of action, and could have played with a little more emotion and dilemma of the protagonist, given his family background that has been created. A little unbelievable was Yama's agile action, given the end. (Don't want spoilers.)  

I had expected the end to be a little more adrenaline rushing, but it turned out weak.  It could be because of the persistent confusion that we all have; is fighting evil with evil, right?

There were minor proofreading/printing glitches in few places, that can be easily rectified in the next editions.



On the above mentioned criteria I rate it ***1/2.


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My Take- We’re Forever by Paridhi Newatia

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We’re Forever, is a fresh and unapologetic (language-wise) tale of new age lovers without too many romantic moments. The freshness is in the fast pace at which the episodes are portrayed. 

The story brings to us fantasy of every youngster in small Indian towns, highly influenced as they are by Hollywood and Bollywood.

Vidisha and Varun, meet during a small town college fest. 

Vidisha is a vibrant, young, hardworking, college going, entrepreneur. Varun is the quintessential charmer. 

They fall in love, brought together in beautifully described setups. 

They share sporadic, momentary, romantic times. We don't get to see the love blossoming between them, rather told. 

As they graduate out of college and move on with their careers, and future, hackneyed circumstances drive them apart. Vidisha refuses to believe, her prince charming cannot love her any more. With time he comes to his senses and they get together, Forever. 

As a romance novel, the actual romance, meetings of lovers fails to find place in the fast paced story.

The story focuses more on the high life Vidisha lives with her friends. Those episodes will definitely get teenagers all excited about living-it like Vidisha.

The character description, paints a picture in one’s head, but I found the traits antagonistic, so a little unbelievable.

Like the mother who gives Vidisha absolute ‘space’ in her personal life but the first proposal at the door, and she turns gooey eyed, visualizing her just-graduated daughter in bridal finery, and then, because the daughter wants, sees her off happily to America to pursue her dreams.

The tiff between the lovers seemed unnatural. Varun’s premise for breakup, might not be totally impossible, but considering the characters belong to Young India, confident, outgoing, all achieving; reason behind backing out of the relationship seemed weak. Also it’s a love story, show some love, fight for it!

Vidisha’s character, stumbles in and out of being heartbroken and deciding which fashionable cloth to wear.

The language is gripping but I couldn’t help but cringe at the excessive use of slangs. Granted its youth ‘lingo’, but could have easily been spared, especially as it is a written work.

The last 60 pages of the book seem hurried, impatient, at places confused.

There were some proofreading errors, and some confusion in portrayal of couple of incidents.

Teenagers and young adults, wishing to recapture their fantasies can browse through the book, as a story- it’s been there, done that. 

On the above criteria I rate **1/2

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My Take- Love Forever @ Rajpath Approved….As Proposed by Kalpana Mishra

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Love Forever @ Rajpath is story of, holier than thou Shalini, and Kartik. The narration tells, how a woman would go to any length, sometimes giving up on their own happiness for family and love, forgive the biggest mistakes, even put her own life on line. Shalini is one such strong woman. Kartik is a cultured man with principles who wishes to play a part to bring about change, but is bound by family values.

The problems they encounter  because of the people they are, and how they overcome their hurdles  is brought to us in this narrative. 

Shalini and Kartik meet on the first day of their appointment in a Government office and struggle to fall in love. 

The proposal and the acceptance takes a long while, mainly because the protagonist, Shalini sees marriage as end of life, certain that an arranged match would be retrogressive. Shalini finds it hard to fall in love, because of her insecurities, need to be proper at all times and inability to trust.

Kartik has been treated as untrustworthy, spineless and sort of untouchable, his crime being, he was a ‘Bihari’. Hailing from, Deoghar (Jharkhand) labelled as Bihari, makes it impossible for Shalini to believe he could be like any other man.

The main and supporting characters are loaded with prejudices, and these prejudices play major role in the story rather than the characters.

As a love story it really doesn’t do much, the incident I found kind of romantic was when the characters write a formal letter proposing their love, and the proposal gets accepted in the same tone. 

As a sneak-peek into a Government office, the novel gives a fair idea.

Two important issues have been approached in the book, lack of public facilities, and culture of Zabran Shaadi, prevalent in Bihar, UP and other rigid northern states of India. 

But the presentation is lacklustre. The incident of “ladies’ toilet” I found rude, rather than funny. The way the protagonist behaved couldn’t possibly set right example.  

The characterisation and narration is one dimensional, with the characters being happy or sad, agree or don’t agree, too righteous. I couldn’t really connect to the characters because the story is told and not presented with dialogues. Most of the time, I felt like I was reading essays, especially the end of scenes.

On the above mentioned criteria, I rate it **

PS: I need to point out, some geographical aspects of our country, Bihar and Jharkhand are two different states, Bihar was divided in the year 2000. 16 years on, looks like the records remain un-updated.

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My Take- Heart of Bullets by Nikhil Kushwaha

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Heart of Bullets is a story of two fearless soldiers, who would do anything for Love; Love for their Motherland, for a friend or love for a woman.

The story runs in past and present where the narrator, one of the soldiers, tells the story of his daredevil friend Sameer. Sameer as a friend, as a lover and as a brave soldier. 

As both the boys have indispensable part in each other’s life we get to see narrator’s life as well. 

The lady in the story has pivotal role, as her actions, dreams, innocence, ignorance, foolhardiness, answerability takes the story forward.

The story has many highs and lows, in terms of events, which are overall an interesting sequence, but nothing new. A sense of mystery is tried to be maintained, revealed in the final chapters of the novel, which are also the saving grace of this work and make for interesting reading in an otherwise laborious read. 

You get a hang of the characters but they could have been more refined.

The ‘present’ part of the story when the characters are on a mission at LOC are dealt better than the flashback, their school lives.

We tend to paint our own imaginary pictures of things which we cannot experience first-hand. A tale has been woven of the days and ways; emotions and actions at LOC.

The terrorist/soldiers escapades, emotional upheaval, missions accomplished, exchange of words, appear to be more inspired from the Hindi film industry than reality. The execution could have done with some new thrills.

Not only the war scenes, but some important sequence in the boys’ juvenile phase, one liners, appear too-close-for-comfort to some Bollywood movies. 

In order to pack a punch, the conversation among the teenagers have been dealt with in a round-about-way and as an observer I felt like the third wheel reading them. Being an intruder, I was unable to laugh and cry with the characters.

Poems and philosophical one liners are recurring feature in the book. Some of the poems are well worded and rhymed, but in places they become tad excessive. They and their explanation offered by the writer, using the same words, somewhere undermines the reader also challenges one’s patience.

The novel needs, extensive grammar corrections (Sad to see over 70% sentences in the book were grammatically wrong or absurd/inappropriate words were used.); editing and proofreading is at its worst. There are various technical and factual errors with time period, communication methods, and few other things. (I am not mentioning them here because it will spoil the surprise element in the book.)

The book has potential because the plot is well thought out, but journey in a rickety vehicle and unpleasant terrain can easily be not ventured into.

On the above mentioned criteria I rate it **

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My Take- Adhira Love: Lost & Found by Aditti Gaur

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Adhira Love: Lost & Found is a journal entry of a girl Riddhi or the narrator, during a very important episode in her life. The language of the entire novel is in keeping with the simple style of talking to your diary.

The entries though are about her friend Adhira who is at a very difficult juncture, where her life is on the line, her marriage in shambles. She believes it to be her responsibility to make sure, each and every person who came across her ever, has all their problems sorted and she plays important part in doing so.

In accordance with the belief,Good work always pays, Adhira gets rewarded. Romance gets very little space in the book, but one does get a glimpse of soft,wet in the rain romance and tad more.

Story brings back one's teenage fantasies, though the characters remained indiscriminate.

I found several errors in proofreading, grammar and there were incorrect use of words. A mistake that recurs throughout is beginning of sentences with And and But.A little scrutiny while editing would have helped the book a lot. So publishing misses an entire star.

On the above criteria I rate it **

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My Take- #Iam16icanrape by Kirtida Gautam

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The novel, #Iam16icanrape is a work of fiction. It deals with the psychological aspect of rape. Be it the mind-set of the criminal, the survivor or the people associated with both the parties. It specifically talks about the loop-hole in our judicial system regarding juveniles.

The story is definitely inspired from real life incidents. I am sure the author was prompted by the heinous atrocities prevalent and enraging society.

The story, narration is gripping and well presented. The language keeps one interested. The book is quite detailed, talks about the incident and subsequent effects from the perspective of all the major characters. Author has put in sufficient build up, has tried to shock the reader with her vivid and meticulous descriptions.

The chapter arrangement of the book is intriguing, the story starts from the ninth chapter and keeps hopping from one to next. The start is racy, building up the right curiosity and interest in the reader.

The characterisation is good and they talk about their impressions, feelings in detail, but one doesn’t get too many answers and the questions keep multiplying, leading to the book losing pace in the middle, instigating to skip to end. According to chapter numbers, these are the preliminary chapters that come in the middle of the book.

The court scenes were interesting, but few more sessions would have been welcome. 

The psychological study of the issue is fascinating. At some places though it becomes technical and an effort for the reader to understand. By the time they are explained, as the book has already dragged on for some time without answers, the inclination to try to understand also fades and one just wishes to know the end.

The overall language of the novel is gripping and witty but I was put off by the use of Hindi words, and repetitions of words. Sometimes not used correctly. There are several proof reading errors as well.

The novel points out, to deal with this phenomena of rape in society, all must take responsibility. 

It must be read because it talks of an important issue and any awareness and discussion is call of the hour. The best part being it has been brought to us in a very interesting form via this book.

Some editing would go a long way in making it appealing to the younger age group who might get intimidated with the size.

On the above criteria I rate it ***1/2

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My take- The Shadow of the Dark Soul by Sukhmani Gandhi

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The Shadow of the Dark Soul is a novella. A short and quick read.

The story of Zayesha skims over the prevalent issues of sexual abuse of women and men, and several others. The topics less discussed or treated with 'it happens' attitude are presented to us to ponder over. Most of the 'cases' which were in lime light, whose occurrences have rocked and shocked the society have been woven into the fast paced narrative.

The book highlights several scenarios of sexual abuse that have happened/happens in public, personal, marital or in the work space and its few consequences. Consequences which mostly no one manages to find out.

The read reminds you of all that you have read in papers in past years, dreaded and questioned how safe is this civilized society, and then forgotten.

Zayesha's journey from a young, independent, sensitive career focused women, to a confused member of society, to an example and hope of change is fast paced.

The present generation, with no time ('as a rule') should read this book, just to stay informed. Its short and sums it all up in one place. A good and much needed effort by the author.

Reading was a rocky experience for me though. There were some glaring spelling errors. In some places, it felt like reading a news paper article. The latter part of the book seems to be in a hurry to be concluded. The expressions irked and narration seemed patchy in a few places.


I rate it  ***1/2 on the above criteria.



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Impression - The Rose Bush by Priyanka Lal

A runaway boy, an ailing father, a teenager seeking peer attention! From an era,where crushes were enjoyed and looked forward to!

At the age where, somethings were so important and others not so much.

Said in a subtle way, if you are concentrating, you catch the wit.

A read for those rainy, lazy Sundays.

I would read it for the Language, the old world charm emanates.

I know its long, over 400 pages, but a life is never lived in a day!

Time to bundle up because....its time to read!!!






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Impression - The Archers Revenge by Destination Infinity

A good idea is lost, in poor presentation.

I am not a stickler to punctuation, but its absence screams at you.
The errors, repetitions, divert you from the plot.

Sad because, I understand the effort that goes in creating a novel.

Waiting for an edited version would be a good idea, because the story line does hold a promise.






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Impression- Pradyumna son of Krishna by Usha Narayanan

This is the only way, youths can still be kept interested in our scriptures!

Mythology for the elderly and the intellectuals, who ponder deeply and enjoy books.

The dazzle for the youth. The fun, the action, the excitement.

Lots of information, that we never took time out to hear from our grandparents, and still never ask.

Snippets that we might have caught but never delved!

Read it for all the right reasons.
To know of the glorious beliefs. To know of the less sung heroes.
Beautifully narrated events that have you jumping from one line to next, eager to be dazzled, thirsting for more.

The novel has content for all age groups.

Mine lose shine for ones above forty!! Maybe forty two!

Definitely on the to be read list, almost topping!

Spellbinding times ahead.... as its time to read!!!





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PL and Word Play: Don’t point finger…: The residents above my flat, have crossed all limits. Every day, they drop garbage and discards. Not only that, their plants seem extr...

Don’t point finger…

The residents above my flat, have crossed all limits.

Every day, they drop garbage and discards. Not only that, their plants seem extra thirsty considering the amount of water they use to water them with!

Being a, closet resource conservation activist, the pouring rivulets on my balcony, set my teeth on edge.

I have deliberated on various ways I could give them taste of their own medicine. But didn’t put my plans in motion, because they involved, flooding their house, dumping garbage at their doorstep, break all their pots. All the hooligan, uncivilized stuff!

This afternoon, the droppings from above shook me to my last fibre.

When I went to my balcony to spread clothes for drying, I saw an entire dustpan lying there, overturned.

Fuming, I kicked it out of my path. It turned over, and the breath caught in my respiratory tract.

A finger pointed at me. A lone finger, manicured, with glossy red paint.

Lack of oxygen, due to caught breath, made me feel faint.

I scampered to the living room. Falling, fumbling, in fear, as if the finger chased me.

I called up 100. The police came.

I was embarrassed, when they first searched my house to see if I was hiding more pieces. But the shock I was in, didn’t allow me to be indignant.

I spare you the gory details, they took time; well, there are nine floors above mine. But they finally found pieces of an unfortunate woman, stashed in her own closet. No one is sure how the finger landed at my feet, literally.

They have collected the dustpan as evidence.

I have told them they will find my big toe print there, since that was what I had used to turn it over.

I stay vexed. The pieces were not found in the flat right above mine. I will have to plan something else, to teach those residents some civic sense.

This is what you get, when an author is left to her own devices. The weirdo, whacky me. Mixing facts with fantasy!

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Impression- Without You by Preethi Venugopala

Good ol' days' romance!

At least the language reminds of those days.

The plot would be modern of course.

I could see the artist in the author. Could see the paint brush, the ring of poetry, smell the fragrance of nature. Evident affinity to finer things, delicate things.

Finesse that is rarer these days.

A love story, everybody dreams of or may be not. Since the title suggests the yearning the protagonist is supposed to go through.

My romance drama isn't that fluffy!

This one I would read definitely for the language and because I too am a hopeless romantic!

Anticipating beautiful times.....as its time to read!!!   

Impression- Forbidden by Mike Wells & Devika Fernando

This is the kind I grew up reading.

The points of shock have changed with the times, but a well known genre, language, pace. Feels familiar, feels like meeting an old friend.

Definitely intrigued, ticks the right boxes with pace, expressions, the lies, and the play on emotions of a young girl, the manipulation, blatant.

Wouldn't wait too long to grab this one! Since a trilogy, you get more and more to read.

Mine is testimony to penchant for length and intrigue.

Looking forward.

Happy times indeed...as its time to read!!! 

Impression- He Fixed the Match she fixed him by Shikha Kumar

The title and the chapter is your hint to what lies ahead.

Like the title, the novel is, simply worded, story of two characters. Obviously with a typical Indian family, to support the character's movements.

You find an inkling, the correct cords tauten with curiosity, to know what lies ahead, in this emotional, romance drama. What happens between these two, strong and stubborn characters, HE and SHE.

They have a history, where one has hurt the other, intentionally or unintentionally will be known only if one gets their hands on the book.

As the characters, Shreya and Kunal are 'strong', neither is ready to take it lying low. One revenge prompts the other, and the saga continues.

To find out the offence and the defense, grab the novel. Easy expressions, detailed description that helps you imagine the characters move in front of your eyes.

Or, if you prefer to literally see the movements, you could catch the upcoming movie! 

My romance drama, would take a couple of sequels, ya the length!!! 

Want to feel the romance and sparks between two people, who are hell bent on hating each other? Read the book, it will make you happy!

Happy times ahead, because...its time to read!!!  

Impression-A minute to death by Ganga Bharani

The book description says it all.

Real characters, get together to create an anticipation.

Simply worded, involving and tempting read. Extremely fast paced, no dilly dallying, only ponder as the clues are put in front of us.

I could picture what the words expressed.

Already, recommended the novel to people hard pressed for time, but for whom reading is not just time-pass but a way of living.

They were looking for something different from mine kinda romance! Detailed and leisurely.

A minute to death, though would be welcomed by readers and non readers, for the mystery, pace, and being succinct.

Have a happy time...because its the time to read!!