Sangeetha Kamath

You won't know what you've missed out on, if you haven't already picked up this Wonder of a book.  I won't even go to the extent of saying that it's a page turner. On the contrary, this story makes your heart so full and eyes brim over, you can't help but to not buy some time for yourself until you're ready to pick it up again.  It has the effect of churning your emotions to a fine powder and at the same time stay intact in the recesses of your heart. But try as you might, you cannot…will not abandon it halfway or stash it away, unforgotten and unread. No!  *** August,-- Auggie as he's fondly called by his family, is a fifth grade middle schooler struggling to find his place in a new prep school after being homeschooled in his initial years for the way he looks, attributed to a gene mutation. Going through umpteen correction surgeries from babyhood to present day, Auggie still doesn't fit the aesthetic norms set by society. Although the kid is intell...

  If you've ever loved an animal more than your self, then, this book is for you! This story about a cat disposes all the infamous myths about them being insensitive, beyond control and incapable of loving their owners. They reach into the deepest recesses of your heart you never knew existed and make a place there for all of eternity. Nana, is a street cat who always naps atop  Satoru's silver van below his apartment and is adopted by him  when, on an unfortunate day he is run over by a vehicle.  Two months in Satoru’s tender loving care and healing from a broken bone in his leg, Nana finds his forever home with Satoru as he has a strong resemblance to Hachi, a cat Satoru had during his childhood. The story told from the perspective of Satoru paints his own detailed traumatic and heart rending backstory. And also from the perspective of Nana, quite a sassy feline who brightens this tale with his shenanigans, bravado, mischief and haughty personality. At heart, he's ...

BOOK 2 OF 2023 THE GIVER BY LOIS LOWRY GENRE: DYSTOPIAN/SCI-FI  The Giver by Lois Lowry is the first instalment in this quartet. The story begins in an unassuming manner with enough hints at a dystopian genre. As the story proceeds you wish ( I wished…) that were were trigger warnings given on various levels. Coming back to that in a while, there is an unreal world out there. They call themselves a community where— People live by the rules and follow them no matter what. People don't ask questions as it's considered rude. Food is delivered at each doorstep and the boxes collected after meals. Children go to school , go to mandatory volunteer duties after school and adults go to work.   Utopian much? Not really! The twists and turns comes in waves. Peeling off each layer unravels the dark setup behind the scenes.  Following a concept of 'Sameness', it's revealed that the population is genetically engineered. It's a black and white world where people are deprived ...

REVIEWING:  THE SORCERY OF THE SENSES AUTHOR: TANIMA DAS MITRA GENRE: FANTASY/THRILLER Spanning multiple timelines, civilizations and eras, the Sorcery Of The Senses takes you on a surreal journey right from the prologue. This saga explores significant past lives of our protagonist Dhruv who embarks upon a quest to find a fabled, mysterious stone with the help of 'The Senses'. The five senses are personified and they,  as Dhristi and Sparsha give Dhruv glimpses of his incarnations where he has the possession of the stone, but loses it everytime due to situations which are not in his control. Sometimes, destiny was at play and sometimes human greed and envy. This in turn gives us the sub-plots and chapters of Ghriz and M0ng where the story unravels further. Cleverly crafted right down from the  names of the characters, towns and locales in each of the distinct episodes, the author has even devised an entire new fictional language for them which is apt for the scenarios....