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Hello Beautiful

Hello Beautiful | Book Review | Best Books 2023 | Ann Napolitano

A heart wrenching, emotional family saga – Hello Beautiful is indeed a beautiful book, one of the few that have left me shaken and teary eyed with it’s heart-piercing storyline & mesmerising writing. An exemplary & solid read is this one!

Hello Beautiful is the story of the Padavano family. Ann Napolitano’s book kick starts in 4th gear with extraordinarily immersive writing. The loving description of William’s little sister, all of 3 years – whom he never saw – it strikes a chord in your heart. The author succeeds in conquering the reader’s feelings straight away and effortlessly drives the story into William becoming a basketball player and subsequently meeting Julia. The scene where Julia approaches him and asks ‘Why are you so tall?’

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Carrie Soto Is Back (Taylor Jenkins Reid) πŸ₯‡πŸ”°

Carrie Soto Is Back | Book Review

Winner:
Book Of The Year 2022;
Best Character 2022 (Carrie Soto);
All Time Best Reads

What’s the feeling like when someone meets your expectations and betters them? Carrie Soto Is Back makes the hitherto great books I read this year seem outrageously dwarfed. For, this is the real thing. This is exemplary writing at it’s lethal best. This is what a Classic is all about. And TJR, you are a legend and no less. For, barely 10% into the book and it is hard to believe that Carrie Soto is not real. That this is fiction. What. A. Book. !!

The release of this book coincided with the start of the US Open 2022. And of course it now seems intentional as this is central to the theme of this amazing book. Taylor Jenkins Reid has hinted in her interviews of this book being modelled around Serena Williams …

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Sooley (John Grisham) | Book Review

Sooley | Book Review

Set in the small village of Rumbek in South Sudan, John Grisham’s Sooley is an epic journey of the life of a 17 year old  Samuel Sooleman, or ‘Sooley’ as he would fondly be called. Coming from a poor country that doesn’t has much else to cheer about, Sooley would soon become the pride of his village with his extraordinary natural talent and his relentless determination to play college basketball in the United States and ultimately NBA.

His dreams soon get wings with a call for the trials for the national team, where he would meet his mentor for life – coach Ecko, and his subsequent selection to play a showcase tournament in the United States. Sounds much like a typical Bollywood flick with all ingredients of becoming a blockbuster. I think we have all followed the journey of some super star in our times, our growing up years – …

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