That Coffee Girl

The dictionary defines gossiping as " conversation or ​reports about other people's ​private​ lives that might be ​unkind, ​disapproving, or not ​true." For me and most of the population, gossiping is a medium to vent. My friend recently captioned one of our pictures as "When you don't have anything nice to say about anyone, come sit next to us." True indeed. I meet up with my girls and we vent about our studies, troubles, boys, relationships and life in general. A huge part of our lives are made of people and there is no better feeling than to find that you and your friend have a mutual hatred for someone. Hence, starts a long, deep and unsettlingly satisfying bitching session. The best part is your feelings are out without any major standoff. Whenever I gossip, I tend to ensure that the person I am talking about doesn't get to hear it. In a derogatory sense this is known as back-bitching or back-stabbing and I don't agree with it. It isn...

ABYSS Lump in the throat making it hard to swallow Unshed tears that threaten to fall Hiding in fear of the sorrow inside She masks it all with a smile. With every breath she takes, she hurts With every step she walks, she stumbles She struggles to keep it all inside Treacherous trembling lips mar that smile. She fought like a warrior, till she won Battered and bruised, she went on Relentless, she broke the glass walls The shards pierced her soul. At one glance, she appears calm Look carefully, she is a raging storm. Her eyes are pale, perhaps dead like the sea before a hurricane. She once believed in the myth -  Happiness comes to those who wait. Her struggle was nothing but futile A price she paid with her smile. She is broken down, on her knees Giving up with her tear - stained face Drowning in misery, she begs for aid Styx comes to carry her away.                   ...

It has truly been a long time this time. Too busy? Nah, it is just an excuse for lagging behind. So since the last time I have read quite a few books, mostly self-help, not a genre I prefer, my calling is still fiction but I need some fixing up. Self-help books are supposed to make me help myself, weird. But it works. Everyone says that and you don't want to believe them but what if the things written in these books were actually true? The latest one I am reading is "Who will Cry when you die?"  - Robin Sharma. It is nice, pretty simple but there are a few things that I staunchly disagree with. 1. He says not to read in bed. IMPOSSIBLE. Not happening, never. I need a book before I can sleep. 2. Getting up at 6. Like seriously? Yeah, yeah it is a good thing and you do get a lot done, I have experienced and you are happier throughout the day but bargain between an extra hour of sleep and happiness...how about I get up at 7? That's early too, right? I read the secre...

My only problem with the book is... WHY didn't I read it before! This is one incredible book that literally makes you laugh out loud. It shows a very relatable and realistic image of an Indian household, though having five sisters, alphabetically named, isn't all that common. It is set in a contemporary age which still applies to the Indian society. The hyper, socially conscious mother, with the laid back father, their bickering, tension regarding the marriage of five daughters, arguments related to property, claiming their hissa or part, younger sisters living in the shadow of their elder nemesis. The lives of the sisters and their characters are as different as their names. The eldest and prettiest married rich but is dissatisfied being unable to conceive, second one wasn't that lucky in the money department but has twins and sued her own father for her hissa, third ran away a day before her marriage and has been disowned by the family, fourth is her father's fav...

Today marks a very important day in my life. Today I make it official. I have tried many times in the past and failed. I don't want to anymore. I want to start it and go through with it. I write on my blog, I am an avid reader. I love books. I live for books. A musician makes music, a painter paints life and a writer writes it to existence. He creates life and stories, he creates dreams, evokes thoughts, he is truly marvelous. I wish to be him. So today, I pledge to become him. My only wish remains that I am good enough and I go through with it. It has always been my dream. I planned on letting life push me around and then take it up as a retirement plan, but how far do you run from yourself? How long? What if this is what I was meant for? My calling? I want to make it public, more for myself, so I finish what I started. People knowing it would just ensure that I don't stop. It would get embarrassing. Time to get this public and society fear to good use. Anyways... I re-r...

What constitutes a "bad day." It starts from the very morning as soon as you get up. You are woken by the heat since the cooler isn't working. You hit your small toe on the side of the bed and it hurts like hell. From that moment on you know that this day is doomed, nothing good can come from it. You should probably  head back to bed right this instant. Days like today are why I want to become a hermit and live in the Himalayas. Now the most important thing in the morning for some people may be bathing or brushing or dressing up or whatever, but for people like me, we live for one thing only - breakfast. So imagine my disappointment when I find the hostel breakfast to be sad (there really is no other word for it), go to the lifesaver - fridge, to find that I am out of bread. Hence a trip to the grocery store now becomes imperative. Scorching heat with an empty tummy, I went on. Barely did I know this was just the beginning. I had to appear for an online test at 10 AM. ...

Yes, I watch movies too. The first part was definitely better. It was pretty great actually. This one though ... One word - Weird! Too many bizarre things happening all at once. The characters were same as in the previous part but the storyline was too made-up. It felt as if the writers had no story so just included whatever felt crazy and fun and it really wasn't. Bad bad job. The unnatural German team, then the underground a capella party, the camping trip/ team building vacation just didn't sync! The realistic and simple appeal of the 1st movie was sadly missing along with the melodious tunes. This movie was a "dis-aca-pointment". The best part about the movie was obviously - Fat Amy, who has remained her oblivious, super-cool, chic self. I am in awe of her and I love her. Major girl crush going on here. Rebel, you are my hero. Watch the movie for her or don't. Your choice. It's bad! 😑 Anyways, till next time... Xoxo

Still on Emma! Damnit!

So it has been ages since my last review.. Yeah, yeah I'll stop with the dramatics now, it has been two-three weeks and it's not a big deal. Yet it is. See the problem is that's how long I have gone without reading a book and it doesn't sit well with me. I lose myself when I am not reading. "Fuel to my soul" kinda thing. It isn't like I haven't touched a book at all or anything, because who am I kidding, I can't survive like that. I am still stuck on Emma! It is so frustrating that I can't finish that book, I just can't. Done with half of it but can't bring myself to be done with it. It is true, language of that era was very twisted, like the words are all strung together and no one says what they mean. You have to read a line twice to get the underlying meaning. I mean I love, LOVE,  Pride and Prejudice  but now I feel it is solely for Mr. Darcy. He is the best male character written in history and my #1 Fictional Boyfriend. Yes, th...

Here I am, lying on my bed, contemplating my life. Or what my life is about to become. I lay lost in my thoughts, wondering what is to become of me. I wonder who I am and who I am going to be. Will I change or stay the same? That was deep, right? Yeah, that happens to me sometimes. I get introspective. But on a serious note, my life is about to get very buzy. I am starting my internship this Monday, 9-6, yeah nine hours. I am a little freaked out. I have never worked before you see. Now I have to manage an internship along with my coaching classes for competitive exams, study for the said exams, so here I am planning out the next few months of my life. What all will I do? How will I manage it? Atlast, can I make it? I believe I can. It is hard, but it isn't impossible. It's not like it hasn't been done before. So many before me have done it, then why should I be any different? Why should I have it easy? I don't get to crib about this. I chose it, and now I get to li...

The stakes are as high as her stilettos. I read this author yesterday for the first time and I am already in love with her. She is quirky, witty and intelligent. One of the few authors who has some imagination left. Her stories are not old-school, boring types. They match our current outlook and mindset. This is a story of Jaya and Alec. They have a few disagreements, keep a few secrets, fight a little, normal stuff. What is different is the heroine. She is a modern woman, not a damsel -in - distress. She is in distress, but she doesn't need anyone to save her. She has a plan and she is going to make it big. She works hard, is career oriented and even when her own family kicks her out, she fights to get back on her feet. She doubts herself and is nervous but that is normal. I couldn't help falling in love with her. She is an inspiration. She is a strong woman and they too are allowed days of self wallowing with a tub of cookies&cream. The thing with relationships is not ...

This book is simply amazing. It is funny, quirky, sweet and makes you literally laugh-out-loud! Sam and Lou, she stood up her fiance at the altar and is running away, he owns an adventure/thrill seeking business and away they go. She is running away from an overbearing father and he is chasing his dreams, or so he thought. Together with their sizzling chemistry, they can't help falling in love. But like all headstrong people feeling something and assuming something, both go their separate ways after the adventure of their lives. Will they end up together? You will have to read to find out. I rate this book a 8/10, only because it really made me laugh. It was unexpected and a little crazy but I felt like going on an adventure. Moreover I just love the cover of the book. They say "don't judge a book by its cover" but how could you not? You see everything at its face value. I admit that there are fantastic works inside dull covers, but you can't undermine the value...

Foodie. Food. Foodgasm. I love food. I honest to god love it! Sometimes I dream about food. Okay, I am always dreaming about food. I just close my eyes and try to taste what I want to eat, and voila! I have my answer. Now don't take my love for food as a love for cooking. I can't cook to save my life. As a person who burns her toast while standing right in front of it, I know what I am talking about. I don't have a culinary bone in my body. But that's okay, takeouts are a lifesaver and so is peanut butter. Back to my love for food. I don't understand people who don't like to eat. Dieting and all, on grass and raw veggies, like how do they survive. My favourite passtime is eating. And these so-called healthy people on raw diets shooting glares at my not-so-fit figure for indulging. Atleast it's not drugs. Just food, chill. I sometimes have nightmares that I may not be able to sample some of the best dishes ever made. Man vs Food is like my favourite show an...

Snow Sisters : Love in Bloom Series  Book #1 Danica and Blake. Danica is a therapist which parents issues and sister - jealousy issues and Blake is a player with many issues. They meet at a cafe where Blake elbows her, giving her a nose bleed and then has the audacity to check out another woman while she's bleeding. That pisses of Danica more than anything, but also highlights her body and self image issues. Now Blake being the handsome hunk has never been on the receiving end of an evil eye before now. Danica intrigues him like no other. But Blake has his own issues, his best friend is dead and Blake has to support his crumbling family, while cleaning up his personal mess, changing his habits and getting his act together. He seeks the help of a therapist. You know the rest... I liked this one. Melissa Foster is great,no wonder she is a New York Times Best Selling Author. I like the story, its different without being unrealistic. They solve their issues in a natural and human wa...

I love this book. It's so nice. A story of Georgie and Nate who were childhood best friends and how they fall in love after being apart. Together since forever. Elementary school then middle and high school, they went through all the drama by each other's side, fighting their attraction for as long as they could and finally succumbing to it. They part ways before college, and twelve years hence fate works to bring them back together. I really like this book. I love the story, the way it has been written, the flow, the characters. It is no surprise that Lindy Dale is a best - selling author, she is that good. My only problem with the book is that it's a novella. It finished sooner than it should have. I wanted to go on reading. I rate it a 7/10 which let me tell you, is pretty awesome. Till then Keep reading Xoxo

There are people in this world who try to bring you down and you can't cut any or all ties with them. What do you do then? Right now I am going off topic because, just because. I have started treating my blog as my personal diary it seems. I don't know if anyone reads it, I don't know whether my voice is heard, that is not the point. The point is I am speaking. And that is enough for me. It has to be. Spending so much time worrying about what people might think kills me little by little from inside. I can't completely stop caring, some part of me will always care. It's human nature. I want to please everyone and want them to like me. But that's impossible . Someone will always hate me, or be jealous or try to bring me down. It is like sliding up a slope, go a little higher and slide back down. Realisation comes, sooner rather than later. My aim in life isn't to please anyone but me and that is what's going to keep me happy. Isn't that the greatest a...

Love in USA #1 : A Martha's Vineyard Love Story Belmont (Jack) and Daisy fall in love and then they have sex. Lots and lots of sex. The book was way too horny for me. There were a few cheesy lines here and there, which I love but other than that, nothing. And it is very cliché. Some girl tries to kiss Jack and that's the exact moment Daisy enters who is already pissed at him and this gives her the perfect excuse to dump his sorry ass and run away without giving him a chance to explain. See, this is what I call lousy writing. You can't think of any new drama, then use the traditional boring scenarios that we very well know. Minus points for that. But honestly after past 2-3 encounters with absolutely disgusting reads, I was pretty happy with this one. But that was just my tortured soul reaching out. When I thought about it clearly, it really wasn't all that good . What I liked was knowing about Martha's Vineyard, the description of the surroundings and the facts ab...

Exams. The more I say, the less it seems. As to why I am writing this? Obviously because my exams are on my head. Am I prepared? I am a student living in the 21st century with a smartphone, a laptop, Netflix, torrent, whatsapp, facebook and not to forget Game of Thrones latest episodes releasing week after week. How am I supposed to take out time for studying when my days are so full? I have absolutely no time for academics. Don't want to whine or anything but it's even harder for me since I am also a reader. Along with the per-minute distractions of my phone and weekly fiasco of GOT, vampire diaries, and the emotional drama with Derek aka McDreamy dying in Grey's Anatomy, I have to keep up with my reading, because letting go of books is just not in my dna. Now that I have mentioned it, Derek is dying or dead, next episode  is his funeral and I can't digest it. It hurts like a bitch. How can he die? So unfair. The grief is beyond measure. Yes, I fall in love with fictio...

Do not read. This is the first thing that comes to my mind when I write about this book. It was a torture and I pretty much skipped most parts of it. The writing style is so bad that I wonder whether the author has ever read any book and did she even show this to an editor? If she did, then fire that editor right away. The characters are weird. I honestly have no other words for them. Storyline couldn't be more absurd. But the worst of all is the writing style. Kimball Lee, I am afraid hasn't mastered the art of writing. She isn't even an amateur. That's how bad it is. The dialogues in the book go on and on, I mean come on, no one speaks that much. The characters are so straight forward they say everything. EVERYTHING. I couldn't have chosen a worse book to read. I would give this a 2/10 rating. Which in case you didn't know, means poor. Usually I am quite happy if I get to download a book for free on Kindle but in this case- why god, why did I download it? ...

Montana Brides Book 1 I was pretty excited to read this book, countryside with hot cowboys, you can't wish for a better setting, though I am 100% a city girl, there is something about country romance that makes it so raw and exotic. So here, Gracie comes from New Zealand in search of her father and ends up falling in love with the hot-as-hell cowboy Trent she's bunking with. And the story goes on and on until they finally end up together. I would rate this book a 4/10. There is so much happening and so many elements that it takes away the focus from the actual love story. And we all know that the best love stories are the simple ones. Moreover there is hardly any romance, like next to none and cowboys are the epitome of wooing. There is a ball, a dance, a trip to Vegas and nothing connects. Yes, you know as well as I do how it's going to end, but it just doesn't make any sense. I was hoping for a whirlwind romance and instead all I got was disappointment. -_- I wou...

Titled Texans Book 1 In this book the British nobility comes to the States. Or more likely a prim and proper lady crosses continents to marry her fiance, who doesn't wish to be tied down. The man is reveling in his freedom in Texas, away from his family, demands of his father and his duties. He feels that Cecily (his fiance) is another one of his father's tricks to force him back in England, one he isn't going to fall for. But we all know he is going to fall in love. And when duty calls, like all honourable men, he will do as required. I won't disclose the whole story here, but what I will tell you is that this book is okayish. If you are a fan of historical romance and you pick up this book hoping for balls and luncheons and a whirlwind romance, then you are mistaken. Even the storyline isn't innovative or exciting. In the starting you feel that something new or interesting might happen, but it is not so. The problem isn't so much in the setting as it is in t...

Wiz Khalifa has outdone himself with this song. It literally gives me chills whenever I listen to it. And tears too. "It's been a long day without you my friend. And I'll tell you all about it when I see you again. We've come a long way from where we began, I'll tell you all about it when I see you again." As soon as the song starts I see an image of Paul Walker in my head looking sideways with his hands on the stearing wheel. He will be sorely missed. Fast and Furious is just not the same without him. I still can't believe he's gone. More often than not we take life for granted and I think I speak for a lot of people when I say this - we didn't know him, but we all mourned him. We only know his name, we have seen his movies and that's all, but still we cared. You can't judge a person by his looks but we connected with Paul through his movies. We miss his smile and his startling blue eyes. Not all of us are his die-hard fans and probab...

A book by Stacey Joy Netzel. To describe it in one word - nice. It is a city girl in a country setting surprisingly one who is comfortable in it. There's a new hot ranger in town and sizzling chemistry between these two. But there's a threat of a poacher lurking around the corner. The girl has to return to the city at the end of summer and the ranger will move on  to a new town. How will they stay together and manage to confess the their love to each other? What will it take? And peeps that is the story. They have to fall in  love and they will end up together, we all know that. But how does it happen? That is what keeps us curious and go through all the books that we have read so far. I will give this one a 7/10 rating. Even though it's good, there is nothing new and nothing very exciting. PS. The book is available  for free on kindle. Do check it out. Till the next one. Xoxo

As the title says. I am a reader. I average  on mostly 1 book a day, sometimes even more. It's a hobby or you  can even call it an obsession. I need to read, I have to. When I have nothing else to do, guess what I do? Obviously read. It is like I crave stories, I crave an escape. I want to know, I want to feel, be something I never will. In reading I thrive. In books I live. These words are like food for my soul. And most importantly i read everything. Anything i can get my hands on. I love fiction- Jeffrey Archer being my favourite, John Grisham not too far behind and Suzanne Collins is always there. But recently I have been reading a lot of Romance and seems like I have fallen in love. With  the genre, not literally. So that being said, I feel it's  only fitting that I atleast review the books I have read and share my views with others. Happy reading everyone. Xoxo

If she is not herself Then I wonder who she is. If only she knew she was a wonder She would have never gone amiss. She stood in front of a mirror She didn't like what she saw. Makeup, diets, surgeries, pills Nothing could change the flaw. Every morning, it was a routine She transformed to someone she didn't know. Stripped bare of her mask at night, She became her biggest foe. She had smiling lips and sad eyes They were the windows to her soul. She ensured her mask never slipped, It was a show for the world. Her mask always in place, head held high Out into the world she went, To join the crowd of millions All playing pretend.

You know that moment when you see an awesome movie or finish reading an amazing book and you just don't know what to do with your life anymore. It's like you were so engrossed in something, maybe a tv show, and suddenly it's over and there's just a void in your life that you don't know how to fill. It genuinely hurts. Like you just broke up or something. Sort of like a wake up call, knock on the head, get back in the real world, movie's over. It is like you wake up and don't know what century you're in. That's how much you got sucked into  the fictional world. And people like me? I will gladly be stuck in the fictional world forever. Very obviously, I am a dreamer. And fiction is my sanctuary. It's better than the real world any day. Most of the time you can figure out what is gonna happen and when you can't, you have faith that it is going to be alright. All's well that ends well. That's all you need to know. Real life, not so happe...

It is something I question every single day! Actually the correct question would be - what is right in the world? Because nothing really is. Don't you feel like the second you step out of your room, you are surrounded by a bunch of blithering idiots. There is like this buzzing sound all around you, yes they do sound like bees, completely and utterly annoying. You think that maybe one day these idiots will realise that their useless jabber is exactly that, but no. With their head held high, and their tongues going a mile an hour, they are the most important people in town discussing matters of poverty and world peace. Yeah, right. Had their idiocy been limited only to them and those surrounding them, it would've been a little bearable. But, obviously not! These idiots take their stupidity to social platforms, shoving it in our faces thereby making it damn near impossible to ignore. And that minority still left with a few grey cells, don't bother. They don't correct the...

There are miles between where I am And where I want to be. The roads ahead are not easy. Enemies all around, Mostly inside of me, Oppressing, diverting, trying to stop me. Lost in the Labyrinth, I see The roads ahead are not easy. Questions are plenty, answers none. Self Doubt does't need summons. Surrounded by walls and deadly falls, Trembling, I look up and see The roads ahead are not easy. No end in sight Even the path is faint. Is the reward as good as they claim? On the verge of giving up, I see These roads were never meant to be easy.