elenor and park (A book review)

written by Rainbow Rowell, the story is built around Eleanor and Park. Eleanor comes from a troubled family, her bright red hair is one of her finest feature. Park is super cool Asian boy, has hang on Martial arts. The two bond over music and comics. Through out the story Eleanor fights through bullying and Park stands by her. This novel is bound to remind the high school romances you encountered. But the ending of the book really captivated me. Some people are not happy about it but for me, it's like the left the blank spaces so I could fill in my share of imagination and bring the end that I want for the story.. 😄

Bookstagram

Hola readers!!

Greetings from Soumya Manvi, happy holidays, with new year celebrations around the corner I can imagine how busy and happy you must be preparing family dinners and hosting your guests. As of me, we don't do these celebrations at my place. but I happened to have studied in a convent, so my Christian friends share their celebration with me. I go the Church with my friends and light up candles and make sure my greetings reach to all my dear ones. my pen pals all send me Christmas cards and I always love to imagine what a wonderful time everybody must be having around baking cookies, setting up the Christmas tree, wrapping gifts for their loved ones and so on.. I have got a new job and it is keeping me quite busy..but amidst that i have been using instagram and I come across these beautiful books and coffee pictures.. and i just want to share them with you...

My first harvest

Hello readers,

remember reading about my old posts? where i used to keep writing about my gardening hobby? well guess what? I recently harvested ginger for the first time. though i actually hate eating ginger lol... well basically it was my moms idea.. what happened practically was, we planted some raw ginger in some plantation pots and forgot about it. you know the ginger shoots take a really take a long time to shoot up. like literally a month. so after few days like for  a month or so the shoots came and then i remembered i had planted ginger and we waited for few more months and then came up thick shoots of ginger. which kind of looked  that they were ready to be harvested. and then i pulled up the shoots and out came beautiful ginger so fresh and fragrant. my mother loved it so much that she prepared ginger tea. it was nice to have it on a rainy evening.  i tell you guys do develop the hobby of gardening it is a simple art that teaches you patience and discipline the rewards are numerous like satisfaction and harvest, if you guys ever try out some thing do tell me about it. i would be so thrilled to know your experience.

 picture of my first harvest,

my favourite twitter page

Recently i came across some memes on Instagram. It was dog memes. like how dogs think. i became  obsessed with them.The owner of the page beautifully scripts what his dog might be thinking. they are both humorous and well thought. you should definitely visit that page. here are some glimpse of those beautiful tweets.

1. i brought my stuffed fren sebastian. with me on our walk this morning. but then i found a really nice stick. and i couldn’t carry both. so i kept sebastian. and let the human carry the stick. they seem annoyed. but actually they love me

2. there’s a super cozy blanket. that the human and i. both really like. i think i should get to use it tonight. and the human thinks. they should get to use it tonight. so we comprimised. and now i’m super cozy

3. we had a big adventure planned for today. but the sky droplets just won’t stop. so i think we’ll watch a movie. and cuddle so close. we become. a single entity

4. i had a long talk. with my fren. about how to spot. a fake ball throw. the optimal strategy. is to follow the ball. with your eyes. instead of your heart

5. the small neighbor human. is hanging outside with some ice cream. and it is melting. way faster than it is being eaten. the only real solution here. is for me to trot over and help

P.S: the link to the page

https://twitter.com/dog_feelings?lang=en

Best novels for beginners to read

A lot of people have been asking me, which novels are best to begin with. I suggest little women for most of the people irrespective of their age and gender. But recently I have been pondering over that thought a lot and i have come up with some good books for the beginners to cultivate the habit of reading. I hope you readers agree with my suggested book list.

1. Little Women
    Set in 18th century of America, this story is of four girls Meg, Beth, Jo and Amy. along with the main character Teddy.



2. Robinson Crusoe

    the book is presented as an autobiography of the title character (whose birth name is Robinson Kreutznaer)—a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical desert island near Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers, before ultimately being rescued. The story has been thought to be based on the life of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived for four years on a Pacific island called "Más a Tierra", now part of Chile, which was renamed Robinson Crusoe Island in 1966.  

3. The night ferry

     This is a investigation thriller written by Danish authors Lotte and Sherman Hammer. where detective Konard Simon investigates a case where fourteen people are murdered on a canal boat.

4. Famous five

    This book is one of my personal favourites. though these series of 21 books are suggested for twelve year old i encourage people to read it. the adventures of Julian, Dick, gorge, Anne and Timmy the dog are so fascinating. 

A coffee picture

I took this picture of coffee at a coffee shop and could not resist sharing it on my blog. Isn't it simply picture perfect 😄☕

A beautiful flock song.

So, I happened to hear this song in my childhood.It is in Kannada, Which is the state language of Karnataka and Karnataka is a state in India. It is written and sung in north Karnataka style. The origin of the song is unknown. But it was used for a T.V series called Mudala Mane. Which roughly translates to, East-side house. The lyrics describe, how the shadows play on the walls of the house and in the end they invite strangers into the house saying they are family too. I personally don't exactly know what the song means. but I have tried to jot down each stanza and its meaning. there is a link which takes you to the you-tube channel, I hope you readers enjoy it ☺️

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwNnICi4y44

The song lyrics and its meaning.

first stanza-
Haadi beediyalla tampa nerala, soonki....
rembi kombi ya melya gud kattidava rekki balita hakki
goodi naaga maligyava mari hakki...
doora deshada valasida hakkigu iti jaga olaga
banniri, neevu namma balaga.

Meaning-
Let the roads and the streets absorb the cool shadow
birds have built the nests on the branches of the trees
and little birds are sleeping in them
we have place for the migrated birds too
come in, you are our family too.

Second stanza-

Haleya bhaviya talda neerinaga hasira chigurtava...
haleya bhaviya talada neerinaga hasira chigurtava
berina moliki odiya tava
bootha preta ala, O bhotha preta ala jhota bavali myala toogatava
bootha preta ala jhota bavali myala toogatava
maradaga karaga kuniyatava

Meaning-
Green sprigs are growing inside the old well
the roots are germinating..
ghosts, belial and bats are hanging on
and they playing karaga...

Third stanza-
Marada yeli neralu, maniya gvadi myale aadatava aata...
Marada yeli nerala maniya gvadi mayle aadatava aata
moodyava togala gombi aata
Maaarada yeli neralu... maniya gvadi myla aadatava aata..
moodiyava togala gombi aataaaaa...

Meaning-
the shadows of the leaves from the trees are playing games on the walls of the house
and they are depicting a play of leather puppets .

Some pictures relating to song


Sorry for the bad picture quality, this is the best I could get. the picture says Modala mane in kannada.



The shadow of the puppets.



The shadow of the leaves on the walls of the house