The Pizzazzy

Thats exactly the theme of the latest novel that I finished reading. Deceptions, beautifully written by Judith Micheal, it portrays the story of two sisters who are identical twins. One of them is a titled lady in London who is living an independent life running her own antique’s store and the other one is a simple housewife in America with a loving husband and two lovely kids.

Both think that the other’s life is better, and one day decide to swap for a week to experience each other’s life. It looks pretty simple at this point, the excitement begins when their lives takes turns to begin a chain of deceptions and both being trapped in their deceptions. The narration is very interesting and gets you involved in the lives and friends of these two sisters in each other’s worlds. A beautifully written book, it presents the doubts, love, frustration of any normal woman who thinks that grass is greener on the other side, which is very true till you cross over the bridge.

There was a popular Hindi TV series, with Sandhya Mridul playing the twins which was a lose adaptation of this novel. I saw some of the episodes but not the complete series. But I had liked whatever I saw. In the novel both the characters Stephanie and Sabarina are true to life characters and relates the story of every woman coping with pressures of life.

I completely enjoyed the book. Now I have started with this new one which is Shanghai Baby by Wei Hui this book was banned in China for the contents. Lately I have been reading books which center around women from different cultures, this one also conveys the thoughts of 20th century women in China. But so far there is nothing great about this book written in the style of an autobiography. Not fair to write off a book only after reading a few pages. I know!!

See here I am talking about all fictions when I am supposed to be actually studying for PMP certification. God! There is only so much a person can read.

This is not a spoiler, so even if you haven’t read any or read all Harry Potter books or yet to read the last one, it is safe to read this post till the end. 

I got my copy on Saturday and since then have been huddled in a corner with that. Every time I read a few pages I thought oh this is my last Harry Potter book and was hanging on to each word. This must be the longest I took to finish a Harry Potter book.

This is the most exciting of all the seven books with Harry Potter looking for the Horcruxes and finally facing Dark Lord. Dumbledore has also left certain items in his will to Harry, Ron and Hermione, which also is well thought about and fits into the whole plan. Mid way through the book Harry also goes through a dilemma of whether to go for Deathly Hallows, and master Death or the Horcruxes in order to destroy the Dark Lord which might result in his death also.
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