Almost SIngle by Advaita Kala

Almost Single is a refreshing new perspective on being single by a Delhi girl. The story is about three girls, two of whom are single and one happily divorced. A story about how the three girls take risks in their lives, Misha takes on upon herself to get hitched, Anushka who dumps her husband when she founds him cheating on her and Aisha who does not look around to get hitched but finds a particular Karan Verma due to the conspiracy of fate and God. Misha sells insurance part time, Anushka a happily married homemaker and Aisha, a Guest Relations Manager who worked with Grand Orchid. Misha keeps hooking people and does not find Mr Right and ultimately finds herself in the company of her father's elder brother's friend's son and starts loving his company and decides to get married to him. Anushka had always been a devoted homemaker and did not know anything other than her childhood sweetheart Sameer. She ultimately dumps him on the grounds of infidelity and moves oon to do her own business in Italy with another partner. Aisha keeps meeting one of her guests Karan Verma in the funniest of circumstances like when she was wrapping a car with toilet paper or when she walks into him naked in the porch of his terrace room. A series of hilarious incidents before Karan asks her out and introduces her to his Gucci Mama. Aisha being Aisha was scared of commitment and turns him down and suddenly on her way to her native place Nashik, Eureka! and she realises it would be better to stay with a person who loves her than have a loveless marriage like her Lata didi. She scampers off to Mumbai where Karan had gone for some business and poses to be his wife and goes to his room and is in the bubble bath with a bottle of wine when Karan's boss walks in. All hell breaks loose and she has a hard time explaining to Karan how and whta she was doing in that room. Karan finally understands since the two rooms were booked in his name, the confusion.

Very interesting and keeps you hooked on! All in all, keeps you in splits all through out! If you have a bad day, opt for the book since it just makes you feel that there is a world where mistakes keep happening and mistakes are but natural and these mistakes could sometimes be so crucial that they bring Karan and Aisha closer and closer to each other until they decide yes, they are meant for each other. Leaves you with a feeling if only it happened in your life. Plot was perfect but at places does leave you with "I've read this before" taste.

Rating: 4 star

Brida by Paulo Coelho

Brida is an ordinary girl next door in search of magic, that links the visible world with the invisible world. She tries learning through the Tradition of the Sun and the Tradition of the Moon and ultimately finds her true calling in the latter mode. On learning about magic through the Tradition of the Moon by Wicca, Brida learns that Lorens is her soulmate. However, on exploring the Tradition of the Sun, she learns that Magus who teaches her the Tradiiton of the Sun, is also her soulmate which causes the confusion. She realises that there could be multiple soulmates since there is a part of her in each of the persons. However, she ultimately opts for Lorens because in him, she sees a world that she has never known.

This book of Paulo Coelho is one of the most highly over-rated books in recent times. It talks about magic in the form of black magic, wizardry and witchcraft, which is highly unthinkable. The book also digresses from magic to past life relationships and the connection between the two is not very distinct. The scientific explanation for the past life relationships do make interesting reading but when it comes to magic, it loses its charm. All in all, easily missable book.

Rating: 3 star