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Annie May's Black Book - Debby Holt

Wacky and funny till the first quarter, rest of the book falls to the category of a romance-drama. Annie May keeps a black book in which she writes down the offence people has done to her. Then the man who jilts her 17 years before, re-enters in her life and she suffers, so are her black book entries, so are the readers. 

Light read for those who are looking for humor, romance n drama.❤️

monkey-man : Usha K.R.

Banglore. Then. The first trip becomes the sabbatical with my parents n siblings. The exciting, long train journey with Appa's colleague n family who brings conguntivitis along with them and shares with us. We walk along the streets of Banglore wearing sunclasses to cover our infected eyes. We even enjoy the eye drops n their sour taste. The stay at hotel, Lal Bagh and Dharmaram.. Next visit being the so called study tour with classmates. It's the usual Banglore-Oootty trip in search of exotic plants for herbarium. Later,The Honeymoon trip. Lal Bagh, Dharmaram n food joints. Bengaluru. Family tour with in-laws. Cousin-in-laws, Lal Bagh, Dharmaram and zoo. Now. I rest my case with Warba Lady, the true Kannadiga. Fingers crossed.

The book is about Banglore n explores human nature in great extent. Fantastic observations. It's like a multicoloured patchwork quilt interwoven with the lives of a couple of interesting people. Nothing much to do with 'monkey-man'. I like the book though the novelist winds up the story in a weak note.

me the ignorant, illiterate, inane Indian

Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi bag this year's Nobel Prize for Peace.  Great achievement.  Congratulations.  I know Malala but Satyarthi?   He is a new discovery for me.  What a shame! What a disfrace ! Everyone talks about  Satyarthi. Favebook, Whatsapp. Everywhere.  I wish I've some dynamite to kill myself. Finally I decide to share my bitter feelings over Satyarthi's Nobel Prize winning.  Here comes Annamma with her pearls of wisdom. She says it's ok not to know all the important people. Do they know you? No. So, it's not a crime not knowing of them. Nothing to be ashamed of. Thank you, Annamma, you saved my life.

Annamma is my benchmate of 2 years. The tiny classroom with 12 students. On the first day I sit with her in the first bench and shifts to the last bench and remains there till the end. We talk not much. No explanations, no judgements.  A girl of few words.  So strange that we are friends.  Caramel chocolates, her flat, books, hindi songs and lunch break at the sea side. The long walks in the evening.  How I miss those moments!

Annamma rocks...

allrighty!

Welcome home. Now is the right time to visit. The flat is immaculately clean. Believe me. Id holidays start today. And guess what? Including the weekend, it's 9 days this time. And... my bro n family are coming down from Qatar today. Finally.

Happy Id, friends. Enjoy!

Freud's Sister - Goce Smilevski

• Goce Smilevski pens down the novel in 2011 and Christina E. Kramer translates it from Macedonian to English. Smilevski snatches Europen Union Prize for Literature for the same. The translation is too good to be true. Good job!
• The novel sheds light to the story of Adolfina Freud, one of the four sisters of Sigmund Freud. The story starts n ends in concentration camp, but rest part is set in Vienna. Grateful for that.
• Throughout the novel, the main character accuses her brother of negligence n abandonment towards his four sisters. She helds his brother responsible for their unfortunate death. But a google search on Sigmund Freud fails to reveal any such foul play.
• Why Adolfina? Why this pathetic,depressing tale?