Wanton Ruminating

  Book Reviewer, Compulsive reader, couch-potato per force, bathroom singer of the shrillest decibels, oscillatingly tempramental, artist, admirable cook, inconsistent baker, my father’s daughter.  

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Murder by Narwal - Alex T. Smith

Murder by Narwal - Alex T. Smith

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The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese Let us preface this review with a disclaimer. This is a long book. A long, long, long book. That often becomes an insurmountable obstacle for most readers. Picking up a 715-page book of Indian literature is not everyone’s cup of tea. Certainly the book could have been edited and curated for a wider audience, but when an author has spent more than a…

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Fear and Lovely by Anjali Appachana

To begin with, I took exception to the title itself. If you must make a play on words – words that are a by-word in the Indian demographic, words that instantly recall the image of a pretty milky-white girl standing before fogged pastel backgrounds with petals falling on her, words that incite an irritated snort in most of us with “wheatish” and “dark” complexions – at least do a better job! How…

Fear and Lovely by Anjali Appachana

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The Swifts by Beth Lincoln -Guest post by Nitara Triti Patil

The Swifts by Beth Lincoln is a thrilling mystery novel about a girl named Shenanigan, all the mischief she does and the mystery she solves with the help of her sister and her cousin.And she did it whilst finding treasure! In this book,Shenanigan solves 3 murders, figures out the location of her grand -uncle Vile’s treasure and saves her family reunion with the help of her sister, Phenomena and…

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Only murders in the building - An Indian Review

Only murders in the building - An Indian Review! #selenagomes #stevemartin #martinshort #hardyboys

Well! Well! Well! Its been ages. Ages and ages and ages. Since something has managed to jolted me out of my ennui enough to take action. To forget fretting over a deadline. To stop being anxious over all the uncontrollable stuff in life. To allow my child guilt-free mobile screen time, while I hog the television. To get up and log in to this beloved part of soul, my much-neglected and much-missed…

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Piano and Flowers - Alexander McCall Smith - #Minireview

Piano and Flowers – Alexander McCall Smith – #Minireview

I would like to thank Net galley for providing me with a copy of this book for review. I have friends who are great Alexander McCall Smith fans, who have been urging me to give him a try, but I have been a sceptic forever. I picked up this book because it is a collection of short stories and that is a genre that I adore. I suppose it comes as no surprise to most people out there that I loved…

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Just a sort of watercolor doodle. Makes me feel relaxed and happy. Missing the oldies who just left. Inspiration courtesy @iraville #grumpypenguins #iraville #penguins #watercolors #watercolorillustration #art #amateurartist #draw #danielsmithwatercolors #strathmorepaper #illustration (at Palampur) https://www.instagram.com/p/CINoqbAFZsr/?igshid=a5f3jbf79uv9

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#drawing #art #amateur #illustration #natureart #pinetree #palampurdiaries #sketchcrawlpalampur #cansondrawingbook #fabercastellpens (at Palampur) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHKINfpl3Xh/?igshid=17xja60t3tlit

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#drawing #illustration #art #sketch #nature #natureart #cansondrawingbook #fabercastellpens (at Palampur) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHKIDLAFvXg/?igshid=xkrh6z0d40rc

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#sketchcrawlpalampur #sketchcrawl #art #palampur #palampurdiaries #drawing #groupdrawing #illustration #pleinair #plienairpainting (at Palampur) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHDEdRqF0tv/?igshid=1sdr286gxr2v0

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Day 30 Inktober 2020 Ominous #inktober2020 #inktober @inktober @jakeparker #watercolors #art #draw #drawing #illustration #cotmanwatercolors (at Palampur) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHB97RmFhIK/?igshid=1lrjnz7223jx6

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Day 28. Inktober 2020 Float #inktober #inktober2020 #ink @inktober @jakeparker #watercolors #watercolorart #art #strathmorepaper #amateurartist #float (at Palampur) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG4FHD2FxYb/?igshid=1x4wkdj5uheyp

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Day 20 Inktober 2020 Coral #inktober #ink @inktober @jakeparker #watercolors #art #coral #strathmorepaper #draw #illustration #danielsmithwatercolors (at Palampur) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG4E4jcFVok/?igshid=5b4tfd75dvum

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Inktober 2020 Day 26 Hide #inktober2020 #inktober @inktober @jakeparker #ink #tombow #cansondrawingbook #illustration #draw #drawingaday #amateurartist #pencil #camlin (at Palampur) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGzh8iWlg7Y/?igshid=ngx40weqm7hw

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Inktober 2020 Day 24 Dig @inktober #inktober2020 #inktober #ink #illustration #fabercastellpens #cansondrawingbook #dig #pen (at Palampur) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGurdRtlE26/?igshid=13o5gakzzdc1o

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Inktober 2020 Day 23 Ripped #inktober #inktober2020 #ink #draw #art #drawing #illustration #fabercastellpens #cansondrawingbook (at Palampur) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGsDIGMlOVm/?igshid=kdzh12rdabia