Spykar & Scribido Magazine contest: 'That's The Way We Met' by Sudeep Nagarkar !!!

            Some Publications are too lucky to publish some ordinary books and get them as bestsellers. One of such lucky publishers is Srishti Publication. Last year, it got a chance to publish one more ordinary debutante- Sudeep Nagarkar. And who knew that Sudeep Nagarkar will turn into one more bestselling author in the Commercial fiction world of books. Out of some published book by Srishti Publishers that got an entry into HT-Nielson Bestseller List, Sudeep Nagarkar’s “Few Things Left Unsaid” is one of them. Since then, the amount of sales that this very book has done in our Indian market is commendable and interminable. Almost every youth who picks up the Light-read Fiction novels has picked “Few Things Left Unsaid”. Some reviewers called it “The story of Bollywood’s 1990s era”. :-)

          And before I say anything more in the introduction of this Author, you will yourself know the success story of his by knowing that his 2^nd book is coming out by one of the leading publishers of our country- Random House Publications. The book is already out for pre-ordering and you will find it in Bestselling section of many E-commerce websites that are engaged in selling of books. Right from the name of the book “That’s the way we met” and its tagline “Kya life hogi set?” to its Cover page, everything is creating buzz among readers. This book is set to create new records in its initial days itself and everyone is looking forward to it. And one more achievement is being added in the name of Sudeep Nagarkar,  he is soon to be announced the Brand Ambassador of India's Fastest Growing Literary Company- Author's Empire Literary Company. :-)

         And for the readers who are looking forward to some contests and gift hampers, there’s good news from the Author’s side. There’s a contest that is being started from today till 18^th June, 2012 with the association of Spykar Jeans and Scribido magazine and presented by Homeshop18.  


         Currently you need to register your details and contest starts on Monday. Answer 3 simple questions and get Author signed copy of our book along with gift vouchers from Spykar worth 5000rs. Enroll yourself now! Share it so that all your friends can enroll! Here is the link...Go to the link and fill basic details.
http://scribidomagazine.com/contest/ .I am sure that you’ll enjoy it. Go For It. And be part of this Success story. :-)

Coming Soon: "I wrote You name In The Sky And Yours And Yours Too" by Nikhil Chandwani !!!

            The book market currently consists of umpteenth number of romantic and love flicking books. You stand at a Book store and your eyes will start paining after seeing every title consisting the most demanded word- “Love”. People have started hating such novels after 3-4 years of over-dose. We are yet ready to read a romantic flick which has other elements of fun and disaster too. Hence, as soon as one sees that a book is promising to deliver some other funny elements too, one picks it up and goes to the counter to pay for it. 

              Recently, while browsing around the cover pages of some upcoming books, I saw a cover page which attracted me 10 times more than any other book by bestselling author. This debutante- Nikhil Chandwani is making it sure that he will capture everyone’s attention and get into the Bestseller list in the opening month itself. As everyone knows that Facebook is away from being Orkut just because of the Pages that are associated with those fun-loving picture updates of Trolls like Bitch Please, Get Lost Please etc, the cover page of this book has that one laughing picture of Troll. It is enough to make the youth like me and you pick the book to check out the humour part in it. The name of his book is too long but brings a smile on the faces of flirts like us- "I wrote You name In The Sky And Yours And Yours Too". Isn't it amazing? 

 

                As the Author is from VIT Velore, the college that every aspirants dream to enter, you can expect some real witty sentences and paragraphs that can really make you laugh out loud and scream “WOW”. As the synopsis of the book itself says that it is the American Pie of Indian book’s commercial market, you can expect some lust and raunchiness too. Let’s look forward for this book which almost promises to deliver every element that we look for in a book.

When a Lawyer Falls in Love by Amrita Suresh!!!

               Aaah!!! Finally I can smile as I got a book with lots of humor and laughter moments in it. I just completed reading Amrita Suresh's "When a Lawyer Falls in Love". The book is of 230 pages published by Offshoots Publisher. It was released in 2011. My procrastination that I landed onto it in mid-2012. :-) 

About the Author: 

Amrita Suresh decided she wanted to be a novelist, while she was still a bespectacled twelve-year-old. Writing fiction, Amrita believes, is almost as enjoyable as walking her oversized cross-breed dog. This considering, both activities involve a misplaced sense of adventure.

An English Literature post-graduate, Amrita went on to do her M Phil and then worked as a faculty member at IIIT, Hyderabad. She now lives in Hyderabad with her husband and is chewing on some ideas for her next novel.

Book's synopsis:

Ankur Palekar, a third year law student believes his life is quite sorted. Except that he does not want to become a lawyer, has a family history of lunacy and has actually fallen in love. Vyas, Ankur’s roommate and best friend, has no such problems—only a girlfriend who emerges from the graveyard of all the places and insists on visiting him in the boys’ hostel. Add to it, a Malayali friend whose car never starts and vocal chords never stop, a law festival that is not completely legal and an arranged marriage which is more deranged than Arranged.

My Take:

As declared in the synopsis, this book is not just about these two boys, but it includes their group of friends comprising of Ankur, Vyas, Souvik, Jaishree, Sonali and Pavan. There are also other characters like Caroline, Bhoomika and Rohit. 

Even when Amrita Suresh is a debutante, she has impressed me a lot with her writing. She has used great vocabulary throughout the book. Actually, more in 1st half(I think to create an impression of an intellectual writer) and less in 2nd half(as you get an image of her's as an intellect). :-) The best part about her is- The way she has crafted humour and laughter moments after every 2nd sentence. This is something for which this book stands tall(for me).

The first conversation of the friends on Vyas's birthday gives you a feeling of a very good College life and Friendship story. Love is what the book is themed upon but still, there is less romance and more fun. The book does not have a single moment where you feel bored. The Astrology speech is just excellent that Sonali gives to Caroline. Even when the author chose to make this book a portal of laughter and humour, she hasn't used any Non-veg jokes(as we call it casually :-)). 

The only boring part is when story takes a turn after a character's mother's serious health case. And, as the book's title has the word "Lawyer", you expect something to know about Law student's life which you don't get to read. More than Law, you get to know about Astrology and Palmistry. Even when Author has been successful in making us laugh, I still feel that she should have created a good plot too. As the plot of the book has nothing great in it. The only thing that kept me hooked to it was the laughter moments that it created after every 2nd sentence(as I have also said it above). 

And, I am too impressed with Offshoot Publishers as they have managed to give its customer a great book quality in just 100 rs(or 75 as I got it through Flipkart :-)). Srishti Publisher's should learn how to publish a book with great cover page, tough binding and white pages in just 100 rs. I will rate this book 3 for its humour and just .5 for its story i.e. 3.5/5.

Thanks.

ABHILASH RUHELA - VEERU