The Fifth Season by Rayna Dee | Author House

Name Of The Book: The Fifth Season

Author:  Rayna Dee

Publisher:  AuthorHouse

ISBN: 978-1-4817-1304-7 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-4817-1303-0 (hc)
ISBN: 978-1-4817-1301-6 (e)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2013902105

Language: English

About the Book: Daman Rathore and Muskaan Goel are not, what one would call, a match made in heaven. They are two dissimilar people fated together! One, a romantic, is in search of her Prince. The other, afraid to love, tries his best to resist being that Prince and fails. Accepting defeat, he chooses to become her Prince and protect his Princess always -but he fails again. When the Princess is in dire need of protection, the Prince, blinded by his fear to love, deserts her. When he realizes his folly it is too late, and the Princess is far out of his reach. To get her back and reclaim his love, the Prince has several intimidating challenges to face. From her determination to never go back to him, to his ego, his temper, and his utter cluelessness of what true love is. On this road to redemption, he has to fight Suvedh, the man completely smitten by the Princess. He has to keep himself away from the dusky socialite Amaira, who with her mysterious aura, captivating eyes, and a body that is every man's sinful fantasy is willing to do anything to own the Prince.

About the Author:  A 24/7 mom, a wife, a loving one when need be, a winger in the corporate world, and between all this when time permits, an author! Leading an ordinary life working in financial services. Happily married, have two wonderful kids, and soon will have a new addition, a labradodle… a pretty successful career, and still  something missing…

When the author was little, about 8, She wanted to be an author, but then making a living happened, and soon when she turned fifteen and did not even remember that once she had such an ambition. It came back to her after many, many years, on one of  her cringe-inciting corporate winging session.

She is  not a pundit nor a philosophy major, nor English for that matter. The Author writes about life and love, the way she understands it, and then add a little mystery to it.


 Disclaimer: This is primarily a chick-lit, so if you end up reading it, do not say I did not warn you :)

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Review By Ketki Borgaonkar
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'The Fifth Season'... the title of the book and its cover design goes fabulously in a deep sync with its story line. The cover design metaphorically expresses the emotions from the story to be explored within the book.

Daman Rathore, a boy who has build his life from rags to riches. He lost his parents to ill-health at the young age of 12 due to their weak financial state. Rises in life with the help of his uncle and from then his major priority becomes 'money'. Stubborn and Arrogant in nature, Daman believes not even a little in love. He prefers keeping himself at a safe distance from it until he meets Muskaan Goel. Muskan is a very bubbly and a girl full of life. though her past has also a painful story to narrate but still it barely came on her face. A girl who believed in kindness, humanity and love. She was waiting for her prince to come down on a white horse with a 'baarat' blocking the traffic on the busy Delhi roads and take her along. But, fate had some other plans for the two.

And as Rayan says, "Daman & Muskan are two dissimilar people fated together!"

The Debut author Rayan Lee has a beautiful narration skill. the characterization of each character has put life to the 'names' from the novel. But, there were times when the in-depth description of situations and characters disturbs the flow of the story. Author often switches on and off from the present tract of the story that makes the reader be very attentive. Though not a complete untouched zone of the romance genre but well crafted story line, emotionally bounding and thoughtful. Has portrayed well the changing shades of any personality as per the situation demands.  

'The Fifth Season' romance fiction novel by Rayan Lee is a story of 'when opposites attract' a good read for the romance fiction lovers. Though the story is not a surprise package but with Rayan's engaging narration it makes a good read.

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Amazon India (Paperback and Kindle) - I'd push the kindle (a much cheaper and a greener option!)
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First You Plz By Nisha Thakur

Name Of The Book: First You Plz

Author:  Nisha Thakur

Publisher:  Power Publisher

Language: English

About The Author- Nisha lives in Navi Mumbai with her family. After completing her post graduation in Communication Management she worked as a copywriter with a reputed ad agency in Mumbai. She now works as a freelance copywriter cum screenwriter.
When she is not writing, she composes poetry. Apart from writing, she enjoys cooking being  a big foodie, reading novels, watching cinema and surfing the TV. She is a spiritual person and a follower of Vipasanna meditation. She believes in God, Karma and Karmic connections. By means of all the experiences of her life she has written her debut novel.
Nisha is presently juggling with freelance copy and screen writing projects. She aspires to be a known author and film writer.

Synopsis- First You Plz is a tale of an immature girl, Avanti. It is a story of her struggle as she deals with worries of first love. Her journey from realization of the sweet feeling she experiences these days is called Love- her First Love. It is a tale of her secretly nurtured dream and her silent prayer that he will propose her in a very romantic way. It is a tale of her desire that she wants him to say those three magical words to her first.

Although he hasn't shown much interest in her.

Still in her heart she keeps on praying, first you plz… It is Avanti’s journey of ups and downs of her first love and how she exhibits immaturity as she deals with anxieties of her first love.
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This is the very first e-book that i had read. whenever i got time traveling i made it a point to have a quick read of it on my tab.
The points i look out in the book whenever i read one is the language, simple the language, more brownie point it gets from me. First You Plz is an easy read. Nisha has that flair in writing by which one can easily connect to. Characterization specially of Avanti, and the friendship between Meeakshi, Rachna and Avanti is expressed well.
At times when reading  the book the immature character of Avanti comes on the nerves.  but after completig the book it seemed to me that this portray was required.
 Being unbiased
Plus Points: Small Chapters, Easy Read, and good characterization
Minuses - Grammar, some more editing  is required.

The Publisher has not his part here and must work on it. 

Overall this is a great debut novel by Nisha

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Command Your Destiny by Ashok Gupta | Diamond Publication

Name Of The Book: Command Your Destiny 

Author:  Ashok Gupta

Publisher:  Diamond Books

ISBN:  9789350831502

Language: English

Price: INR 175

No Of Pages 272

About The Book :

"Through arsenals of fastest and practical most advance techniques and training, realize:

• A indomitable and mentally, physically healthy personality laden with eternal peace, super joy 
• Peak performance, excellence and behavioural mastery
• Healing from the chronic diseases, allergy and AIDS, increased life span 
• Control over adverse situation and severe pain without drug
• Generative growth in self and loved ones 
• Freedom from chronic addiction, objectionable patterns (repulsion, obsession, over eating, phobia, neurotic behaviour...) and mental problems (suicidal tendencies, internal fight…) 
• Accelerated learning to become genius 
• Goal directed unconscious management 
• Ability for helping and coaching

Receive benefits despite having abnormal circumstances, traumatic experiences and emotional upheavals."

About The Author :

Ashok Gupta is consultant (Mental Health, Addiction, Learning), Certified Life Coach, speaker and trainer. With B.Sc, MA, Post Graduate in Graphology (handwriting analysis), he has Certification in Advance Quality Control System (Boeing, USA), and Advance Communication System (USA). During residency in U.S.A, he learned various latest psychological and learning models from world level authorities. Ashok Gupta has spoken in prestigious organisations, medical associations and conference. He has researched extensively on succeeding and surviving in the most difficult and inhuman circumstances.

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This is for the very first instance that iam reading a self help book.  i didn't have any knowledge of how to start off, so i just started reading this book, decided to read the book chapter-wise, each chapter a day and think about it, think what Author Ashok Gupta wanted to  convey.



When i got this book i was happy seeing the  quality of of print, the cover, as always diamond books has maintained the quality of its books and are improving it as well.



This book informs about the conditioned thinking which is very prevalent in our society. The book clearly explains the conditionings which we are subject to in the journey of life from childhood to adulthood. The journey of life is different for everyone. Author here has tried to cover all the major aspects of it. Written very well in terms of explanatory language which is simple and easy to read.

The best part of this book is that the Author has begun each chapter with a quote, which summarises the chapter in brief, its like when you read the quote in the beginning to the chapter you feel to read the entire chapter in a single go.

The Author Ashok Gupta has intensively worked on the background while scripting this book which is quite evident in the read.

Author Sums up the book with

Remember for Never Ever Giving Up No Matter What

1. Never giving up is an attitude and mental state, which can be learned and conditioned by every ordinary mind. No sooner you will decide for it, you would never give up.

Mental Conditioning depends as per me is the conditions and situations you have been put in which is different from person to person, situation to situation and condition to condition. It is this when you have been put to your limits the best in you comes out.

Overall a good read and surely can be used for future references by many.

Recommended book by Book Review Forum  
 

Life is always aimless.....unless you love it by Ratnadip Acharya | Sristhi

Name Of The Book: Life is always aimless.....unless you love it   

Author:  Ratnadip Acharya

Publisher:  Sristhi   

ISBN:  9789380349831

Language: English

Price: INR 150

No Of Pages 232

About The Book : Do we you really know how much courage is required to listen to our own heart?

Meet Akash, an young engineer, who dreams of becoming a writer. But all his works meet with is rejection from publisher. Will he ever be rewarded for listening to his heart?

Smitten by wanderlust, adventurous Sandip does not care much about career, marriage or making a family. How will life treat him for listening to his heart?

Possessor of a charming personality, Chirag, has a deep perchant for women. But deep down the motherless Chirag is temibly lonely. What is in store for this vulnerable young man?

Maria Fernandez is a lonely and a less-than- looking young girl who firmly believes that possossing a tender heart is enough to make her world beautiful. Will ruthless life shatter her belief?

As their life got seamlessly inter-wined with many others they realized that Life is Always Aimless .... Unless You Love it.

About The Author :

Ratnadip is a well-trained street magician and has performed street magic at many parts of the country. Graduated from NIT, Jamshedpur as a electrical engi- neer Ratnadip stays in Mumbai. He loves travelling and his fa- vourite destination is the Hima- laya and its foothills where he has spent many days of his life.

Over the years he learnt many esoteric spiritual practices which are very close to his heart. Writing fiction is his passion for many years. He had contributed many inspiring write ups in different collections of chicken soup for the soul. His short stories were appreciated by many read- ers in India and abroad.

Life is Always Aimless is his first published complete novel.

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Hitler And the Decline of Shah Dynasty With A Romantic Twist by Evangel Athial | Mahaveer Publishers,

Name Of The Book: Hitler And the Decline of Shah Dynasty With A Romantic Twist

Author:  Evangel Athial

Publisher:  Mahaveer Publishers

ISBN:  9788183520799

Language: English

Price: INR 125

No Of Pages 168


About the Book:  "His astounding sway over the masses, the victories and conquests against all odds, the appalling viciousness and cold-bloodedness, and the total lack of remorse even at the doorstep of death are proofs of this supernatural aid and influence."" He said.

My eyes were still fixed at the ice walls.

""Also, this was the only reason he wouldn't marry Eva Braun in spite of her repeated requests."" He said after some time.

""What has this to do with marriage?"" I asked.

""A lot: as you know, a Christian marriage is solemnized in a church by a priest. Hitler knew he could never stand before the altar, in the presence of God.""

""But they were married before their death."" I said.

""Yes, and no: the so called marriage performed on the morning of April twenty nine, nineteen forty five was an eye-wash. The man who married them, Walther Wagner was a minor official of the Propaganda Ministry who had no authority to solemnize marriages. Even in death, Hitler had no pangs of guilt in being deceitful to the innocent girl who had been loyal to him throughout."" He said.                    
 For the first time, I felt sorry for the Dictator's mistress of sixteen years."


About the Author
The author is a newspaper columnist and visiting faculty of Communication Skills and Personality Development. Apart from a ridiculously absurd passion for writing, he likes wild drives in fast cars through the Himalayas; has always been fascinated by mysteries, cries a lot and eats anything. This is his sixth book.

Born in Kathmandu, reared in Kerala, presently surviving in Madhya Pradesh the guy is a little confused about his exact locations, but mostly hangs around Facebook or his web site, so that's where you should look if at any time you get the insane urge to catch him..

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Love Across The Borders by Sudama Chandra Panigrahi | All Books Global

Name Of The Book: Love Across The Borders

Author: Sudama Chandra Panigrahi

Publisher:  All Books Global

ISBN:  9788192569000

Language: English

Price: INR 299

No Of Pages 250


About the Book

Jia, a Chinese girl, loves an Indian boy, Jivan. Together they dream to build an edifice of love but the deteriorating Sino-Indian relations deter them. Time separates them. The novel epicts love and Sino-Indian relations, how the time changes and how they reunite.

About the Author: A self made person, he’s a voracious reader of fiction, works in the Indian Railway as a Ticket Examiner. At leisure time, he writes poems, short stories. His poems are published in some anthologies. He blogs at http://sudampanigrahi.blogspot.com/

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Starting off with the quality of the book. Being the first book of All Books Global, as per my knowledge, i feel,  they have done a pretty decent job pertaining to the Cover Art, printing and binding. Coming to the content part of the book. The language is kept very simple, with no use of fancy and heavy words, plus marks from me for it. But the book needs editing, The Visualization of the Author can very well be Polished with it.
Character portrayal of Jia and Jivan has been very well taken care off though.
I somehow feel that the Acknowledgement part should be in the end and the book should begin with the About the Author Part, which was not the case in this book, it was the other way round. Something different, but has worked in the favor for this book as its mentioned that the Authors Wife and Children suffered alienation for Mr Sudama Chandra Panigrahi (The Author) To complete the book

"Time has its own speed of ticking but anxiety wants it to tick faster" This feeling can very well be felt as the Author tries to explain it. Along with, "when time betrays, fulcrum crumbles, the sun becomes dull and night sky aches.'Time Oh time ... who moves you, when you will be mine?'"


The book also deals withe the political situation existing between India and China. Though it is much not different than that mentioned in the book, likewise its said that Truth is always stranger than fiction.

Book Review Forum awards 3.25 stars out of 5 for this debut Author.