Tales of Wizardencil

Book Review No. 20-
Book Name - Tales of wizardencil
Author - Sreeparna Sen
Publication- Swipe Pages
Pages - 103

Blurb:

Stories are portable magic, they say. Such magical words about the beautiful world around us has been collected and complied from the nib of wizardencil. Tales of Wizardencil is such a assortment of different kind of microfiction, flash fiction and short stories. A read for all age groups.

My Reading-

The Book is divided into 3 segments.
1) Ten Tiny Droplets-
This segment consists of Miny Tales. It consist of 10 Mini Tales.
My Personal Favourite were -
A) The Return
B) A Walk to Remember
C) The Lost History.

2) Fictions in a Flash-
It also consists of 10 fictions.
My Personal Favourite were -
A) A Date over Coffee
B) Truth or Dare.
C) Thankless Job.

3) Collection of Short Stories-
My Personal Favourite were -
A) Love, Heartbreak and Life.
B) The Soul Survivor.
C) The Space Soccer

As a Debutant, she has given her heart out and has done a commendable job. This Book is a read for all age groups.
Some stories were really good that i could even visvualise scenes in front of my eyes.

Ratings-
Book - 4/5
Book Cover- 4/5

#The book is easily available on Amazon, Swipe Pages.

Know Your Author-

Sreeparna Sen is a Banker by profession and Computer Engineer by education. Writing is her passion. Apart from that, she is a voracious reader. When she is not dealing with the loan documents, you can mostly find her nose in a book or facebook. She frequently writes in her blog Wizardencil by Sreeparna Sen in Wordpress and also manages a facebook page with the same name, where you can find stories written both in English and Bengali.
Currently living in the "City of Joy" Kolkata, she aspires to bond with people through her stories.

Ballad Of A Belle

Book Review No. 19 -
Book Name - Ballad of a Belle
Author- Rahul Tushar
Publication House - Adhyyan Books
Pages - 294
Main Characters - Aarti, Dilip, Arun, Sanjive, Priya

First of all I would Like to thanks Rahul Tushar for giving me the book to review.

Blurb -
Smitten completely, love was all that Aarti desired as she stepped out of Panditpora, Sapore, a small town in Kashmir, with dreams of a glorious tomorrow in her eyes. She was ready to merge with varied colors that life had painted for her, surreal most of the time. With sprinkles of love and care from priya, her leading light, the game changing journeys across various cities of the world strengthened her resolve to fight back every time fate besmirched her. Although, Priya helped Aarti Wriggle out of decaying associations that had become possessive, self-centered and oppressive, could she teach Aarti all about life in a world full of envy, jealousy, greed and treachery?

"For those viewers who have just joined us, we are tracking the unfortunate incident of the alleged drug overdose of Ms. Aarti Mehra ,wife of the CMD of Beyond Horizon Group, Arun Mehra. Aarti was found unconscious in her bedroom of their mansion, Elysium, at 10 Tansen Road, New Delhi, today at 9 PM by chief Housekeeping Matron, Dorothy Raju. Unfortunately Few Hours before the incident , Mr. Arun Mehra had left for Newark, USA on an important business trip. He has been informed about the mishapback home throught the ATC network at Istanbul. The Lufthansa Airlines flight, on which the oil moghul was travelling, has made an unscheduled landing at Istanbul from where a chartered plane will fly him back to delhi.
Aarti was rushed to Maxwell Hospital in Saket after Mr. Dorothy Raju found her in a critical state. Our special correspondent, Mark D'Costa, at Maxwell Hospital, has reported that at the time when aarti was brought to the hospital, her body had turned blue and she was profusely frothing in the mouth. The Preliminary investigations as per the medical bulletin released by Maxwell Hospital have indicated the probable cause of Aarti's condition as an overdose of Nefazodone, a serotonin antagonist drug she had been taking for the last six months for dysthymia which is characterised by a persistent depressive mood. Ms. Aarti Mehra, as per the latest medical update, has slid into a coma and is now in a rather critical condition.
In a seemingly associated incident, an unidentified man in his mid-thirties was shot dead in his car by two motorcycle borne assailants barely a kilometer from 10 Tansen Marg. Earlier in the afternoon, the white Hyundai Elantra driven by the deceased was seen parked for a while near Elysium. However, the security staff at Elysium denies having seen this car parked anywhere close to the high security mansion of the Mehra's. Interestingly, the Commissioner of Police has shown remarkable urgency to dub the motive of this sensational murder as personal vendetta before conclusively establishing the identity of the victim.
Is there a link betwwen the 2 shocking incidents ? Is police trying to shove the unprecedented sequence of events around Elysium under the carpet?

My Take:
I was hooked by the "Prelude" so much that i read it twice and what if I tell you that I was Just reading an masterpiece by a debutant author.
The Story opens with Aarti who hails from the city of scenic beauty - Kashmir (sapore). It was in her graduation days when she felt in love with a boy named Sanjive. How she experiences the love and the cruel side of sanjive is the journey. Journey from marriage to Divorced within a year.
The Second Phase where she goes to Singapore and Australia, meeting different people, culture and heart wrenching events which turns Aarti's life upside down.

This book can be termed as Thriller, Suspense Novel.
Many Emotions has been depicted like Love, Struggle, Betrayal, Hostile, Astrology, Psychology, International culture, Pain, Drugs etc.
# Author has also put few 'Alarming Topics' in the sequence, such as Kashmir Militancy In 90's , Status of Women, Drug Overdose, Teenage Love, Running away from home etc.
# Writing is simple and easy to understand. Even a first timer would easily understand the story. The story is meant for all age groups.
# I Could even visualise scenes running in front of my eyes, like a movie going on.
# Rahul has actually written a Screenplay rather than a novel, and i strongly believe filmmaker like Kabir Khan, Ali Abbas Zafar should read his book.

My Rating for the Book is 4.8/5
The BooK Cover is amazing, the quality is superb - 5/5
Plot and Narration- 4.5/5
Characterisation - 4.5/5

Know Your Author-

Born to a family of broadcasters, Rahul secretly desired growing up in the corridors of National School of Drama at Mandi House. However, with Chakras in his feet and Marshis ruling planet, destiny had already charted a different course of life for him. Travelling across the entire length and breadth of the country, he was destined to fall in love with the concept of india. His wanderings turned him into a die heart patriot and a moderate nationalist.He scribbled whatever touched his heart, till one day when he decided he must write. Since then, he has been in overdrive. Besides 'Ballad of a Belle' his debut novel, Rahul is simultaneously working on his second book of fiction "The Sinful Oracle".
Life in this maddening city drives him to the wilderness of the mountains every now and then. Till the time he adopts some hill top as his abode, he continues to reside in Delhi with his loving life.