HELLO! I am back again with some interesting verses and translated stories. There is a saying which I read in some Sanskrit book I don't recollect,
A coconut is hard from outside but inside it has sweet water.
It is really great that how these verses teach us about the behaviour of humans from examples.
One of these nature of man or rather every living thing is that, whatever we are or become in life, won't our bad habbits be the same?
Like if you make the dog a king, won't he still chew things? won't he still bite? it is our nature that is irrevokable.
And then there is a verse saying:
Where is knowledge for lazy person?
Where is wealth for an illeterate person?
Where is a friend for a poor person?
Where is hapiness for a friendless person?
Folks today I will write only this much as I am facing some problem. But next time I will return with some more verstories! That is verses+ stories! Bye...
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
THE ANCIENT LANGUAGE
HULLA! My exams are over so now I can blog nearly everyday! I was so happy today, I just adore that day when your final exams are finally over and you can do whatever you want. Play, party, sleep or go to a friends house and just chill no worry no tension. This should be the life.Be your mindlike!
But anyway that doesn't mean that I will forget some of those best studying days. The main language which used to be spoken in India in the holy era of god was Sanskrit. Of course, now in India, it used as a study language. I have heard children say. "Hell this is chewing my brain!" while reading Sanskrit. The main thing in Sanskrit is that it has many verses. Theses verses do not usually ryhme. But they carry a brilliant meaning. Of course i cannot write the verses here in Sanskrit or the 'Devnagri' language but i can translate the verses and make a story from it. Here are some of the translated stories:
Once there was a particular sea body, which asked a question to the passing by scholar. "Why, sir, is the position of the clouds which store water and the position of the sea which stores water too different?" the scholar was surprised by the unusual question. But he smiled and replied,
"The clouds which are high in the air and the sea which is down on earth, there is a particular reason hidden behind it, the clouds give or donate the water to the land by rain while the sea, only stores the water pouring from rain. Does it ever gives the water to anybody? And therefore it is on the ground low. But clouds donate and so they are up in the sky. Similarly, a man which donates rise and the man who keeps everything for himself is always low,"
Hearing the answer the body went back to the sea.
This story was really meaninful. And you can see that this verse was written many years back. There are hidden meanings in these wonderful verses! And now you have to guess one riddle which is also from a Sanskrit verse:
This is an object which does not have legs but still goes far,
This is an abject which is endowed with words but it is not a scholar,
This is an objct which is without mouth but speaks clearly. What is this?
This is a letter. The letter goes far even though it does not have legs. The letter is full of words and sentences on it but is not a scholar. When you read it, it is like the letter is speaking but again it does not have mouth. Isn't it brilliant? I will bring you such stories when I get more like these. Till then bye...
But anyway that doesn't mean that I will forget some of those best studying days. The main language which used to be spoken in India in the holy era of god was Sanskrit. Of course, now in India, it used as a study language. I have heard children say. "Hell this is chewing my brain!" while reading Sanskrit. The main thing in Sanskrit is that it has many verses. Theses verses do not usually ryhme. But they carry a brilliant meaning. Of course i cannot write the verses here in Sanskrit or the 'Devnagri' language but i can translate the verses and make a story from it. Here are some of the translated stories:
Once there was a particular sea body, which asked a question to the passing by scholar. "Why, sir, is the position of the clouds which store water and the position of the sea which stores water too different?" the scholar was surprised by the unusual question. But he smiled and replied,
"The clouds which are high in the air and the sea which is down on earth, there is a particular reason hidden behind it, the clouds give or donate the water to the land by rain while the sea, only stores the water pouring from rain. Does it ever gives the water to anybody? And therefore it is on the ground low. But clouds donate and so they are up in the sky. Similarly, a man which donates rise and the man who keeps everything for himself is always low,"
Hearing the answer the body went back to the sea.
This story was really meaninful. And you can see that this verse was written many years back. There are hidden meanings in these wonderful verses! And now you have to guess one riddle which is also from a Sanskrit verse:
This is an object which does not have legs but still goes far,
This is an abject which is endowed with words but it is not a scholar,
This is an objct which is without mouth but speaks clearly. What is this?
This is a letter. The letter goes far even though it does not have legs. The letter is full of words and sentences on it but is not a scholar. When you read it, it is like the letter is speaking but again it does not have mouth. Isn't it brilliant? I will bring you such stories when I get more like these. Till then bye...
Sunday, March 21, 2010
five point someone by Chetan Bhagat
The third book I read written by Bhagat. The first one, The Three Mistakes Of My Life was a good one but had a lot of argot language stuffed in it. Yes, this one has got slang language too, but in proportion I mean not in every sentence you say!
Five Point Someone, that 'somone' is Bhagat's protoganist Hari. It is written in an authobiographical manner, like any other Bhagat book.
Three friends, Hari, Alok and Ryan are roommates in India's best college campus, IIT. They have messed up their grades big time, Alok is the only person who cares. Hari is in love with a professor's girl so he is also like in a bit of a messy situation.
All in all, this is a fast paced Bhagat book. Great fun to read, I was literally not able to put this one down. Bhagat depicts how life in IIT is and he does it well as he himself has studied in the campus.
It is a 270 pages full of fun and all. The writing is so lucid and simple, the one which we talk in our real life, that it takes you into the book, enjoying the care free life of the three students.
3% of the story was taken by filmakers and made 3 Idiots, the world wide block buster. Forget the controversy, pick this book up and jump into a great enjoyable world. I will give it 4.5 out of 5.
Five Point Someone, that 'somone' is Bhagat's protoganist Hari. It is written in an authobiographical manner, like any other Bhagat book.
Three friends, Hari, Alok and Ryan are roommates in India's best college campus, IIT. They have messed up their grades big time, Alok is the only person who cares. Hari is in love with a professor's girl so he is also like in a bit of a messy situation.
All in all, this is a fast paced Bhagat book. Great fun to read, I was literally not able to put this one down. Bhagat depicts how life in IIT is and he does it well as he himself has studied in the campus.
It is a 270 pages full of fun and all. The writing is so lucid and simple, the one which we talk in our real life, that it takes you into the book, enjoying the care free life of the three students.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
DAN BROWN: DIGITAL FORTRESS
Now Susan is caucht in a tempest of secrecy and lies and betrayal. She is not only fighting for the nation but also for the man she loves (David Becker)
NSA is being held hotage.
I think this is a book that every man who has love for unexpected twists, thriller and a great plot should read it. I plan to read Da Vinci Code next (I know I am a bit late) and other Dan Brown books.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
CRAZY CARL: BACK AGAIN
I AM sorry i took such a long break with crazy carl, but i needed it. I took a break not only from crazy carl but also from blogging. Well, my four fishes died yesterday and i was in a need of something that can fresh me up.
IT WAS the last phase of the so called game. The stairs were looking good, nothing to worry about. Teddy stepped on the first stair and the stairs began to plummet. They were falling and with them, Teddy too was going down. It was as if all the hell had gone wrong, against him. Teddy screamed, he was on a brink of crying when the big fall came to an end. He was on the garden sand.
"Oh you got my butt!" Teddy shouted and moved forwards towards the gate, he thought the freak show was over, he had won, he had not been freaked up. But then Rick was too clever too leave it there. There was a honey comb over two trees which Rick had set. Now he pelted a stone at one of the honey combs and the buzzing began. He pelted another at the second one but missed but it hit the target in the second shot. The two combs began to buzz.
"What the hell is this?" Teddy said as he tried to open the wooden gate, it was locked. "Is it not yet over? What have you got for me, your mama coming to screw me up or what?" Teddy screamed. But mama was the least of his problems.......
HOW WILL TEDDY HANDLE THE HONEY BEES. FIND OUT, NEXT SUNDAY.
IT WAS the last phase of the so called game. The stairs were looking good, nothing to worry about. Teddy stepped on the first stair and the stairs began to plummet. They were falling and with them, Teddy too was going down. It was as if all the hell had gone wrong, against him. Teddy screamed, he was on a brink of crying when the big fall came to an end. He was on the garden sand.
"Oh you got my butt!" Teddy shouted and moved forwards towards the gate, he thought the freak show was over, he had won, he had not been freaked up. But then Rick was too clever too leave it there. There was a honey comb over two trees which Rick had set. Now he pelted a stone at one of the honey combs and the buzzing began. He pelted another at the second one but missed but it hit the target in the second shot. The two combs began to buzz.
"What the hell is this?" Teddy said as he tried to open the wooden gate, it was locked. "Is it not yet over? What have you got for me, your mama coming to screw me up or what?" Teddy screamed. But mama was the least of his problems.......
HOW WILL TEDDY HANDLE THE HONEY BEES. FIND OUT, NEXT SUNDAY.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
THE 'RE PUBLIC' DAY CELEBRATIONS
I had told you that I will not be bale to write, but I managed to write by taking some time out of my studies. In this post i am going to tell you how, in India, people celebrate 26 the January and what is the reason.
This date is one of the most important date in the history of India. We, the Indians celebrate this day when one of our most respected freedom fighter Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar wrote the constitution of India and we began to apply it from this date.
This date is called republic day because every man in India comes together, irrespective of cast and religion. There are long parades and marches in Delhi, the capital of India. Colorful dresses, dances, songs etc are sung. Every parade represents there states tradition. There is an airshow, and the hairs on our back stand up when we see those helicopters and fighters doing stunt in mid air. We, in our school, hoist flag and sing our national song. There is a patriotic feeling in every Indian, whether it is a child or a old man, everyone salutes the national, tricolor flag. 2008 was tragic year for us Indian's, after the 26/11 attacks shook the whole country. But in January 2009, just three months after the attack, no one feared to come out and celebrate this day, come what may we will celebrate our republic day and will show the bloody terrorists that we are not afraid of them.
Now I shall end my post, HAPPY REPUBLIC DAY!!
This date is one of the most important date in the history of India. We, the Indians celebrate this day when one of our most respected freedom fighter Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar wrote the constitution of India and we began to apply it from this date.
This date is called republic day because every man in India comes together, irrespective of cast and religion. There are long parades and marches in Delhi, the capital of India. Colorful dresses, dances, songs etc are sung. Every parade represents there states tradition. There is an airshow, and the hairs on our back stand up when we see those helicopters and fighters doing stunt in mid air. We, in our school, hoist flag and sing our national song. There is a patriotic feeling in every Indian, whether it is a child or a old man, everyone salutes the national, tricolor flag. 2008 was tragic year for us Indian's, after the 26/11 attacks shook the whole country. But in January 2009, just three months after the attack, no one feared to come out and celebrate this day, come what may we will celebrate our republic day and will show the bloody terrorists that we are not afraid of them.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
CRAZY CARL BLOODSUCKERS NEST: THE LAST FIGHT
Hulla! i wanted to tell you that i will not be able to write the next Sunday, coz again my xams are starting! well you see how pressure students have on their small heads? and so they are just ending their lives! this is not fair! in recent spate of suicides in the city, 42 people have committed suicide in the month, and the month is still not over! my god! the rate of student suicides is more than 25, i think these are all cowards, coz they are just running away from their responsibilities, ending lives is not the way you can just get away from your tensions. Have they ever thought how their parents will feel? well i just hope that no more suicides are reported. Live and let live.
The woman in the white became blurred and disappeared. Teddy grinned, 'to hell with it!' he shouted and turned only to find himself facing the wooden wall, where is the door? Teddy thought, he turned round and round, but did not find the door. 'What is this nonsense? Hey Rick! tell me where to go!' Teddy said.
Outside, Rick hushed, so at least Teddy had not yet found the door, which will lead him to.....
Teddy found the crack, it was just a crack that gave away the hidden door. Teddy grinned again, and shouted, 'hey Rick, did you thought you will hide the bloody door from me? you are an idiot!' Teddy opened the crack and the door became loose and fell. Teddy saw before him; an empty room and stairs, the stairs will lead him into the garden and through the back gate, out of the house, and he will win the bet with Rick.
Teddy began to walk towards the stairs, that's when he smelled something fishy. How will Rick just give him the last part with nothing as a challenge? this was like a game and every game had the last part, most difficult......
What is Teddy going to face in the last phase of the 'game' ? or is it yet the last phase?
The woman in the white became blurred and disappeared. Teddy grinned, 'to hell with it!' he shouted and turned only to find himself facing the wooden wall, where is the door? Teddy thought, he turned round and round, but did not find the door. 'What is this nonsense? Hey Rick! tell me where to go!' Teddy said.
Outside, Rick hushed, so at least Teddy had not yet found the door, which will lead him to.....
Teddy found the crack, it was just a crack that gave away the hidden door. Teddy grinned again, and shouted, 'hey Rick, did you thought you will hide the bloody door from me? you are an idiot!' Teddy opened the crack and the door became loose and fell. Teddy saw before him; an empty room and stairs, the stairs will lead him into the garden and through the back gate, out of the house, and he will win the bet with Rick.
Teddy began to walk towards the stairs, that's when he smelled something fishy. How will Rick just give him the last part with nothing as a challenge? this was like a game and every game had the last part, most difficult......
What is Teddy going to face in the last phase of the 'game' ? or is it yet the last phase?
Saturday, January 16, 2010
CRAZY CARL BLOODSUCKERS NEST: THE WOMAN IN WHITE
Hi,it seems like i have not written crazy Carl for last decade! sorry. By the way that quake in Haiti and the death toll shattered me completely! i really feel sorry for those poor people who have not only lost their homes but also lost their family and happines. I hope there's some way that i can help them.
"Ahhhhh!" said Teddy as the woman neared him. he had tried all those things that he could have thought of, spraying water on her, slashing sword, kicking but all in vain. Teddy could just think of running back and accepting defeat, but that will ruin his personality. he was sure that his gang will not apply the proverb of 'a freind in need is a freind indeed' they will surely leave him and spread in school that he was a freak.
No, he had to fight.
Teddy examined the room; it was studded with crates and boxes, the woman with her big red eyes was coming towards him, but what can she do? eat him? impossible. She didn't seem to have any weapon. And was she a real witch? then Teddy saw what he had not seen for last few minutes; there was a pile of boxes and something was hidden inside the pile, he saw the light.
Teddy moved towards the pile.
Outside Rick cursed. He knew this was going to fail. Teddy had seen the pile and behind was.....
Teddy removed all the boxes and saw what the witch was running on; it was a projector. And a film was running on it.
Rick had created it brilliantly: he had created the projector and had made the it so that it can show the film even without the white screen. He had placed the film of a horror movie and now it show the witch in it.
Teddy kicked the projector and broke it, that was the end of the projector too.
What now? find it out in the next part.
"Ahhhhh!" said Teddy as the woman neared him. he had tried all those things that he could have thought of, spraying water on her, slashing sword, kicking but all in vain. Teddy could just think of running back and accepting defeat, but that will ruin his personality. he was sure that his gang will not apply the proverb of 'a freind in need is a freind indeed' they will surely leave him and spread in school that he was a freak.
No, he had to fight.
Teddy examined the room; it was studded with crates and boxes, the woman with her big red eyes was coming towards him, but what can she do? eat him? impossible. She didn't seem to have any weapon. And was she a real witch? then Teddy saw what he had not seen for last few minutes; there was a pile of boxes and something was hidden inside the pile, he saw the light.
Teddy moved towards the pile.
Outside Rick cursed. He knew this was going to fail. Teddy had seen the pile and behind was.....
Teddy removed all the boxes and saw what the witch was running on; it was a projector. And a film was running on it.
Rick had created it brilliantly: he had created the projector and had made the it so that it can show the film even without the white screen. He had placed the film of a horror movie and now it show the witch in it.
Teddy kicked the projector and broke it, that was the end of the projector too.
What now? find it out in the next part.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
ALEX RIDER: 2: POINT BLANC
HI, i am back again with Messy Sally and professor Bookworm. an review of the next AR book. point blanc.
Sally: Hi, Professor Bookworm.
Bookworm: Yeah, hi.
Sally: so..... shall we start? the second AR book, pls tell us about it.
Bookworm: this time, the poor boy Alex Rider is back at school trying to adapt to his new double life, and to double homework. But MI6 have other plans for him.
Sally: and may i ask, what are these 'other' plans?
Bookworm: this brilliant book starts off with a great murder. i mean the style in which the murder is executed. the assasin murder's one of the world's most richest man.
Sally: ohhhhhhh! terryfying, no?
Bookworm: yeah. but then Anthony Horowitz comes back to AR. And AR now bust's two drug dealers, in an unusal way. but then again, MI6 has new plans. after the murder another murder happens, that too a rich man. but people all over the world think them as accidental murders.
Investigations into the "accidental" deaths of two of the world's most powerful men have revealed just one link. Both had a son attending Point Blanc Academy - an exclusive school for rebellious rich kids, run by the sinister Dr Grief and set high on an isolated mountain peak in the French Alps.
Now, MI6 turns Alex Rider into Alex Friend, a rich father's spoil brat and send him to the school point blanc to find out what is going on there, but what is going on there is secret, Alex only knows that after half of the book is read. And again Anthony Horowitz manages to grip us onto the book, it is a page turner.and the book also includes a great encounter with the guards of the school and the SAS men.
Sally: Wow! that is worth a read! ratings?
Bookworm: four and a half.
Sally: that is brilliant! well thank you for giving us this great review and we will meet you again. till then goodbye!
Good news: my friend's fishes gave 10 babies! cool! bye.
Sally: Hi, Professor Bookworm.
Bookworm: Yeah, hi.
Sally: so..... shall we start? the second AR book, pls tell us about it.
Bookworm: this time, the poor boy Alex Rider is back at school trying to adapt to his new double life, and to double homework. But MI6 have other plans for him.
Sally: and may i ask, what are these 'other' plans?
Bookworm: this brilliant book starts off with a great murder. i mean the style in which the murder is executed. the assasin murder's one of the world's most richest man.
Sally: ohhhhhhh! terryfying, no?
Bookworm: yeah. but then Anthony Horowitz comes back to AR. And AR now bust's two drug dealers, in an unusal way. but then again, MI6 has new plans. after the murder another murder happens, that too a rich man. but people all over the world think them as accidental murders.
Investigations into the "accidental" deaths of two of the world's most powerful men have revealed just one link. Both had a son attending Point Blanc Academy - an exclusive school for rebellious rich kids, run by the sinister Dr Grief and set high on an isolated mountain peak in the French Alps.
Now, MI6 turns Alex Rider into Alex Friend, a rich father's spoil brat and send him to the school point blanc to find out what is going on there, but what is going on there is secret, Alex only knows that after half of the book is read. And again Anthony Horowitz manages to grip us onto the book, it is a page turner.and the book also includes a great encounter with the guards of the school and the SAS men.
Sally: Wow! that is worth a read! ratings?
Bookworm: four and a half.
Sally: that is brilliant! well thank you for giving us this great review and we will meet you again. till then goodbye!
Good news: my friend's fishes gave 10 babies! cool! bye.
Friday, January 8, 2010
REVIEW XPRESS: ALEX RIDER THE STROMBREAKER
I know i had added a post on Alex R but now i will be adding the reviews of all the Alex Rider books. now my new character professor Bookworm will chat with a interveiwer: Messy Sally and tell her about the first Alex R book.
Sally: Good morning, Mr. Bookworm.
Bookworm: Yeah, get straight to point messy girl.
Sally: Excuse me? What do you mean by messy girl?
Bookworm: your name's Messy, isn't it?
Sally: OK. Now which book are you reading at the moment?
Bookworm: i am not reading anything, coz i am giving an interveiw, haaaaaa!
Sally: Pls, sir! which book are you reading right now?
Bookworm: Alex Rider first part, the strombreaker.
Sally: can you tell us something about it?
Bookworm: No! He, he, he, he. just joking! Alex Rider, can we call him AR? YES. So AR has no mother or father, poor kid. but he has his uncle, Ian Rider and the caretaker Jack. and She is she. but then this guy Ian Rider dies in a so called 'car accident' what he has not told Alex is that he is a spy working for MI6 an spy agency. and then like an hire,because Ian Rider was a spy, AR also has to be a spy. and then AR is dragged in this mess. his uncle is murdered by someone called Yassen Gregorowitch.
AR is sent to the SAS training.Then, armed with his own special set of secret gadgets, he’s off on his first mission.
His destination is the depths of Cornwall, where Middle Eastern multimillionaire Herod Sayle is producing his state-of-the-art Stormbreaker computers (here Bookworm drinks water). Sayle’s offered to give one free to every school in the country - but MI6 think there’s more to the gift than meets the eye.
Only Alex can find out the truth. But time is running out and he soon finds himself in mortal danger. It looks as if his first assignment may well be his last... but surprise it is not his last!
Sally: that was breathtaking, what is your say, professor Bookworm?
Bookworm: as per my research, it's the best- selling spy book. Anthony Horowitz has a great skill in writing. and when evry book, since the third part, comes out, there is line to take it. i think it will go far.....
Sally: what are your ratings?
Bookworm: that's five out of, right? i think four and a half is the best.
Sally: thank you sir, for being with us today and giving us this wonderful review.
TO MY READERS: THERE ARE IN ALL 8 PARTS IN AR. SO TOMMOROW I WILL WRITE THE REVIEW OF THE SECOND ALEX RIDER BOOK: POINT BLANC. SO BE READY TO BE WITH SALLY AND BOOKWORM IN REVIEW XPRESS.
Sally: Good morning, Mr. Bookworm.
Bookworm: Yeah, get straight to point messy girl.
Sally: Excuse me? What do you mean by messy girl?
Bookworm: your name's Messy, isn't it?
Sally: OK. Now which book are you reading at the moment?
Bookworm: i am not reading anything, coz i am giving an interveiw, haaaaaa!
Sally: Pls, sir! which book are you reading right now?
Bookworm: Alex Rider first part, the strombreaker.
Sally: can you tell us something about it?
Bookworm: No! He, he, he, he. just joking! Alex Rider, can we call him AR? YES. So AR has no mother or father, poor kid. but he has his uncle, Ian Rider and the caretaker Jack. and She is she. but then this guy Ian Rider dies in a so called 'car accident' what he has not told Alex is that he is a spy working for MI6 an spy agency. and then like an hire,because Ian Rider was a spy, AR also has to be a spy. and then AR is dragged in this mess. his uncle is murdered by someone called Yassen Gregorowitch.
AR is sent to the SAS training.Then, armed with his own special set of secret gadgets, he’s off on his first mission.
His destination is the depths of Cornwall, where Middle Eastern multimillionaire Herod Sayle is producing his state-of-the-art Stormbreaker computers (here Bookworm drinks water). Sayle’s offered to give one free to every school in the country - but MI6 think there’s more to the gift than meets the eye.
Only Alex can find out the truth. But time is running out and he soon finds himself in mortal danger. It looks as if his first assignment may well be his last... but surprise it is not his last!
Sally: that was breathtaking, what is your say, professor Bookworm?
Bookworm: as per my research, it's the best- selling spy book. Anthony Horowitz has a great skill in writing. and when evry book, since the third part, comes out, there is line to take it. i think it will go far.....
Sally: what are your ratings?
Bookworm: that's five out of, right? i think four and a half is the best.
Sally: thank you sir, for being with us today and giving us this wonderful review.
TO MY READERS: THERE ARE IN ALL 8 PARTS IN AR. SO TOMMOROW I WILL WRITE THE REVIEW OF THE SECOND ALEX RIDER BOOK: POINT BLANC. SO BE READY TO BE WITH SALLY AND BOOKWORM IN REVIEW XPRESS.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Dear Book Lover:
You may not know me or my work, but I am the national bestselling, award winning novelist of six critically acclaimed novels who has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction
On Jan 9th, 2010 my debut novel, SUGAR will celebrate its 10th anniversary and in order to commemorate this milestone I am campaigning to sell 10,000 copies between now and that date.
“Bernice L. McFadden's first novel begins with the brief, poetic description of a crime so startling that the reader is helplessly drawn in, as if a bright red door stood ajar on a bleak and forbidding house. Pearl Taylor's daughter, Jude, has been found murdered and mutilated near a field at the edge of town. "The murder had white man written all over it," writes McFadden. "But no one would say it above a whisper. It was 1940. It was Bigelow, Arkansas. It was a black child. Need any more be said?" In the years that follow, Pearl catches sight of Jude in so many strangers that when Sugar Lacey comes to town and sets up her unwholesome "business" in the house next door, she doesn't know whether to believe what she sees in Sugar's face: a striking similarity to Jude, dead 15 years. In her sedate but supple prose--rising at times to a light, unforced lyricism in the description of landscape or character--the author perfectly renders the closed and protective society of a small Southern town, the superstitions, gossip, and prying.”
I’m asking that you purchase a copy of SUGAR for yourself, a friend or family member. And yes, KINDLE purchases count.
If you could help spread the word by blogging, twittering ad Face-booking my campaign, it would mean the world to me.
Peace & Light,
Bernice L. McFadden
www.bernicemcfadden.com
www.firstborngirl.blogspot.com
www.amazon.com
www.B&N.com
You may not know me or my work, but I am the national bestselling, award winning novelist of six critically acclaimed novels who has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction
On Jan 9th, 2010 my debut novel, SUGAR will celebrate its 10th anniversary and in order to commemorate this milestone I am campaigning to sell 10,000 copies between now and that date.
“Bernice L. McFadden's first novel begins with the brief, poetic description of a crime so startling that the reader is helplessly drawn in, as if a bright red door stood ajar on a bleak and forbidding house. Pearl Taylor's daughter, Jude, has been found murdered and mutilated near a field at the edge of town. "The murder had white man written all over it," writes McFadden. "But no one would say it above a whisper. It was 1940. It was Bigelow, Arkansas. It was a black child. Need any more be said?" In the years that follow, Pearl catches sight of Jude in so many strangers that when Sugar Lacey comes to town and sets up her unwholesome "business" in the house next door, she doesn't know whether to believe what she sees in Sugar's face: a striking similarity to Jude, dead 15 years. In her sedate but supple prose--rising at times to a light, unforced lyricism in the description of landscape or character--the author perfectly renders the closed and protective society of a small Southern town, the superstitions, gossip, and prying.”
I’m asking that you purchase a copy of SUGAR for yourself, a friend or family member. And yes, KINDLE purchases count.
If you could help spread the word by blogging, twittering ad Face-booking my campaign, it would mean the world to me.
Peace & Light,
Bernice L. McFadden
www.bernicemcfadden.com
www.firstborngirl.blogspot.com
www.amazon.com
www.B&N.com
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