The Friday Classics Salon

I recently came across a blog, Mangoes and Cherry Blossoms, which discussed and recommended many classic reads to its followers. In its latest post, Saari introduced The Friday Classics Salon, a weekly event where people will get together and share the Classic Books they are currently reading or have just read.

I really loved the idea, so, I am posting it on my blog to spread the word. People don't read Classics and give foolish reasons to defend themselves. They even try to cover up by reading Modern Classics or Contemporary Classics, and I was amazed to see, that the books listed in this genre are not even Classics!!!!

Right.

So, I would like to invite you to this event and you can also invite your friends and ask them to invite their friends and their friends and...... hahaha...

And how to participate??

A few questions will be asked on the blog, and you have to answer them considering your classic read. Then post the answers on your website or blog and leave the link to your post in the comments on the blog. This will held on every Friday, starting from April 3, 2015. Simple!

Please keep in mind that I am not hosting this event, and it's not my idea. I'm just sharing it and encouraging people to participate, so you have to link your posts to Saari's Blog, that is, Mangoes and Cherry Blossoms and not my BlogSpot.

This is definitely gonna help you to find other classic readers and encourage you to add more books to your TBR.
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Trailer Talk : Bombay Velvet

 A stylish retro look, the grey world of smuggling and some jazz in the old world charm of 1960s Bombay - that's the world of Ranbir Kapoor's next 'Bombay Velvet', as seen via its trailer released on Thursday. The trailer was released during the telecast of the India-Bangladesh match at the Cricket World Cup. In no time, #BombayVelvet started trending on Twitter.

 The movie, directed by Anurag Kashyap, is set in the 1960s. The story is about a man with big dreams and the extent he is willing to go to be successful. Ranbir is introduced as a street-fighter named Johnny Balraj with a curly mop of hair, embroiled in a cage-fight in soiled clothes with hands wrapped in bandages.On the other hand, Anushka Sharma is Rosie, the star singer of a nightclub.

Music

The background music pumps up the trailer's mood, thanks to fabulous work by composer Amit Trivedi. Now, that is all the more reason to wait in anticipation for the soundtrack of the movie.

Some of the people also say that the trailer showed a lot more than it should have, giving them the entire plot of the movie. However, they also hope that Anurag Kashyap has more to offer them when the movie comes out.

Positive response

The trailer also received positive response from the members of Hindi film fraternity on micro-blogging site Twitter. From me, I don't know what Ranbir has in store. Just hoping for the best...*fingers crossed*

Rating : ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Book Review : Puddle Jumping by Amber L. Johnson

The Book : Puddle Jumping by Amber L. Johnson


Blurb:

When it comes to love there’s no such thing as conventional.
Everyone thinks Colton Neely is special.
Lilly Evans just thinks he’s fascinating.
Once friends when they were younger, their bond is cut short due to her accident prone nature and they go their separate ways. Years later, they meet again and Lilly learns that there is something special about the boy she once knew, but she has no idea what it all means. And she’s not sure if she’s ready to find out.
When he walks through the corridor of her school the first day of her senior year, she knows that it’s time to get to know the real Colton Neely. The more she learns, the deeper she falls.
Their friendship grows into love, even as Colton does not express it in words. But one decision threatens to break down the world that Lilly has tried so hard to integrate into and she must figure out if the relationship can survive if they are apart.

Review:
If you want me to sum up this book in one line, then it would be:

It was like Christmas lights dropped in a puddle of water.

Lilly and Colton and their love story. Colton is always considered special. Lilly’s love is special. And their love story is also special. The way of expressing it is just fabulous. Colton might not be the one who tell you again and again how much he loves you, but every time he spoke for Lilly, my heart skipped a beat. I swear, it was just like someone strumming the strings of my heart. This was my first book by Amber L. Johnson, and I am also not a big fan of Romance Genre, but this book just nailed it!

I will definitely read more by Johnson and, who knows, may be I might also start loving Romance!
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ stars from me!