# Bookreview : My Daddy and the Well by Jerry Pinto

A gloomy day can brighten up just by the innocence of a children’s book. In these difficult times I have been finding joy and comfort in such reads. My Daddy and the Well by Jerry Pinto (@mahimkajerry). This is a wonderful adventure of a father and son and their visit to Goa. The son visits Goa and revisits his father’s childhood while the father reminiscences them and their search for Moira bananas in his father’s hometown. The illustrations are extremely vibrant and livens you up.  Would definitely recommend to all who love children’s books. I will give it a 4 …

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#Bookreview : Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

This book is a tale of friendship, love, food, plights of leprosy patients and an ode to the gift of life. Sentaro was a convict who worked in a Doriyaki restaurant. After his boss passed away, his wife became the owner of the shop. The wife didn’t take much interest in the shop due to her ailing health. The sales were not high and Sentaro ran it to suffice for his needs. One day he saw an old lady,Tokue across the street admiring the cherry blossom and smiling at him. Later the lady approached him and requested for an employment to …

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#bookreveiw: A Patchwork Family by Mukta Sathe

Have you ever felt ‘meh’ after reading a book? I was left with this feeling after finishing Mukta Sathe’s debut novel, A Patchwork Family. I was looking for a short read and the title of the book intrigued me. The story started with the narrator, Ajoba( grandfather in Marathi) and his relation with his best friend. It then spins in to how a bond of friendship, love and trust develops with his best friend’s grand daughter Janaki. While the narrator talks about this beautiful bond, he sites certain misdoings of the society and the system may be to create more …

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SPOOKY READ FOR HALLOWEEN #Book Review : SHEETS by Brenna Thummler

I have been fascinated about Halloween ever since my best friend Rina started sending me pictures of her Halloween decor from the U.S. Though the celebration was foreign to me as traditionally we celebrate Diwali and Kali puja, I was fascinated by the spooky lamps carved out of pumpkins and the celebration of darkness with so much fun and frolic. This is the beautiful time of the year when fall sets in. We book lovers look for recommendations to travel in to world of fantasies, darkness, ghosts and ghouls and yearn to delve into the world of mysticism. While I …

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5 Reasons for book lovers to participate in Readathons

“ The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss Books have always been my indispensable friend, loyal companions, warm comforters and a true saviour. I can never imagine a life without books. People say reading is a habit which you inculcate over time. However, people like us who wander the universe through the stories consider books as the elixir of their lives. Loving books and reading them voraciously are two different things and The Reading Rush Readathon taught me that which was held between …

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