The Notions of Living: STORIES - Readers Review of this "Must Read" anthology!

The Notions of Living: STORIES

Readers Review of this "Must Read" anthology!

The Notions of Living: STORIES.

The Notions of Living: STORIES, definitely a book to be tagged as “A Must Read”, this is an Exceptional free flowing anthology in which the author Mr. Anu Lal; explores the many "notions of living". These 11 stories in the anthology come from some of the best writers in India including himself. Each writer has expressed the nuances of life, in every mood and experience in life.

I had always been in awe of this illustrious author and this Reader’s Review of his Book “The Notions of Living: Stories” is a huge privilege and honor, so to say fulfilling of my dream for which I thank him for. Looking forward to reading more of his amazing books and sharing my humble reviews.

The stories compiled include a simple descriptive narrative of her new home, a partly erotic and flirtatious thoughts of another who loves herself, a woman yearning for the return of her husband from work, or as simple as the old man who at first hates dogs and then is on the verge of falling in love with them, each of the stories takes you through the various stages in life, which we often would hold back from expressing or sharing. Each story connects with some part of our common man’s life, so they are even more endearing to our psyche.

I would definitely not like to delve deeper in describing more about the book for fear of taking away your interest for reading the book. It is important to note the purity and honesty with which the writers have expressed their own stories; and the manner in which Mr. Anu Lal has presented them to the reader in this anthology. I will leave it to you to experience for yourself after reading the book.

Having myself written and published, anthologies of exemplars of eminence, and their books that changed my life, this was going to be an interesting read to explore a different sub-categories of anthologies.

This is my second Readers Review after giving a re-start to my passion of Reviewing, following my first one being “Paranormal Experiences - Beyond the Realms of Reason - Readers Review of a Page-Turner.” Looking forward to many more readings and readers reviews from this author itself, which you yourselves will find out when you read his profile below. Also included will be many more to come, about some of the best authors I am reviewing.

At the outset, I hope I have done justice to this illustrious author Mr. Anu Lal Sir, in my reader’s review of his book, and look forward to your frank feedback, through your comments on the blog.

Minutiae about Anthologies:

Although the discerned reader or authors themselves are aware of it I would; for the benefit of the layman / peruser of new books and genres, intentionally like to share this oft asked query?

What is the genre anthology?

In very simple terms in book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs, or related fiction/non-fiction excerpts by different authors.

An anthology can also be a collection of literary pieces by various different authors. It can sometimes refer to the collected output of a single author (for instance, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare), but it generally refers to a compilation presenting many different writers.

I have always been an avid reader of such Genres of books, and this gave me one more insight into the sub-category of anthologies of short stories compiled by other distinguished authors.

Happy to say that my experience of reading this category of anthologies, was so fruitful and fulfilling. There have been many generic reviews, but this will be the first Readers Review of this distinguished Author Anu Lal as I am so eager and looking forward to read his other anthologies that he compiled include Better Than All Happy Ever Afters: An Anthology of Valentine's Day Wishes, and The Notions of Healing : STORIES. I am sure they will be super engrossing too.

About this Illustrious Author:

Check out his full Profile at: Mr. Anu Lal

Mr. Anu Lal as an Author: is an Indian English author of over twelve books across genres such as the novel, short fiction, novella, novelette, and nonfiction. An award-winning poet, his poems and short stories are also published internationally. He has been featured in Outlook, Malayalam Literary Survey by Kerala Sahitya Academy, TMYS Review September 2021, LOL- Love of Literature 2021, etc. He published his first book in 2012, titled Wall of Colors and Other Stories. His first published novel is titled The Mythology of Love, written under the pen name Marian Grace.

His nonfiction book titled Life after the Floods, published by Kalamos Literary Services in 2019 has garnered both popular and critical acclaim for writing on disaster management. His short story collections include “Prabuddha: The Clear-Sighted”, “You Should Know How I Feel”, and “Stories We Live”. The anthologies that he compiled include “Better than All Happy Ever Afters”, “The Notions of Living”, and “The Notions of Healing”. In 2018, he published the novella titled “As I Lay Waiting”, which deals with supernatural horror and childhood cruelty.

He wrote the novelette, “Seeking Saraswathi” in 2018, published by Juggernaut Books as an eBook, and in 2019 repeated his success with two other novelettes, “Save the Teacher” and “Save the Girl”, part of an ongoing series broadly titled “Southern Chronicles,” published by Kalamos in the form of Kindle eBooks.

Professional Profile of Mr. Anu Lal:

He has a Master’s degree in English literature from Kannur University. He is a UGC NET qualified educator with CTE from IGNOU and has ten years of teaching experience with UG and PG students. A Catholic by faith, he lives in Kannur, Kerala with his family.

Book and Publisher Details for this Book: The Notions of Living: STORIES:

Author: Mr. Anu Lal

Genre: Anthologies / Stories

My Rating: ✩✩✩✩✩ 

Content Rating: 18+

Binding: Kindle as well as Paperback Versions.

I am sharing details separately for Kindle and Paperback versions:

FOR KINDLE VERSION

Pages: 67 Pages

Date Published: 25 July 2020

Published by: BW BOOKS (25 July 2020)

Country of Origin: ‎ India

ASIN: ‎ B08DN2HPZ7

FOR PAPERBACK VERSION:

Pages: 106 Pages.

ISBN-10: ‎ 1645874710

ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1645874713

Published on: 31 August 2019

Publisher and Packer: ‎Notion Press; 1st edition (31 August 2019); Notion Press Media Pvt Ltd. No, 50, Chettiyar Agaram Main Road, Vanagaram. Chennai – 600095.

Thanks for reading my Reader Review!

I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope that I can turn you on to a great book or a fantastic author through my reviews and posts.  Feel free to contact me if you have any questions, thoughts, or improvements on how I can better make my blog or reviews work for all my readers. If you have any recommendations I’ll be sure to check them out. Do write to me through comments on my Blog or at sachinkatewordsmith@gmail.com with your feedback, comment on the post, like, and share to likeminded friends and family.

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Paranormal Experiences - Beyond the Realms of Reason - Readers Review of a Page-Turner.

Paranormal Experiences - Beyond the Realms of Reason 

Readers Review of a "Page-Turner".

I have always been an avid reader of such Genres of books, as I myself am deeply clairvoyant, and carry along a strong sense of Extra Sensory Perception that has stood me in good stead. This book is in every sense a "Page-Turner".

Proud to present my first Official Readers Review of a Book on my Blog and shared on all my Social Media Platforms. There have been many generic reviews, but this will be the first Readers Review after giving a re-start to my passion of Reviewing.

Author: Dr. Mehra Shrikhande

Genre: Paranormal Experiences / Occult and Paranomal Experiences.

My Rating: ✩✩✩✩✩    

Content Rating: 18+

Pages: 225 Pages

Binding: Paperback Version.

Date Published: June 21, 2022

Published by: Unicorn Books Pvt Ltd (1 January 2009)

Country of Origin: ‎ India

ISBN-10: ‎ 817806166X

ISBN-13 ‏: ‎ 978-8178061665

What better book to select than - "Paranormal Experiences - Beyond the Realms of Reason" by Dr. Mehra Shrikhande, a practicing ophthalmologist,  based in my own city of Pune.

Before I proceed with my readers review I would like to share with you more about Dr. Mehra Shrikhande.

About the Author

Dr. Mehra Shrikhande, a practicing ophthalmologist, is based in the city of Pune. She passed M.B.B.S. in 1981 and MS in 1985 from a prestigious medical college in Mumbai. She is married to an ophthalmologist and they enjoy a happy family life with their two children. From a very early age Dr. Shrikhande was intrigued by the unexplained occurrences that she had read about from time to time. She began to grope for answers almost from childhood. This book is the result of more than 21 years of research she undertook despite the demands made on her time by her hectic profession. In her quest for answers to questions she had constantly asked herself, Dr. Shrikhande sought and interviewed several people who could provide some understanding of these mysteries.

MY READER REVIEW:

Articulate, Immaculate, Engrossing and Fascinating!

Without a doubt one of the Best Books I have had the privilege to read on this subject.

Having got to read this Author Autographed copy of the book from one of my Friends who is also a Doctor himself and a close colleague / friend of the author herself, it was a privilege for me to read it. As an author myself who has written books on the similar subjects of Clairvoyance and paranormal my own true life experience in this field, I could instantly relate to this book. 

Being a Doctor herself, what caught my attention was the structure of the book, with reference to the subject of Paranormal Experiences. She sets out to list out each chapter with such precision and order, supported by relevant Medical Facts, Theories and references of experiences of others that authenticate each factor of the subject with accuracy thereby making each chapter so easy to understand and receive total acceptance.

With due respect, there will be skeptics who without understanding the subject or even having had any such personal experiences; pass off this book as just a “Good Book”, “A great Read”, or some even calling it a “Thesis”. But trust me this is one Book that I can genuinely call a "Page-Turner".

But had it not been for her profession as a Doctor herself, she would not have been able to present this topic in the way she only has done. What caught my attention and made me grip the book to be read from start to finish was the first paragraph of her "Preface". Simple, Honest, Precise and instantly connecting with me personally as an Author and reviving fond memories of my own childhood and journey as an author. 

My review would not be complete without quoting her lines...albiet with full attribution and credits to this quote.....which will make you realize what the book is and why I tag it as a  true "Page-Turner"

"This has been a difficult book to write. By training and temperament, I am a doctor - a practsing opthalmic surgeon - brought up with the exactitude of things we encounter and anticipate in laboratories. Certaing things beyond the realms of reason have, however, fascinated me from girhood. That I am an Indian, probably entrenched in centuries old beliefs like karma and reincarnation, is no answer to this quest of mine. They are clearly independent of my religious beliefs and sprititual background"

Those lines immediately connected with me in a way very few books have (Not the least to mention others have, indeed in a different way). The only thing that did not match with me was that I was not a Doctor (though I had aspired to be one, but could not due to inevitable circumstances), but apart from that; every word there was having a deep connect.

Let it me known that I was not contacted, asked, or required to leave a review. I have voluntarily read this book, and this is my honest review. But what transpired after reading it left me in awe.

The Meticulous way in which she deals with at lenght and writes about core subjects like Physics and Metaphysics, and some inexplicable phenomena like The Astral Plane, Out-Of-Body Experiences, Near - Death experiences, Reincarnation, Past life recall, and Extra Sensory Perception besides many more connected with Paranormal Experiences leaves you spellbound.

I will not intentionally go into the detail or the book for fear of taking away the suspense and thrill of reading this book, but can assure you that this book is one heck of a gripper.

As the description on the Book so rightly mentions that "True, mankind cannot be privvy to the riddles which leave so many questions unanswered, which in fact leads the subject of the book, it's awe and drawing power to make the reader try and find those answers"

I leave it to you to read and try to find those answers yourself and am sure that you will find yourself in a new realm of thoughts and possibilities that are constantly happening around you, and for want of knowledge or sometimes even superstitious beliefs and thoughts created by others who may be ignorant to the these phenomena tag them as occult happenings. Let us allow better sense to prevail and empower ourselves with the true facts behind each of these phenomena each of which has an authentic science behind them.

Dr. Mehra Shriknande also has one more book - "अतींद्रिय अनुभव : असणे नसणेच्या पलीकडे .. एक मागोवा, एक शोध, एक अभ्यास आणि चिंतन" which I am already reading after my tryst with this book and will be shortly presenting you with the Readers review to that book as well. This book is written by Dr. Mehra Shrikhande and translated by Mr. Niranjan Joshi and published by Rucha Prakashan. Dr. Mehra Shrikhande is a para phycologist. This book is on paranormal things around us.

Thanks for reading my Reader Review!  I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope that I can turn you on to a great book or a fantastic author through my reviews and posts.  Feel free to contact me if you have any questions, thoughts, or improvements on how I can better make my blog or reviews work for all my readers.  If you have any recommendations I’ll be sure to check them out. Do write to me at sachinkatewordsmith@gmail.com with your feedback, comment on the post, like, and share to likeminded friends and family.

Thank you!

Reader Reviews of Page-Turners - An Introduction.

Reader Reviews of Page-Turners - An Introduction.

Continuing on my passion as an Author, Writer, Blogger, Wordsmith, I am happy to bring forth my innermost passion of presenting Reader Reviews of Page-Turners.

As we all know; a book review not only tells the reader about what the Book is about, but also how successful the book has been in bringing forth what the Author wants to convey. It involves accurate analytical reading both from the viewpoint of the Author and my own personal response to the subject as well as the way it has been presented to the reader.

So; in a way writing a Book review is like describing what is in the Book, analyzing how the book tried to achieve its purpose, while also expressing my own reactions to it.

The thought of taking up Reader Reviews as an extension of my being an Author myself was a dormant dream in my mind since many years. I was indeed blessed with a skill of reading voraciously, sometimes so to say "Reading between the lines", grasping the topic, analyzing both the subject and the way it was presented, and then forming my own opinion or thoughts about what I felt about the whole process. I would take down notes, and form a complete sketch of the where - with - all of the book.

I would then muse on my writing and opinions themselves almost in introspective analyis or critical appreciation of my own analysis. That made me empower my knowledge about the subject as well as understand the finer points of the whole process of Book writing and how the structure of the book and style of writing can make or break it.

Over the years, I was reading at will and following the same procedure of reviewing and analyzing the contents and structure of the book. But I never took it up seriously until I started Publishing myself. It was then that I also started to understand the nuances of publishing. I again reviewed the challenges faced and a subtle comparison between Conventional Publishing and Sel-Publishing.

The Picture was getting clearer to me and it was then that I took a decision of taking up Book Reviews as a complimentary task along with writing and publishing my own Books.

I have always loved challenges in that I am proud to say that I researched, reviewed, and followed the process of "Learn and De-Learn" until I had achieved a fair level of proficiency in whatever part of the Book Publishing process I was taking part in.

As of today I feel proud to say that inspite of the fact that it becomes very tiring especially at my age of 65+ and with God's Blessing still going strong, I do all the stages of publishing the book myself upto the part of uploading the Manuscript onto the respective platforms. 

As I self-publish my books the process is a lenghty one and well known to you all but as a matter of curiosity, and eagerness, I will spell out all that I do. 

It starts with the identifying the core topic / genre / of what my Book will be written on. Then comes the conceptualizing and thought generation of the whole storyline, key takeaways that I would like the reader to read, understand and soak into themselves. The rest is every stage of the structure of the book, from the title, sub-title, total content, formatting of chapters, parts of the Book, Cover design, editing, formatting and submission of manuscript on Amazon Kindle or the Publishers Self-Publishing dashboard.

As already is known, not the least to mention is the editing managing of each stage until final teaser preview of book and final submission for publishing. Each and every fine step is done by myself.

As I said the process is tiring but that allowed me to know where and why the books I review fare with the standard Book layout and content guidelines we normally hold as a thumb rule for a Best sellers. It gave me a deep insight into where I could go wrong, or what I could have done better, and this helped me not only in writing and publishing my own books, but also in my reviews.

I finally decided to take up the challenge as a Book Reviewer and share and post my Reader Reviews about the books I have read and will continue to read in the times to come. It was a dream come true. I felt deeply that rather than posting my short reviews on the respective Platforms that the Books are published; like Amazon, Flipkart, Goodreads, and the resepctive publishing platforms of the Authors It would be a much more demanding, but yet enjoyable experience to write a proper "Reader Review" of the Books I was reading. 

I already have two book which I have specifically written about my personal experience while reading those books. The first being "Personalities and Books that change your life! - An anthology of exemplars of eminence, and their books!" and the second one being "Books and Scriptures That Changed My Life - The Inspiration that led me to become an Author".

I am now happy to inform you that I will be publishing my "Reader Reviews of Page-Turners" through my Blog Posts, Articles on various Literary platforms so that the reviews reach a wider audience, and these exemplars of eminence and their books as I have rightly mentioned in my own book get a much wider audience that they already are getting and will continue to get.

These Books deserve more than that, and for me it will be an honor to be a part of bringing those masterpieces to you all.

So here I am coming to you with my "Reader Reviews of Page-Turners" for you to read. As an Author my Genre of writing include Self-Help, Consciousness, Awareness, Motivation,  Precognition, Premonition, Clairvoyance, Paranormal experiences and Divine Interventions, True Life Experiences, Animal and Interspecies Communication etc so you are in for some amazing reading experience!

There will be one Post / Article for each Book that I have read and will continue to read, so keep a watch for the posts coming through one after the other. There are some amazing Books that I would love to share to you all, so do subscribe to my Blog, Follow me on my Social Media platforms and stay connected so you do not miss out on the Panorama!

Do read, comment, like, give your valuable feedback, and share to like minded friends and family.

Looking forward to this challenging yet most satisfying experience that completes my dream Reviewing these masterpieces of literary excellence!

Happy Reading!

फीनिक्स एवं अमरपक्षी का पुनरुज्जीवन – आत्मनिरीक्षण पुनः जागृति के लिए एक प्रेरणा।

 फीनिक्स एवं अमरपक्षी का पुनरुज्जीवन – आत्मनिरीक्षण पुनः जागृति के लिए एक प्रेरणा।

HAPPY TO ANOUNCE THE PUBLICATION OF MY FIRST BOOK IN HINDI - फीनिक्स एवं अमरपक्षी का पुनरुज्जीवन – आत्मनिरीक्षण पुनः जागृति के लिए एक प्रेरणा।

It is a translation of my Book in English already published which is - “The Phoenix Rising - An Inspiration for Introspective Re-Awakening.”

It is presently available as a Kindle/E-book version on Amazon at - https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0CPC1ZP6R and as a

Paperback Version on my publisher Notion Press Author Dashboard at - https://notionpress.com/.../the-rebirth-of-the-immortal

Do read, like, comment and share to your like-minded friends and family. Do not forget to post your free and frank reviews on the respective platforms. It means a lot to me!

Here's My Full Udated Author Profile For You All To Connect With Me!

HERE'S MY FULL UPDATED AUTHOR PROFILE FOR YOU ALL TO CONNECT WITH ME!

Hello Fellow Authors, Writers and Wodsmiths. Lets connect once again. I'm back after a long time and it would be a priviege to connect with you all once again. Sharing my Social Media Handles so you can follow me there, like, comment, and share to like minded friends, family and professionals.

My Official Blog as an Author:

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And of course you are always welcome to connect with me on +91 9579783990 or email me directly and connect at sachinkatewordsmith@gmail.com 

SO LET'S CONNECT. HAPPY READING, AND GOD BLESS!

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The Sachin Kate Book Shelf of Six Newly launched Books!

The Sachin Kate Book Shelf of Six Newly launched Books!

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About the Six Newly launched Books!

I express my sincere gratitude to all my dear readers, patrons, friends, family and well wishers, whose Best Wishes, Blessings, motivation, inspiration and support has resulted in my dream come true. 

I am happy to bring to you my complete collection of the 6 new books I launched, two of which are new editions and relaunched. It was a testing time over the last more than one month, and I apologize for my short hiatus as you may call it from all social media platforms so that I could focus on my publication work. 

I missed you all, but here I am back with 6 of my dream books which I had been long awaiting to publish.

Here are the titles of the 6 books with very brief information about their dates of launch; while there is a special Blog post for each Book which you will be able to read from my Blog. I will share the links separately on the side panel for you to read all of them.

 

The Phoenix Rising - An Inspiration for Introspective Re-Awakening. - Launched on 5th January 2023.

Personalities and Books that change your life! - An anthology of exemplars of eminence, and their books! - Launched on 27th January 2023.

Our Prayer to the Universe – an entreaty! - Launched on 9th February 2023.

Clairvoyance or Divine Intervention!  - A narrative of Precognitive Paranormal True-Life experiences! - Launched on 13th February 2023.

Cosmic Closed Eye Visualization - A new perspective to overriding perception! - Launched on 13th February 2023.

And finally the edited and freshly formatted edition of my Memoirs relaunched again.

Untold – Memoirs of a different kind! - Launched on 14th February 2023.

All the 6 Books are available both as Kindle versions on Amazon as well as Paperback Versions on three platforms, namely my Publisher Notion Press Dashboard, Amazon In and Flipkart.

GRAB YOUR COPIES TODAY!

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Post your frank Review on Amazon and Flipkart too!