Book Review: The Secret Wishlist by Preeti Shenoy

Is it true that true love really still exist or is it just a cliche? Can a single kiss really change your life? 

The book unfolds the hidden secrets of Diksha, when she was at sixteen. Like any other girl of her age, Disha, finds her life revolving around school, boys and endless hours of fun with her best friend. However, all this changed one day, which put her to misery for the major part of her life.The novel starts with the present-day Diksha, who is 34 years old, the protagonist of the story. The book revolves around the character and with flashbacks she starts to tell her tale when she was around sixteen.

It starts with an innocent crush explodes into something far beyond her control. And, now after eighteen year, she finds herself at the crossroads of life. Urged by a twist of events, she makes a wish list. But, do you think this wishlist can help her getting her life back? Will she fall into the place to commit illegitimate things for the sake of her wish list? Or will she be thrown into the life of misery forever? Find out the answers by reading the novel by Preeti Shenoy, who has once again brought out an extraordinary story that tugs at the heartstrings, with insight and astuteness, as she explores the frail and fragile matters of the heart.The Secret Wish List is an enchanting, interesting, a racy tale about following your heart, hounding your dreams and the valuing the friendship in your life. 

My Take:

I personally like Preeti’s work for the fact that she is a great storyteller. She has a potential to create a magical story out of a mediocre plot and to some extent she has proved it. The plot itself is not much to talk about; as it is another emotionally inclined story of an abused housewife whose married life takes a toll on her and finally one fine day she stands up for herself and break the shackles that tied her, which breaks her free from stifling marriage. The first half of the novel seems to be repetitive and looks like it is just another emotional story like other books.

However, the second half of the novel that picks up broken pieces of the plot and delivers a collision. Preeti’s easy and straightforward narration along with her consideration to little details create a graphic representation. The characters are well-etched out and again and has delivered minute details about the behavior of the character, which has been carefully thought of. For example: In the initial pages of the book when Diksha joins a Bharatanatyam class, even though she wants to learn Bollywood dancing, yields to her mother’s decision. The character of Diksha has been shown as subservient and submissive. This detailed attention to the characters is the signature of Preeti’s writing style.

The novel is written in a flowing manner with simple and easy language, except for a few editing glitches that does mar the book otherwise.

A warm, heart-touching anecdote about a woman who tries to break free from her abusive husband and find her own calling. The novel is an enjoyable read! The book is available at lelobooks, an online bookstore in India.

Read this book? Now, what are you waiting for? Go and write down your wish list, you never know, how it can change your life.

Movie Review Mardani by Pradeep Sarkaar

Mardani, a much-awaited movie starring Rani Mukherjee as the protagonist has been directed by Pradeep Sarkar and produced by Aditya Chopra. In this movie, Rani is in a different avatar and is recognized as Mardani. Embarking in the theatres this weekend on Frida, 22nd August. The actor is playing an interesting role of a Crime Branch Officer, a truly different role from her previous movies, thus it calls for an exciting event for her as this would be the first time she would be seen doing tough actions. If you want the satisfactory information about this movie, then you should read this comprehensive artifact.

Mardani movie story:
The movie proceeds with the day Shivani takes a critical case that changes her life completely. A girl named Pyari gets kidnapped and the kidnapper was belonged to trafficking mafia who used to smuggle the girls outside the country. When the kidnapper finds that her case is taken by Shivani then the kidnapper tries to exhort her by giving her a fair warning to not to interfere in his matter. On the contrary Rani Mukherjee, Shivani put a bug in his ear about that if he will not release the girl then she will arrest him in next 30 days. Watch it out and find out if Shivani manages to solve the case? And if she succeeds,.then how she solves this case? What Shivani got success in this case? The girl Pyari becomes free safely or not? 
Find out the answers to all your by watching out the movie Mardani. The actor has worked very hard and shed off about 10-12 kg weight for her role.
Rating: The movie has collected 3.5 out of 5 points which is good for Mardani.

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Steering the Dating World: Ladies Please! Dating Truths by a Man by Jose Covaco

Ladies Please! Dating Truths by a Man, penned by MTV’s VJ Jose Covaco is a self help book tended for the broken hearted as well as people struggling in the dating world. As you will flip the pages of this book, you will discover

The book starts off with a detailed description of the author’s various failed relationships and further it will tell you about the various stereotypes of dating in India and how it is different from western countries. The author then gives us a horrendously long guidebook of do’s and don’ts of dating.

However, I am sure that the book might help some people with the whole dating game as Jose has tried his level best to provide females a glimpse of what’s going on inside the mind of a man. I personally find it very boring. It feels like you are reading an instruction manual of what to do and what not to to bag a date.

Then, while you will flip the pages you will discover that there is a lot of repetition of content and the book could easily have been written with less pages and with repetition it has left me perplexed me at various moments. There is not much for learning about women in this book, as the author says women are mysterious (which I think every individual is, be it a female or a ,male). The writing style could have been better. The book is humorous and also contains sarcastic remarks, but sometimes it seemed to get a bit wily and desiccated Besides all this, you can see that Covaco has put in a lot of effort into this book and has done a commendable job.

If you are one of those, who is trying a lot to find a date, but is left in vain, then just go for it, never know if it works for you. To get more reviews, stay tuned with Lelobooks, an online bookstore in India! 

Vampire novels that will sink your teeth into

Get ready to witness witches, wizards, vampires and beyond with Vampire fiction that primarily incorporates the creatures who feed themselves with living creatures in order to prolong their soulless lives. While these vampires have been known as horrific and villainous creatures for ages and the interpretations of the contemporary world and allow the people to re-imagine the fanged bloodsuckers as more nuanced and complicated entities. Vampire fiction is usually a depicted story when a human creature encounters with a vampire and then the story proceeds with their romantic relationship, transformation of the human into a vampire, enveloped with conflicts, vampire hunting and drama within the vampire coven.

         VampireAcademy by Richelle Mead

The novel is one of my favorite all time favorite series and I really cannot understand that why people judge it with its name and not with its story. Actually, the novel centers around three themes like friendship, loyalty and never-give-up spirit among the three races of vampires containing blood-lust. The book is really a perfect combination of comedy, action and heartbreak that occurred between the main character, which proves that it doesn't matter where you come from, it only matters how you choose to live your life.

          TheMortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare

If you have not heard about this series yet, then guys, it is the time to fill some space in your bookshelf  with this series or else you will be missing out something in your life, especially the vampire fiction aficionados.this series is mysterious, sexy and full of great characters who will take place in your hearts forever.

        Shadowand Bone by Leigh Bardugo

This series definitely incorporates the elements of myth and action, but I am not sure enough that it is paranormal or not. But yes, this book certainly contains some serious swoony-worthy boys. This is yet another all time favorites of mine and the final book that broke my heart in two, both in the best and worst ways!

The above mentioned books are available at Lelobooks, an online bookstore in India. So indulge in some mysterious tales of vampires by buying books from this authentic bookstore by indulging into onlinebook shopping in Gurgaon and can have your desired books at your doorstep. Connect with Lelobooks and get attractive discounts.

Liked our picks? If you have names of better books which should be included, the so called, vampire fiction literary gems. Do tell us!

Movie Review: Guardians of the Galaxy

Directed by James Gunn, "Guardians of the Galaxy" is an action movie. With the duration of about 121 minutes and has came from the studio that brought up avengers and ironman3.

The movie is about the uncertainty of the future of the galaxy, whose present is pleasant. Like the movie's star, its director was an audacious choice for a mega budget-space opera, and a smart one; his movie making style is rich in oddity,his most prominent feature until now was the horror comedy "Slither." Mr. Gunn gives this production a free-swinging style. The whole story revolves around to save the orb from wrongful hand A bounty hunter finds himself pursued by powerful enemies after the former theft an uncertain future of the galaxy. Realizing that the orb can be disastrous in the wrong hands, he made a team with four other dodgy individuals, all united by a common cause - to keep the orb (and what it contains) from the wrong hands.

The people who made this movie must have had a bad time in the process, and it's nice to see a summer epic that takes itself so non-seriously. Eventually the wink-and-nod whimsicality wears thin, and you Imagine how this errant gang is going to keep its antics fresh in subsequent episodes. For now, though, Marvel has maintained its standards in the action department—cluttered or not, the screen is alive with marvelous images—and has won a crucial gamble on its star. Peter is not only a good man playing outlaw; he is, as played by Mr. Pratt, a good nature guy and an exemplary pleasant American hero. "I couldn't let you die," he spoke to  Gamora after curing her life. "I found something inside myself incredibly heroic—not to brag." The disclaimer isn't needed. We get that Peter enjoys himself, so we're up for enjoying him.

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The creator of Chacha Chaudhary died at 75

The creator of the iconic Indian comic book character Chacha Chaudhary, Pran died today at the age of 75 in New Delhi. The great Indian cartoonist, Pran Kumar Sharma, according the official website of  chacha Chaudhary, was the first Indian artist-writer to come up with comic books whose protagonists were characters rooted deep in Indian rural and middle class ethos.

Some of his most popular creations and one of them is of course Chacha Chaudhary, a short, lean man in a huge red pagdi,who fought everyone from hooligans to pretty robbers with flamboyance. He always had been accompanied by a giant man called Saboo, who was apparently known to be from Jupiter.

The celebrated character of Chacha Chaudhary was created in 1971 and it was a milestone work, which has been contributed to the society and has been known as the fusion of sci-fi, filmy action and Indian middle class oddities and has been offered as a wholesome entertainer for people across the ages.

The originator of this great comic character, Pran was born in Kasur near Lahore, in the undivided India. After completing his bachelors degree in political science from Gwalior, he went to Mumbai for studying art in the JJ School of Art, but left the course midway.

Pran started his career as a cartoonist in the year 1960 with Indian dailies. His  works in comics includes Billoo, Pinki, Raman, Shrimatiji and later created a separate series of comics on Saboo, Chacha Chaudhary's assistant.

What is common in all his character is that they are superheroes, who even exists today and resemble in their own small ways like while Billoo was an unbearably naughty boy, he was extremely sharp and could wriggle out of any soup he was in. Pinki, another of Pran's character, was again a small girl, who was extremely brave and ready to take up challenges. Chaudhary, famously, was said to have a brain 'which worked faster than a computer'.

Pran's superheroes were utterly adversative to the erection of the superhero popularized by saying a Marvel Comics in the West. Most of Pran's characters did not possess any super-powers - they were average humans who used their brains well. Chaudhary's superheroes, essentially, were ideal human beings and looked and sounded like any of us. No wonder then, they were household names and were loved by generations of comic book lovers in India. Many of Pran's works were animated, turned into cartoon films etc.

The Chacha Chaudhary website says about Pran, "He travelled widely over the globe including countries like America, England, France, Germany, Australia, Spain, China, S.Korea etc he delivered speeches to the gatherings of cartoonists on the subject wherever he went."

Pran, the website quotes, had said, "If I could put a smile on the face of people, I would consider my life successful."

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Make your future bright with books

Books tend to be an amazing conduit of entertainment and knowledge as these stands to be the foundation for each individual to rise and reach at greater heights. Not only these entertain you, but will also provide you various benefits with sound knowledge and even make an individual’s base, further boosting the linguistic skills of a reader. It is rightly said that, “ Books are friends forever”, which helps in developing an eternal relationship between the reader and the book. In addition, one can find books of every genre in the market as well as onlinebookstores at amazing prices.

Witness the scenario of lust and lies with Scandalous Housewives: Mumbai by Madhuri Banerjee

Madhuri gives us a peek into the modern Indian housewife who isn’t afraid to love and follows her heart. - Huma Qureshi.

Madhuri Banerjee is back with another thesis on love, which comes of age and relationships, she has come up with her latest literary work, Scandalous Housewives: Mumbai by Madhuri Banerjee, which is an effort to expose the housewives from the upper strata in Mumbai. The book in particular has targeted an area in Mumbai known Sapphire Towers, which is just another residential society in Mumbai and accommodates the high profile people of Mumbai. The author, in the book has thrown light on the lives of the housewives and their humdrum routines, that is carried out with clockwork precision. Now, enough of this household work and monotony in the lives of these ladies, let’s just move on to the actual side of their lives, which has been very graciously hidden under the thick sheet of lies and deceit which has been adapted by a group of lonely housewives.

Madhuri has taken a few examples of the housewives from the mentioned society and describing their monotonous lives which led them to indulge in illegitimate activities. First, the author has talked about the mother of two young daughters, Gita, who has a boring marriage and wants to escape from it and from the lust from her forbidden relationship. Then, she has talked about Sarita, who is a Gujarati housewife and a mother and is really addicted to so called ‘kinky sex’ and even pays a good price for it. By taking housewives from different backgrounds, further Madhuri talks about a stylish working mother, who carries a horrendous secret in her heart, which could even lead her marriage to an end. And then there is a sultry model Natasha, who seems to have it all and is desperately in love with a boy of about half of her age who is in addition the son of one of her friends. The book shows that each woman in the Sapphire Towers scrambles to conceal her darkest secret, however an anonymous email is sent to each of these women with appalling effects.

The novel is undoubtedly interesting as it is racy and unputdownable. The new series of Scandalous Housewives: Mumbai has started with its first book with sizzling story and action-packed climax by bestselling author Madhuri Banerjee. Through the book, the author has told the unsung stories of housewives in urban India who will go to any extents to fulfill their deepest and darkest desires. Scandalous housewives is a darkly humorous take on the lives of three housewives in three metros. She adds, “I’m trying to create a plethora of different characters”. She further adds “Love and relationships are important to everyone,”. “How much you are willing to give, defines who you are,” says the former screenplay writer, columnist, blogger and author. “Relationships fascinate me and it always intrigues me how they impact everyone’s life.”

Fascinating Facts

• From the bestselling author of losing my virginity and other dumb ideas, mistakes like love and sex and advantage love comes another scintillating tale of love, sex and difficult relationships.
• The first in a series, scandalous housewives - Mumbai is a modern take on Indian housewives which will speak to a wide readership.
• The dilemmas of the four women-a loveless marriage, fetishes, impossible relationships and secrets in their past-are relatable and their stories will have mass appeal.
• Even though the book is based in Mumbai, the stories of these women are universal and can be read by women of all ages across the country.

Author's Bio

Madhuri Banerjee is a bestselling author, a blogger with CNN-IBN, a screenplay writer for Bollywood films, an Ad film director, a columnist with Asian Age and a mother. She has her own production house, Gray Matter Solution, that makes ad films and TV shows. She has also won a National Award for her documentary on women's issues called Between Dualities. Currently, she is the face of Revlon as their Relationship Expert.

Expose the realities of these housewives living in Sapphire Towers by reading the book and be aware of what your wife does after you leave for the office. So just read out this book and be aware what’s happening around you. The book is available at lelobooks, an online bookstore in India and also avail attractive discounts.

An album of Desi Love Stories – Impulse by Reekrit Serai

Impulse revolves around an assortment of stories of contemporary India. The central theme of the novel is love, breaking the romantic notions of love to meet you head-on with the realities of the present era. We all have seen that most of these romantic stories end in tragedies, with just a few happy endings here and there. The novel has been penned by a 22-year old author from Chandigarh and the stories inscribed in it have been taken from young India by a young Indian.

The good

Impulse provides a relatable sequence of stories and these stories don’t have a historical far off angle to them and have been assumed to belong to this very land, India and the present time. The stories revolve around the common problems in a relationship like heartbreak, arrogance, ambition and obsession. The characters in these stories are young and unpretentious, along with that the author has kept a simple storyline with colloquial conversations incorporated in it as to make it simple and easy to understand. The Rajus, Nikhils, Yudhisthirs and Ashimas of the book could well be actual people. People you might know, meet or hear about in day-to-day life.

Another X-factor of Impulse is that, unlike many of the short story writers, Serai has managed to keep his short stories actually short, hitting the bulls eye by providing its very purpose. The stories in the book are short and crisp, with no unnecessary details and even no necessary details left out.

The bad

There is no doubt about the fact that simplicity is good for a story to be conveyed as it opens up scope for attracting the readers, but this is to mention that when things get too simple, people may lose interest. This is what happens with some stories in the novel, Impulse and after reading two to three stories, you will find every other story to be predictable. The author has written in a continuous style of writing  and continues with the same trend throughout his novel, by keeping the underlying voice of the stories is same, which in turn makes this book a little monotonous  in the mid way. Lastly, there are many characters in the different stories inscribed in the book, which looks and feels familiar.

The advise

The most interesting stories which I found in the book are “The eyes of Men” and “Page of life”. And if you like, love stories, just go and read this book, as you might like a few or all the stories in the book. So just log on to lelobooks, an online bookstore in India and get this love book at your doorstep at an amazing price. Hurry now and grab this desi Mills & Boon!