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22 Feb

Annotation: A writer’s guilty pleasure and an exhilarating tool for readers

Manjari GuptaUncategorized

My fondness for reading started very late (sigh in regret !!). I remember receiving my first book, Alice in Wonderland. I instantly fell for words and stories after reading it. The thing that first got me in this journey of reading about this book was an excerpt that I read. ‘If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense.’. The urge to keep that forever in my heart and never forget that line compelled me to annotate for the first time in my life. I underlined that text and added a coloured tab at the corner end of that page.…

09 Feb

Aesthetics of Dark Academia

Manjari GuptaArticles

I have a confession to make today I have always felt that youtube algorithms are secretly monitoring my moods because duh! what about these, numerous unsolicited recommendations of cringe-worthy content on the platform, right when I am confused about what to watch. Although to my surprise, the algorithms decided to take a turn in my favour and introduce me to my new favourite form of aesthetic; dark academia. Now, I am sure you must have learned about it even remotely in any of your socials. Dark academia is in vogue this era pals!! Let us go through the what, when,…

07 Feb

A guide to acknowledge Grief through words

Manjari GuptaArticles

The most agonizing part of life is the person who gave you the best memory turns into memory itself. We often find ourselves looking up I-lost-a-loved-one clubs on the internet while dealing with grief and pain, to find familiarity in the face of suffering. Losing a loved one is the biggest trauma anyone can ever experience. Grief is unforeseeable, no one is ever prepared to deal with it. There is no manual that one receives right after losing someone to death. The trickiest part is that no one comprehends what you are going through; the overwhelming surge of emotions take over your day-to-day…

01 Feb

The sultry and seductive world of Midnight Dynasty Collection!

Pranjali WakdeArticles

A series of books to be read simultaneously is usually written by one author. Each year a lot of book series hit the literary market shelves yet very few make their way to the reader’s personal library. It is difficult to find these masterpieces in book series categories. What we have here, however, is an astounding collection of sensual romance and vivid drama. The catch? Several authors have enthusiastically taken part in it! This collection is more popularly known as Midnight Dynasty World, where romance is dangerous but oh so addictive! The collection is an interconnected one, where every book…

27 Jan

A closure to the diary of a young girl

Booked4Books NetworkArticlesdiary, young girl

Manjari Gupta 20th century has bestowed on us the pleasure of getting acquainted with so many distinguished writers, wordsmiths of consequence; Sylvia, Virginia, F.Scott Fitzgerald and so many more. Amongst these path-breaking personalities was a 13-year-old girl, Anne Frank. On June 12th, 1942, a young Jewish girl received a simple dairy for her 13th birthday as a gift from her father. This young girl, Anne Frank, with her gift became a symbol of strength and crushed innocence in the face of the holocaust. She became one of the most influential and globally read writers of the 20th century. Let us…

25 Jan

Finance it up! 7 Books to read on money management

Booked4Books NetworkArticlesGet a Financial Life, I Will Teach You to be Rich, Rich Dad and Poor Dad, Total Money Makeover

By Manjari Gupta “I AM A MONEY MAGNET.” Write that on a post-it and stick that upon your wall.NO! wait. Affirmation needs actions. You are not manifesting a single dollar if you don’t game up your money management. Every time you had a penny for wondering where all your savings have vanished away, you would be a millionaire by now. You do not have to be an economist to understand money. You just need to learn the art of converting your liability into an asset. A sound awareness about finance can make you more woke and smart enough to make…

25 Jan

The new found love for adult fiction

Booked4Books NetworkArticlesAdult fiction, Cognitive evolution, Conclusion, Media influence, Technological influence

By Navya There has been a sweeping increase in the readers of adult fiction and non-fiction category. According to statistics, adult fiction sales saw 25.5% of year-on-year growth in 2021 compared to the pandemic year. Although adult non-fiction figures are humble, they do successfully capture the ‘mood’ of the literary market. Overall, statistics have declared ‘Young Adult’ fiction as the unanimous market winner of literature. While the figures look encouraging, the unprecedented growth cannot be referred to as a drastic transformation. The reader’s attitude shift is not sudden. It has been a gradual development of interest (just like love). Since…

24 Jan

The steamy pages – Best erotic scenes in the literature of all times

Anushka MehtaArticles

By Anushka Mehta There are so many examples of literary smut all around us – but when you read it, you will understand how much of it is actually worth it. Tune in to some erotic literature for a while, you will witness an adrenaline rush of hormones in your body. However, if you do want to find some ‘good stuff, don’t look in those stuffy erotic novels, when you can find them easily in any novels on your bookshelf. That’s right! Hidden in the pages of many of the popular novels are some of the steamiest erotic scenes I’ve…

20 Jan

Why Audiobooks could be the next big thing?

Booked4Books NetworkArticles

By Manjari Gupta Do you listen to books? Nah! You are not mistaken. You have read that right. I just said ‘listen to books’ because audiobooks are witnessing an unprecedented demand. We hear a lot about different books but we never actually ‘listen’ to books. How wonderful would it be to listen to your favourite lines from your favourite book? Although the whole idea of looks overly romanticized, only an audiobook lover can make one understand the satisfaction of listening to your books. Audio has been around for over years now but the past couple of years has been pathbreaking…

14 Jan

The top 5 speculated fiction trends of 2022

Pranjali WakdeArticles

By Pranjali Wakde Life is unpredictable – but fortunately, fiction trends can be speculated! If there is any sphere of our lives that got the most attention, it has to be reading and books. A big chunk of the population resorted to reading books – especially fiction – as a way to escape the horrors of the world. There was, as a result, a noticeable difference in the way people perused the books, giving birth to trends! Fiction trends are by far the most interesting ones and it is just as exciting to predict which trends would be dominating the…