Sakshi's Bookshelf

  Title: The Boy who really hated Christmas Author: Charlie Damitz My Rating: 5/5 Review: I love reading Children's books that refresh my mind. This time, I read the book "The Boy who really hated Christmas". The story is set a few days before Christmas. Two friends Barney and Ned are having chit chat while having hot chocolate. Christmas is a special occasion on which kids expect a gift from Santa. The same was the expectation for Ned. When Ned stayed a good kid for three years and didn't receive any presents from Santa, he was highly disappointed. He told his friend Barney as he hasn't received any presents, he hates Christmas. Any kid would feel like Ned if they don't receive Christmas presents. Ned and Barney decided to be bad kids. They started bullying their teacher and Barney's sister Daisy. Find out will Ned finally receive a Christmas present by being bad? This story has a beautiful lesson in it for the kids.  The beautiful illustrations would add...

  Book: The Forbidden Fruit Author: Tina Scott Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 My thoughts: In The Forbidden Fruit, the author has shared about her second husband Steve's battle with stomach cancer. After Steve lost the battle, Tina moved to Nepal. After three months, she started working on her book while sitting in the Monkey Temple in Kathmandu.  The author is quite open in her narrative when she shares about her days of having sex and doing drugs. Tina has mentioned about her broken marriage leaving her as a single mother of three kids. She met a single father Steve who also has three kids. Tina lived a great married life with Steve until he left for the heavenly abode. After Steve's death, she felt a pain in her heart. She reflected how she had different experiences with Steve. They even participated in the idea of swingers, swapping spouses with others, etc.  One would get to know about many experiences from the author's life by reading this book. The description is clear. I binge r...