Roar review

Roar: Uplifting. Intriguing. Thirty short stories from the Sunday Times bestselling author by Cecelia Ahern

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


So many strange stories and unimaginable premises where we come across incredible women.
My personal favorites are the stories about the women who jumped the bandwagon, who wore the husband’s shoes, who ate photographs, who disappeared, who grew wings and flew away, who dressed like man in life and the cabinet.
There were few which were not so favorite like the women who returned her husband, who blew away, who sowed seeds of doubt, who sat on a shelf but the idea was not so common so formed a not so bad readable story.
One thing that was common throughout the stories were that the women were not given enough respect and attention they deserved, and even they did that to themselves too sometimes.
Few were due to the society and the norms that were so suffocating that they were not changed as the world around changed. Women still do unravel, melt without enough attention for them. Few had to grow wings to escape the discrimination.
These stories tells us what would happen if the world would change and these hypothetical situations were to come to life.
I did enjoy these incredible stories of the women who roared out to the world that they can and they do have a different life behind the facade they show to the world.
Women are not as fragile as they seem. They can be as strong as they are pretty too.
A roar of victory to Cecilia who have wonderfully articulated these thoughts and stories for all the women out around us.



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Unearthed review

Unearthed by Amie Kaufman

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Just Wow for an answer for this review.
After following illuminae files I am linking Amie Kaufman’s imagination of the icnredible premises she is bringing into life in her books.
I feel like I took a serious, life engulfing adventure with a point of no return to the land of two suns- Gaia. I am still not able to come out of it with such a cliffhanger going to keep me insane till I read the sequel.
I love Jules and Mia equally and actually happy at the characterization. Not a typical bad boy or a too good boy to be true. And seriously not a drop dead gorgeous girl, the pampered princess or a kind of foul mouthed teenager. The nerdy cute aspect and the determination to prove the world endears us to Jules more. And Mia’s one and only reason which makes to do everything she did not want to do. The revelations, the betrayals and the cunning plans add more twists to this already interesting story.
The other characters like Liz, Hansen and Javier also make sure to leave an impression. Even Mink, Charlotte too.The invisible supporting characters have also been created well- Addison and Evie the main reasons for the decisions that were taken in the beginning.
I personally liked the building of the temple and scavenger groups. The glyph and the warnings and finally the unimaginable finding and the result



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Sadie review

Sadie by Courtney Summers

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Some books may make us cry, may bring us tears. But this one brought out the tears which makes the heart wrench and brings in a fury born out of those tears.
Sadie started out as a missing teen, another wasted family making us feel more sorry towards her and the situation. Cold creek creeps in with the sadness around the life with the trailers, scarce people that are there. The moment of a life’s loss slams in the face with the cold, cruel death which initiates all the proceedings.
From then on every person we come across through Sadie’s POV make an impact, few to hate, few to feel sorry for and rare few to savor their company.
Especially Sadie’s encounter in Montgomery leaves us with the same yearning as her. For the people, the lifestyle cocooned apart from the reality. Reality which is actually a horror hidden like a wolf under sheep skin. The stark contrast between Bakers and other kids life and Sadie’s shows how cruel life had been in Cold creek and similar families. The single mothers, the innocent kids, the wasted families and the horrible men who uproot the little amount of safety they ever had.
The podcasts shows that there is at least little warmth in the otherwise cold world of people who don’t care at all. The efforts of McCray and MayBeth brings out the hope that stays along the story even after the ending leaves us in more pain and a wrong corrected by a loss.
Every character here has a story that’s either a tragedy or a hope to survive. The villains here are many- the situation, the society, the men that take advantage of all of them. Few rare men who actually want to make a difference apart from those preying creatures.
Sadie is an example of the result of the spoiled life, family.
She brings out the hope when she brings up Mattie even though Mattie doesn’t reciprocate with the same intensity.
She lives on in spite of her mom’s lifestyle and how it turned out for Mattie.
She moves on in spite of seeing Ruby, Kendall, Javi and Cat.
Her determination when she faces Caddy, Ellis, Silas and the important reason why the journey and looking for begin makes us wonder how stronger this girl could get in spite of the world around her.
Sadie brings us hope, determination, fury, love and finally tears with a belief that life is not always the same, be it for the better or worst.




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I want to, but I…

I wanted a guy to fall head over heels for me forever and ever,

I learnt to fall and get back after every mistake, so I got no time!

I wanted someone to serenade with a love song every day,

I started writing my own poems and songs to love myself!

I yearned to be taken to places for a dream come true,

I learnt to drop myself  into dreams and jump back to reality.

I thought of sharing my thoughts will ease some pain,

I learnt nothing goes away that it just gets smaller never farther.

I thought a guy would pamper and shower with love and care,

I started to care for myself  no matter how much it is every time!

Wish there is always a ground to fall back when I am in fear,

Rather I kept firm myself breaking the fall killing the fear.

No matter what Its only I who does everything for me

Not a knight in shining armor who refuses to come out of the dream

Or a Charming prince hidden in my stories within the shadows!

Defy the Worlds review

Defy the Worlds by Claudia Gray

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


A perfect sequel indeed with an unbearable cliffhanger for an ending. Its good to be back with Noemi and Abel again under different circumstances.
The funnier Abel with a crew is more interesting and the Abel with a single minded purpose makes us emotional. The changes after Simon, Noemi and the fuzzy friendship he feels towards Virginia, Harriet and Zayan are heartwarming.
Meanwhile Noemi is brave, single minded and drives everything from her heart and mind together without giving up. I loved the way she took control of the ship and she wanted to save Abel.
Virginia with her sarcasm endears a lot.
Gillian with her greediness/selfishness and even Darius, Burton makes us hate them more than ever with the cliffhanger intensifying the shift in balance of situation.
Cant wait for Defy the fates to how it ends for both Noemi and Abel.



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