Inane Murtaza

I generally prefer short stories when I'm pretty high on reading slump. My current reading slump has extended to quite a few months and when I came across this book, I did not hesitate to pick up this one. Though Rahul is a pretty close friend of mine, I assure you here that this review will be as unbiased as any ordinary one rupee coin (and not the Sholay one). Since, the book is pretty short, I'll keep the review short as well. Blurb : ‘Love Littering the Lanes’ is a collection of four quick short stories about love, lust, murder & mayhem. Based in four Indian cities of New Delhi, Ooty, Panaji and Bengaluru, these shorts are about weird love, the kind that makes you wonder why it ever existed. If it can make the world go round, it can very well make ordinary men and women like us do all the weird, unimaginable shit too. My Take on the stories: The Burnol Couple : Witty. This was a pretty promising start to the novel. It took me a while to digest how such an ...

Another day, another book review. As they say, never judge a book by its cover but when the cover turns out to be so cliched, one cannot help but judge the book. I was however promised a story that is different from the novels that are being churned out these days and I decided to take my risk on the same. Read further onto find out how the book fares. Blurb (From Amazon): Major Virat Singh Rajput was once a fearless Black Cat commando who had saved Mumbai from its venomous perpetrators. His life took a beautiful turn when he got engaged to Pratishtha Sachdev, the girl he had selflessly loved for the last fourteen years. Everything was blissful, until one day Pratishtha mysteriously went missing. Virat, who was hailed as India’s hero, has now become a villain and is facing a certain death penalty. Only one woman can save him. Criminal Defence Lawyer Vaishnavi Pandit has not won her first six cases. She is adamant to win her seventh. But, still, no one knows where Pratishtha...

This was my last read for March and since then I have been in a kind of reading slump. I had received this book in exchange for an honest review. These days it takes quite a lot of effort to read a book by an Indian Author especially when the genre is romance. When Opposites Meet has been termed a bestseller and here is my take on the book. Blurb: What happens when opposites meet? When two completely different people find themselves drawn to each other? Can they really find happiness together? Can wheelchair-bound Ritwika find a chord that connects her to national-level athlete Chetan? Will Aditi's irrepressible cheerfulness restart Jayant's life, put on indefinite pause since his parents' death? Does Indu, happily divorced, rediscover her faith in love with the reclusive Lokesh? When Opposites Meet is the story of three unlikely couples and the differences between them. It's the story of love, and the possibility of finding it in the most unlikely of places. My...

So, here I go. My last February read , a quick read by an Indian author. To be honest, I'm not quite fond of Indian Authors especially if the genre is romance and I might sound a bit bias with this book. I was provided a copy of this book i exchange for an honest review and here goes my take on this book. Blurb : “She was gone, again; and I failed again and could not tell her how much I loved her.” Ronnie’s fate gives him a second chance with Adira. His one-sided love story moves at a faster pace this time but instead of becoming his lover; she chooses to become his friend instead. He needs a mentor and Rajbir steps in just in time. Something I never told you is a transforming tale of love, determination, belief and finding one’s strengths. My Take on the Book :  There is one thing that I would love to tell every young Indian author who are new to the world of writing, why don't you guys work on the editing part. Your intentions however good may be goes in vain w...

"For The Night is Dark and Full of Terrors". This is the very first quote that strikes me these days whenever I hear the word burn or fire. Though Melisandre is nowhere related to this book, but this quote did make a brilliant start. So, here I'm with a review of my friend's latest book, a fantasy novel set in Dimakiya and brings in interesting elements involving the readers in a roller coaster ride of its own. Blurb (From Amazon): This novel has a superhero, but it's not about him. It's about his best friend-Rehan Saxena. He couldn't even pass class XII, but his mother wants him to become a "dactar". Thanks to a duplicate marksheet, he's sent packing to Lala Purabnath's Medical College Here Rehan befriends Namak, who happens to be a superhero in the making. Namak doesn't wear a back-hanging dupatta like Superman, but he does have this kickass-looking burning moon between his tits and he can fly, too (occasionally though). So ...

A few years back, there was a boom of  young authors especially IIT graduates who wanted to try their hands on writing after the success of Chetan Bhagat. As far as I remember, not many succeeded as the trend started declining, apart from a chosen few. Recently, when I was given a chance to review this book, I chose this book hoping against hope for an improvement and here is my take on the same. Blurb (From Amazon): We’re all a little broken, and that’s okay. Or is it? Rick has a medical condition that makes his life different from the rest. But unlike others around him, he sees this not as a curse, but as an opportunity to cherish life and all the bitter-sweet gifts it brings with it. Amidst frequent visits to the doctor, multiple surgeries that risk his life being, and a life that meant surveillance all the time, Rick has to fight for himself each day. But he pulls through, thanks to his family and friend Jacob, who become his pillars of strength. And then, at a time when he ...

So basically, I was provided this book to give a honest feedback on this. The reason I picked up this book was quite a few of my friends from bookstagram community were giving out interesting reviews on this and I decided to go ahead with it. The book which revolves around two major characters Vedant and Misha has its own ups and downs throughout and took me hardly 2 days to finish. Blurb: How far would you go to protect your loved one? Would you even condone murder? Eight years ago Vedant Birajdar fled Tamara, a small nondescript village on the banks of the river Kaveri, after a wild night out with his best friend Jay Varma, turned disastrous. Now he is back and Jay is dead, Misha, the love of his life is engaged to another man and his older brother, Tarun, is missing. All he is left with is a strange message Jay leaves on his answering machine, before his death. Misha does not believe her brother, Jay, committed suicide. Yet, she has no reason to believe otherwise. Not until ...