I found myself giggling at the way January and Gus roast each other even during their most intimate moments alone. But, the most intense part of Beach Read lies towards the end of this book: a precious gift which January’s father leaves behind, changing her life forever.
‘You Had Me At Hola’ Had Me At Hola: Book Review
First thoughts and Meet-cute: It was such a pleasure reading this one. Ashton and Jasmine’s meet-cute reminded of the one between Dimple and Rishi in the Netflix show ‘Mismatched’ The name ‘You Had Me At Hola‘ might suggest that ‘Hello’ is replaced with ‘Hola’ just to make it sound fancy, but no! The Spanish references …
If I Never Met You: Book 10 of 2021
Isn’t it absolutely cruel to have exhausted nearly every Hindi/English rom-com out there and sit around waiting for an OTT platform to give us enough mush to release some oxytocin? Thankfully, romance fiction has come to a sweet rescue and how! ‘If I Never Met You’ by Mhairi McFarlane is like a soap opera which …
Being single in Bangalore means being in a relationship with Mobile Apps
However much we curse our honourable Prime Minister for demonetization, his Digital India initiative has surely made the lives of single people a little less lonely with an endless stream of mobile apps, which came flowing in our lives at a time when we didn’t need any of them.
The Blissful Beauty of Badrinath
Continued from ‘Jab We Visited Kedarnath’ Day 3Badrinath We straightaway took off for our next halt – Auli. Thankfully it was a long journey because I slept for most of it and woke up when the loo had turned into a pleasant breeze. I rolled down the window and felt my fatigue of hours of …
Strangers of the Night
Dressed in a plain white patiala and a long printed white tee, Geet is finally about to sleep when a crass noise startles her. She bends to look at the direction where the noise is coming from. The TC is screaming at a hippie looking man, dressed in baggy red and black checkered pants, denim …
Jab We Visited Kedarnath
We started walking towards the temple and it began to snow. People were running around trying to hold on to their umbrellas and pittus were taking the pilgrims downhill by covering the seats with huge plastic covers. We stood under an overcrowded shelter shivering to the core, watching the snowflakes passionately greeting the valley and waited for our chai and Parle-G.
The Subtle Art of Knowing When Not To Give A Fuck
Before starting a book like this, one thinks that it will change your life. Or, it will bring some kind of comfort or validation. This book does both and nothing at the same time. First of all, most of the times, watching a movie, series or reading a book is about the state of mind …
The Unmissable Hole In The Wall
This Hole in the Wall in Bangalore is definitely unmissable for lazy foodies like me. Despite living in Bangalore for several months now, I visited The Hole in the Wall in Kormangala for the first time last week and was surprised to see a long queue, waiting in the sun at 3 p.m. on a …
Finding Peace in basics – A weekend visit to Gokarna
Why do we click pictures and save them? What does looking at old pictures do to us? Looking at an old picture does nothing but take us back to that very moment when that picture was captured. It enables us to relive that moment which is now clouded with hundreds of other moments, emotions, complaints, …