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In Her Shoes
by Jennifer Weiner (Goodreads Author)

read in March, 2013

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Urban Shots
by Paritosh Uttam

read in March, 2013

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Urban shots was a book that was sitting in my shelf collecting dust for about 2 years now. The advantage and disadvantage of the book was its short stories. 29 in all, written by 13 authors. The first time I opened the book I read about 5 stories and...more

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Hot Tea Across India
by Rishad Saam Mehta

read in January, 2012

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The book, Hot Tea Across India, is a travelogue written by Rishad Saam Mehta. The book captures many of his adventures on the roads of India with a cup of chai. Rishad says, be it Kashmir or Kanyakumari, there can be no place where there is no tea. H...more The book, Hot Tea Across India, is a travelogue written by Rishad Saam Mehta. The book captures many of his adventures on the roads of India with a cup of chai. Rishad says, be it Kashmir or Kanyakumari, there can be no place where there is no tea. His experiences, however funny or dangerous, have always associated with this sweet brown liquid,which not only quenches his thirst or hunger for food, also associates with memories equally funny or dangerous.

This chai can be the bribe, it could make him more friends on the way to a secluded place, or could be the kindhearted expression of a watchman who comforts the drenched author on his stormy afternoon. There are a lot of funny experiences yet associated with tea, like the one which upsets his stomach and gets him in trouble with the dabba wala, or the Kargil experience where he was almost compelled to sell his bike and many more. Then there was this bonding with the army man so far from home, which helped him get across the restricted pass at a restricted hour

His descriptions not only for Tea but also for the food are lovely. He arranges for food in the remote areas by cooking for himself or hiring a help from a neighbouring state or village. Yet sometimes he find the locals offering to help him cook like the Shepard he found in Kashmir. In one chapter the author writes about his experience with cars (other than the Bullet, which is his loyal companion). He makes it an interesting monologue as to how his first car describes his master's driving experience. Evidently Rishad has painted the city red with his ride. Each chapter is very interesting and cries for attention. The fact that these are true incidents than mere fiction makes it much more interesting.

A few things I thought could have been there: A picture of the places he visited, and a more picturesque details of the places would have been fine. And also that the places he visited are a more hard for normal people to visit, more insight on the way to travel would have been fine. Also he manages to find hotels and lodgings in the rarest of locations, an address would have helped those interested readers (that could be me, reading has whet my interest for travel). The book is divided into short chapters meant to make it fast paced. But the names of the locations except for manali, leh, kargil and all places familiar, were difficult to remember (Yeah.. I am getting old, what with the those old Tibetian names), which meant before I read the next chapter after a break, I had to refer briefly to the previous chapters. Yet the whole book was laugh out loud hilarious.(less)

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Little Women (Little Women #1)
by Louisa May Alcott

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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
by Jamie Ford (Goodreads Author)

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Cutting for Stone
by Abraham Verghese

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Something Borrowed (Darcy & Rachel #1)
by Emily Giffin (Goodreads Author)

read in November, 2012

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Rachel and Darcy are BFF, or are they?? Rachel is the saint, always the rule follower but Darcy is the dominant and selfish one who would go any length to prove she is above Rachel.. Somehow Rachel falls in love with Darcy's fiancee, Dex and the whol...more

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Something Blue (Darcy & Rachel, #2)
by Emily Giffin (Goodreads Author)

read in November, 2012

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The sequel to "Something borrowed".. The story is told with Darcy as the narrator.. As the story moves on, Darcy's character takes a good shape, thanks to Ethan. Somehow Rachel doesn't get a major part in Darcy's life, except for some flash backs.. I...more

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In the Convent of Little Flowers
by Indu Sundaresan (Goodreads Author)

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Hema rated a book 3 of 5 stars Urban Shots by Paritosh Uttam read in March, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Urban shots was a book that was sitting in my shelf collecting dust for about 2 years now. The advantage and disadvantage of the book was its short stories. 29 in all, written by 13 authors. The first time I opened the book I read about 5 stories and...more
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Hema rated a book 3 of 5 stars Hot Tea Across India by Rishad Saam Mehta read in January, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The book, Hot Tea Across India, is a travelogue written by Rishad Saam Mehta. The book captures many of his adventures on the roads of India with a cup of chai. Rishad says, be it Kashmir or Kanyakumari, there can be no place where there is no tea. H...more
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Hema wants to read Little Women (Little Women #1) by Louisa May Alcott	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Hema rated a book 4 of 5 stars Something Borrowed (Darcy & Rachel #1) by Emily Giffin (Goodreads Author) read in November, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Rachel and Darcy are BFF, or are they?? Rachel is the saint, always the rule follower but Darcy is the dominant and selfish one who would go any length to prove she is above Rachel.. Somehow Rachel falls in love with Darcy's fiancee, Dex and the whol...more
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Hema rated a book 4 of 5 stars Something Blue (Darcy & Rachel, #2) by Emily Giffin (Goodreads Author) read in November, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The sequel to "Something borrowed".. The story is told with Darcy as the narrator.. As the story moves on, Darcy's character takes a good shape, thanks to Ethan. Somehow Rachel doesn't get a major part in Darcy's life, except for some flash backs.. I...more
Dec 27, 2012 06:39am · see review
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