Amruta's Writing Block!

Trying to find a balance between my need to communicate, to be in control, and to get over my writer's block – all to fulfill my dream of being the new kid (or old lady) on the "writing block"… Yeah, yeah, I do sarcastic comedy on the side! :D

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  • 2022 – A year in books

    2022 – A year in books

    So, another eventful year comes to an end, and it’s time for my review of the books I read this year! Thanks to Goodreads, I can properly keep track of them, so here’s a little infographic detailing the 50 books I read this year and stars I gave them: Yeah I read two whole technical Read more

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  • 2021 – A year in books

    2021 – A year in books

    It is said that the world belongs to those who read, and 2021 (and 2020) made that literally true, and how!  Confined to our homes and immediate localities for the most part, reading is what opened the doors to far away lands for me these 2 years. I know, it always does, but it was Read more

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  • Book Review: The Maid

    Author: Nita Prose  Date of Publication: Expected on January 4, 2022 Genre: Mystery, Crime Legacy: This is the author and long-time editor’s first novel How I heard about this book: Got an advance review copy of the e-book from Netgalley.com. I chose it because the plotline sounded interesting to me. Appropriate Audience: Teen/ Adult Rating: 3.5 Read more

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  • Fairy Tales of Fearless Girls (and why my daughter is not a princess!)

    Came across this wonderful book by Susannah McFarlane, while browsing (online) my local library’s bookshelves. It is a modern take on fairy tales, and I was blown away by it. What if Rapunzel wasn’t a poor, helpless princess with her beautiful long hair as her only redeeming factor? What did she do all day in Read more

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  • Book Review: American as paneer pie

    Author: Supriya Kelkar Date of Publication: 9 June 2020Genre: Young adult fiction, comedy-drama, coming-of-ageLegacy:  The author is an India-American brought up in the mid-west, and has written many brilliant children’s books Intended Age Group: Any, but particularly tweens and teenagers This one was touted by many book lists, so I immediately reserved it at my local Read more

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  • A Nobel project

    “Where the mind is without fear, where the head is held high, Where knowledge is free; Where the world has not been broken into fragments by narrow domestic walls…” This amazingly beautiful classic poem from Rabindranath Tagore’s Geetanjali was floating in my head while I was day-dreaming at work today. Everyone who knows me well Read more

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  • Book review: Born a Crime (Stories From a South African Childhood)

    Author: Trevor Noah Date of Publication: 15 November 2016 Genre: Autobiography, Social commentary Legacy:  This is the first book by the author who is a renowned comedian and TV host Intended Age Group: Any “We tell people to follow their dreams, but you can only dream of what you can imagine, and, depending on where Read more

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  • Twilight Saga: Books Review

    My oh my!!! For the first time in 10 years of computer literacy, I read an e-book completely! And after a long long time, I sat up the whole night to read a book!! Plus, both the above statements are true, not just for 1 book called Twilight, but for all the books in the Read more

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  • Book Review: “2 states – The story of my marriage” (No Spoilers)

    Just read the latest one by Chetan Bhagat! And by his own standards, its a very nice book! Fairly gripping (I finished it in non-stop 5 hours), humorous, and easy-flowing, this book describes the life and times of a couple divided by a wide North-South chasm. On the flipside, the book is written in a Read more

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  • Read “Kane and Abel”!!!!

    Yup guys… this is such an AMMMAZZZING novel, that you shouldn’t miss reading it, not even in lieu of a live book reading of a new Jeffrey Archer novel!!! Read more

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  • Wise and otherwise!

    I just started reading the book ‘Wise and Otherwise’ by one of my favourite authors, Sudha Moorthy, and although I have just been able to feast on 3 of the stories, I have almost fallen in love with the book! Ms. Moorthy’s stories are always simply written and yet heart-wrenching; and this book adds further Read more

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  • If….

    Just came across this classic poem by Rudyard Kipling…and thought it would be nice to share with all my readers…..Enjoy folks! 🙂  ===============================================================  IF…………. If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for Read more

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  • A Summons to Die Hard is not a Piece Of Cake!

    Confused by the title people?? Actually its just my laziness to write 3 seperate reviews for the 3 pieces of work i read/watched of late…. So lets not beat around the bush and get straight to the point! 😉 John Grisham’s Summons is an ok-ok story abt Ray Atlee, a law professor having a celebrity Read more

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  • Lyrics that have touched my heart……………

    When you are listening to a song, what is more important to you? The music or the lyrics? Well I have always been partial towards music.. I ‘ve always been more attentive to words only when recited without music, you know, poetry and stuff… But our very own Hindi songs too(without which our bollywood movies Read more

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  • Anything for you Ma’am!!

    Book Review : Anything For you Ma’am — An IITan’s Love Story Author: Tushar Raheja Rating: 3/5– Definitely Readable How many of you think that IIT students are nerds?? OK may be nerd is too harsh a term, how many of you think that they are devoted-to-studies, intelligent, sincere, and shy?? How many of you Read more

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