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#qotd What's your reading goal for December? Book - The Secrets of the Nagas Author - Amish @authoramish Genre - Mythological Fiction Rating - 4/5 ⭐ Today, He is a God. 4000 years ago, He was just a man. The hunt is on. The sinister Naga warrior has killed his friend Brahaspati and now stalks his wife Sati. Shiva, the Tibetan immigrant who is the prophesied destroyer of evil, will not rest till he finds his demonic adversary. His vengeance and the path to evil will lead him to the door of the Nagas, the serpent people. Of that he is certain. The evidence of the malevolent rise of evil is everywhere. A kingdom is dying as it is held to ransom for a miracle drug. A crown prince is murdered. The Vasudevs – Shiva’s philosopher guides – betray his unquestioning faith as they take the aid of the dark side. Even the perfect empire Meluha is riddled with a terrible secret in Maika, the city of births. Unknown to Shiva, a master puppeteer is playing a grand game. In a journey that will take him across the length and breadth of ancient India, Shiva searches for the truth in a land of deadly mysteries – only to find that nothing is what it seems. Fierce battles will be fought. Surprising alliances will be forged. Unbelievable secrets will be revealed in this second book of the Shiva Trilogy, the sequel to the #1 national bestseller, The Immortals of Meluha. 👉🏻 Read full review on my blog. Link is in the bio. Follow @bookscharming for Book Reviews, Author Interviews, Book Blitz, Tours, Cover Reveal, Guest Post, and Giveaways. #bookscharming #amish #amishtripathi #shivatrilogy #theimmortalofmeluha #thesecretofthenagas #lordshiva #mythologyfiction #bookreviewer #bookreview #flatlay #mypagefeatures #bestseller #nationalbestseller #millioncopiessold #followforfollowback #westland (at Indore, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5iiIiggetM/?igshid=x8k7fg1cl5n7

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Find solace in books when the world around you huddles in pain. Head over Karachi. 

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The Children of Peshawar : A Nation at a Loss for Words on 16/12.

It’s only when events as horrific as 16/12 happen, you stop and realize how you can feel a throng of emotions all at once. Grief, disgust, horror, anger, anguish, indifference, apathy, empathy, and sympathy are enough emotions to feel simultaneously to question the world as you know it.

A hundred and thirty two children, were attacked and brutally murdered by the Taliban militants in an army-run school in Peshawar. Imprinted in my memory forever will be the events of 16/12/2014, in words of some of the greatest writers:

12:18pm

Security officials say there are at least 6 attackers inside the building- Tribune

 “I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.” ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

12:29pm

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemns the attack and says those behind the heinous act will not be spared.

 "It's called thieves get rich and saints get shot. It's called God don't answer prayers a lot." ~ Merrily We Roll Along

3:22pm

With the tragic incident escalating, the death toll has now risen to over 120. Further, two fresh blasts have been heard from within the vicinity and firing is still going on.

“The more I see of the world, the more I am dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.” ~ Pride and Prejudice

 1:44 am

At least 141 people, including 132 children and nine staff members of the school, were killed when unidentified armed men opened fire on an army-run school in Peshawar on Tuesday.

“It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.” ~ Chuck Palahniuk

When you lose your children, you lose everything. It is now, you tune out all your petty issues, deadlines, emails to send, to-dos to cross out, regimes to follow and vices to give up and really think what is it that you would like to do with the time you have been given here in this world.

There must be hundred ways to rebuild and I hope there are a hundred more people for every idea, willing to do it for their country.

But there is only one way to rebuild childhood; through stories. Through children’s books.

 Back to the basics. Back to the libraries.

 Education is love for knowledge, love for reading, and love for books.

 Libraries are the most dangerous schools.

 #rebuild 

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THE TREES WE KILLED. BECAUSE FUCK TREES.

Not all books are useful. Some we print as a reaction to our ongoing squabble with trees & not growing more for some reason. It’s too much effort anyway.

But that’s not what we are here to discuss. Here are some of the most senseless books published in the history of tree slaying. 

New & improved!

Read no further.

By the author of : If god loves me, why can't I get my locker open?

The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Swiss author Joël Dicker, and I quote from the book: its criminal, cutting down trees to print crap like this.

And I always wondered...

Fuck trees. That's why!

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A BOOKSTORE AT A TIME.

Barnes & Noble Buckhead

Snapped by: Ali Murtaza

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Another excuse for bookish mums to head to the bookstore. Pie can burn, dinner will cook itself !

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EAT YOUR BOOKS. READ YOUR VEGETABLES.

You are 80%, what you eat and 20%, everything else you do. Including reading. Here is how you can be healthier, in just 5 books:

  65 % of our body is made out of water. Get yourself a copy of I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes. Popularly known as “the only thriller you need to read this year” or 2015’s blockbuster starring Brad Pitt, I am Pilgrim will leave you cotton-mouthed.

  Who doesn’t know the wonders of salad? Who does really want one? Perhaps only when you read about the horrors of an abusive father gnawing on his three-year-old in The First Days (As the World Dies #1) by Rhiannon Frater, you will find new ways to appreciate more vegetables, less meat.

  Oranges are not the only fruit. No, seriously. If that’s the only fruit you like then its time you add a variety. And let this book be a reminder.

  Must taste the forbidden fruit. Must read some banned books. Yes, Animal Farm by George Orwell is banned as well. #12 on to-read list. 

And yeah, eat an apple a day too.

  It’s all about mind over matter! Read 3 Cups of Tea with a cup of coffee, till your caffeine cravings are satisfied & hushed.

  Developing healthy habits, such as eating well and reading right, require patience, but most importantly, persistence.

I recommend you do both everyday. In small amounts, but everyday. 

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THE BOOKS I THINK THEY HAVE.

Anyone who can read, reads. Here is what  I imagine to be the bookshelves of some of the most iconic characters:

COURAGE THE COWARDLY DOG

A Case of Exploding Mangoes- Mohammed Hanif

To Kill a Mocking Bird- Harper Lee

Dora the Explorer

Satanic Verses- Salman Rushdie (banned)

POPEYE:

The Old Man and the Sea- Earnest Hemingway

The Book Of Big Arms! Bob Hoffman Biceps Workout

Pipe Companion: A Connoisseur's Guide

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo- Stieg Larsson

My Life in Spinach Green by Edith Nemeth

And Olive’s copy of Fifty Shades of Grey.

"A-gah-gah-gah-gah-gah-gah!"

  OPTIMUS PRIME

The Little Engine that Could-Platt & Munk

How To Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie

The Fault in our Stars- John Green (Jeez)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire-J. K. Rowling

Rustless Coatings; Corrosion and Electrolysis of Iron and Steel- Wood, M.P.

Pride & Prejudice (I know, right! )

  HULK

BFG (Big Friendly Giant)- Roald Dahl

Meditation for Dummies

Smashing Pumpkins: Tales of a Scorched Earth- Amy Hanson

Why Things Break: Understanding the World By the Way It Comes Apart-Mark Eberhart

Just sayin’ !

Happy reading. 

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LIVE FROM THE BOOK NOOK

It may take you an hour to start a blog but the first blog post can take its sweet time. That’s the thing with firsts. You procrastinate, then over-think and expect to succeed in your first attempt. But somehow you are sure that it’s now or never. And let’s settle this NOW, once and for all:

Can I write or not?

 A lazy person's predicament, like myself, is such:

 A novel? Too big.

 A children’s book? Too small.

 A short story? Too short.

 A poem? Not my thing.

 A blog? No casualties.

Blog it is.

Million Copies Sold is a book nook. I like this place. It feels like a cubby-hole; a small, snug place, where time stops. The first thing you’ll notice is the inordinate amount of books, trinkets and more books, on the shelves like mementos. A collection of hardbacks, paperbacks, special editions, and no first editions, bone china, pack-up-and-go model car, ship in a bulb, a matryoshka doll, and bookmarks have been amassed over the years, and though it’s completely over-the-top, it somehow works.

Here, you’ll find me, archiving the ordinary, somedays with a story and mostly without one, And today is one out of most days. On such days we will speak off the cuff.

Here is a short piece, written by a friend, inspired by a real book nook.

  Somewhere, a child cries. I feel nothing.

Somewhere, a nook just sits there

hoping I'll finish this damn book.

I feel nothing.

My hot chocolate cries out for a marshmallow.

And I feel nothing.

  I am so depressed.

  Till next time.