Genre: Historical Fiction | Author: Anthony Doerr (May 6, 2014) | Running Time:16h 2m | Narrator: Zach Appleman The last post The Henna Artist was about my first ever audibook. This post is about the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner – All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. Narrated by Zach Appleman, this book has been earning praises for its exquiste writing, brilliant story , vivid imagery and perfect narration. The last time I checked it had…
Genre : Historical Fiction | Author : Alka Joshi (March 3, 2020) | Running Time : 10h 56m | Narrator :Sneha Mathan I began my Audibles journey with The Henna Artist, the first book of the Jaipur Trilology by author Alka Joshi . which came as a recommendation from a dear friend on a cold December morning of 2020. Hello there! Did you miss my unglamorous boring book reviews? Aha, the wait is over! Because I am back with a…
If Rana ever posed her a question about her favorite time of the day, Laila would have her answer ready! “Dawn ! Dawn is my favorite time of the day” ! Rana, her 6 year old every other day amused Laila with her endless “What is your favorite…?” questions. More often than not Laila would find herself struggling, thinking for minutes at end before she would come up with an response. But no, not for this one question. Dawn Dawn,…
Genre : Mystery Thriller | Author : Lucy Foley (June 2, 2020) | Running Time : 10h 22m Narrators: Jot Davies, Chloe Massey, Olivia Dowd, Aoife McMahon, Sarah Ovens, and Rich Keeble. I am back with my third mystery thriller read of this year – The Guest List by Lucy Foley (June 2, 2020). Like my first two reads of this month, this is also my first read by this British author and I can tell you right away I…
What is your favorite memory of you reading a book? asked Rana, grabbing a Nancy Drew from the shelf. Laila was taken aback by this innocent yet thought provoking question from her 10 year old daughter. Rana was going through this phase where every other sentence coming from her began with “What is your favorite….”. “hmm.. that’s an interesting question. Let me think for a minute…” said Laila. Most days Laila would say something silly in response and Rana would…
Good afternoon! While I have a long list of things to talk about, let’s start with the book of the month! February started with Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister ( May 12, 2022). A Goodreads nominee for Best Mystery & Thriller (2022). My first by Gillian McAllister and I must say it was quite a fascinating read. Truth be told, most of my listens in the last two years have been my first time read of that particular author….
Hola readers! Let’s discuss the first book of this year- The House In The Pines by debut author Ana Reyes (2023). After catching up on Little Secrets and Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier last year I kept off from thrillers for a while. I needed a break! But boy am I glad to have started the new year with Ana Reye’s The House In The Pines! The House In The Pines spooked me out like no other story in…
Good morning readers! Today we are going to talk about fundraisers. To be precise, I am going to be talking about the Fundraiser 40 Mile Dog Walk in January , that I signed up for on a whim, earlier this month. As I was waiting to be served Sunday special breakfast by dear husband – a hearty weekend tradition that started in early pandemic days and has continued there after, I logged on to the social media platform Facebook to…
Isn’t it a beautiful day today? I am thankful for today and loving the vibes January 11th is offering to me . You can say I am excited for today because yesterday wasn’t as bright and beautiful for me. I wasn’t feeling up to it. Everything seemed rather dull and gray. There was a heaviness in my heart that I couldn’t explain away. I found myself lost in my thoughts, trying to play catch up with should have been just…
Good morning folks. Hope you are having a fine start to the new year. Our year started on a slow note as as we caught up on much needed sleep and rested those tired feet. My first post of this year is about our last vacation of 2022- a trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. A magical vacation to Walt Disney World Now that we have experienced the magic for ourselves, there is no saying we won’t go…
This month we became naturalized citizens of the United States. The final process of naturalization involves giving an interview to the officer at USIC and taking an oath. If you pass the interview you are asked to take the oath of allegiance. The oath is the last step in you becoming a citizen of United States of America. It was a bitter sweet experience for me, as I raised my right hand and repeated after the officer “I hereby declare,…
“Alexa Cancel All The Alarms“! Omg I hate you Amazon’s favorite Alexa! Nope not kidding you guys! LOL . Yes I am laughing out loud now, but at that minute, strike that, in those 30 seconds I am pretty sure my heart skipped a beat and my soul just flew out of my body!! You ready for this? The Watcher Everyone is off to bed except me! I decided to finish The Watcher on Netflix. Have you watched The Watcher…
Hello hello! How are you doing today? I had a productive day, striking off most of my tasks for the day. Today I am here to talk about all the festivities 🎉. The temperatures dropped to 0ºC this morning. Oh yes, it has started to get cold in here! Cold enough for me to be wearing those hand and toe warmers underneath all those layers! If not for Ginger, I would never step out of the house on a morning…
Good morning, hello hello ! Let’s chat, shall we? Let’s talk about being consistent! Been more than a minute since we last spoke! Hmm.. more like three weeks🤐 . The old me would have apologized for not coming here. Trust me that “old me” is still very much tempted to do that. But I am not going let her do that, because if I could make the time I would have done that already ! Right now I am doing…
Finally! It’s time for V’s happy 10th birthday celebrations post! This August my first born turned TEN 🥳. 🎉Move over single digits, the Double Digits are here to rule!🎉 I always begin a birthday post with the thought of highlighting all the nice stuff about the birthday girl(s). A post that is all about the fun moments, the “aww I’ll miss this…” moments, the “omg time flies” moments. Which parent won’t have nicest things to share about their child, specially…