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Review: Targeted and Trolled by Rossalyn Warren
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A book about the reality and facts which women faces everyday in their lives. Targeted and Trolled is precisely written and portrays the true image of this gender oriented society.
The book highlighted some incidents which happened to some of the renowned women who are raising their voices against sexual harassment and supporting the victims. Abuse and shaming are the very common examples of online harassment which women faces more than men. Most of us would have witnessed these acts on many of the social networking sites.
Often men are not aware that women are sexually abused and shamed on internet. Mostly, online harassment is gender biased. Men are usually harassed and shamed for intellectual in abilities where as women are harassed and abused sexually for being an online user.
Minorities are also targeted often. Muslim women are mostly trolled for sharing their opinion online and they are usually sexually harassed and abused by male online users from other religions.
Being a Pakistani female citizen, I can totally understand the way society often blames the woman. In some rural areas women are not allowed to have social media profiles and to be an online user. The main cause of this mindset is the fear of being sexually harassed online. Due to media awareness and campaigns led by NGOs this mindset is changing.
Most of the times Pakistani women are not even aware of the term online harassment. As Rossalyn has stated in the book, that most of the times women think that online harassment is a part of the deal for being an online user.
Wilson also put an emphasis on women that owning their voice is a powerful tool which they must use online."Do no harm, take no shit." -- Wilson
Kati Heng's way to spread out the word against harrasment: http://stopthecatcall.tumblr.com
"Rememeber this is your internet, this is your technology. This is your online space you need to reclaim." -- Nighat Dad
Nighat's work against cyber bullying: http://digitalrightsfoundation.pk
It good to know that women all around the globe are fighting in their own ways against online harassment and sexual harassment. Victims are raising their voices and spreading out the word through social media to spread awareness and to support each other.
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This is a must read book.
Rating: 5/5
Disclaimer: I got a galley of this e-book via publisher and getting a review copy does not altered my opinion of this book.
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Blog Tour & Giveaway: Air Awakens by Elise Kova
I loved the cover art. I must say, Air Awakens is my favorite fantasy book of this year so far. I love books which makes you question your conscious and are thought provoking. Air Awakens is definitely one of those books. It is a treat for your imagination. A must read, highly anticipated and best fantasy debut young adult book of Summer 2015.
Read the whole review on the link mentioned below and don't forget to enter the giveaway (international) for a signed hardcover of Air Awakens.
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Review: Every Day by David Levithan
Every day by David Levithan tells the story of "A". "A" is a spirit and it has no knowledge of its origin or history. Each day "A" wakes up in a different body, every day is a different person who is of the same age group as "A". For "A" gender is not a problem because "A" believes in individualism. "A" tries to spend the day without inferring into the life of its host.
I liked it, but not loved it. It is a good book which highlights the importance of individualism. It emphasizes that gender/race or color is not important. What lies within one's heart and soul should be cherished. I must say this book made me realize that we humans are nothing without memories. They shape our beliefs, character and every aspect of our lives.
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Every Day by David Levithan
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Review: Student Bodies (Poltergeeks#2) by Sean Cummings
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http://letmebefictional.blogspot.com/2015/07/review-student-bodies-poltergeeks-2-by.html
100% RECOMMENDED!
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Review : Salt and Saffron by Kamila Shamsie
"Saffron is a luxury, but salt is a necessity, Aliya learns in this charming, witty exploration of class values." - Library Journal
"The utterly sensuous descriptions of food and tea are alone worth the price of admission." - Booklist
This is my first book that I've read by Kamila Shamsie. Salt and Saffron is a beautiful, interesting, and very well-written novel. I am eager to read Shamsie's other books.
*All I can remember is the names of mouth watering food* :D
The story revolves around Aliya; a Pakistani girl of an aristocratic family who becomes reacquainted with family members – first in London and then in Karachi. Aliya thinks of herself as a family historian and a storyteller. After spending four years of her life at university in America for her studies, she was unaware of so many secrets about her ancestors.
There are so many thoughts which were haunting Aliya's mind as the things went strange into the family; Why her cousin Mariam doesn't speak? Who are the not-quite- twins? The very peculiar thing is Aliya to some extent start believing herself as one of the not-quite twins.It is the not-quite twins who every time are the source of disaster and shame for the Dard-e-Dil. Aliya knew so little about the Partition of Indo-Pak which divided the family. Caste, family and social status comes in the way of Aliya's love.
Will she become a matter of shame to her family being a not-quite twin or not?
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Review : City of Bones by Cassandra Clary
Clary is an ordinary fifteen year old girl. Everything in her life was going fine until one day she went to the Pandemonium Club with her best friend Simon. She saw the murder of a boy and eventually he vanished into the thin air. Three teenagers wearing strange tattoos and holding strange weapons, murdered that boy. On that night Clary was introduced to a new world of "SHADOWHUNTERS".
She met Jace Wayland on that night and since then her life went upside down. Jace Wayland is one of the Shadowhunters, who has killed the demon boy on that club night. Shadow hunters are assigned to keep the earth safe from the demons and other harmful supernatural creatures.
Within twenty-four hours, Ravener (demon) kidnapped her mother and she has no clue what a demon could possibly want from her mother. Clary's mom had always tried to keep her away from the Shadowhunter world and stuff. But when her mom got missing, she unravels the truth about herself and her family history.
I really enjoyed this book. It was filled with adventure and action. I love the villain the writer created. Honestly, he's the most manipulative and attractive villain. I like the Clary's character, she is just like a normal teenage girl with whom the other girls can relate to. Her geeky buddy Simon is the sweetest and supportive friend, we all wish for. Jace Wayland is a fallen angel who is an introvert and lives under the shadows of his father. I think Magnus Bane deserves the award for being the fashionista and coolest warlock.
The plot is pretty twisted and I wasn't expecting the truth to be so bittersweet and heart wrenching. I was expecting this book to be filled with awesomeness, after all that hype and buzz about it. But it was good and enjoyable.
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Between the acting of the dreadful thing
And the first motion, all the interim is
Like a phantasm, or a hideous dream:
The Genius and the mortal instruments
And then in council; and the state of man,
Like to a little kingdom, suffers then
The nature of an insurection."
- William Shakespear, Julius Caesar
A Princess of Mars
1866 Arizona, Confederate officer John Carter, Gentleman of Virginia, forever aged 30, wakes naked on Mars. Low gravity increases his speed and strength exponentially, so he impresses green alien Thark captors with fighting, wins high rank. He frees Dejah Thoris, Princess of red men in Helium, only to lose her to the Prince of opposing red Zodanga.
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Former Confederate soldier John Carter is trapped in an Arizona cave and then wakes upon Mars, known to the natives as "Barsoom". Because his body is built for Earth's gravity, he has tremendous strength on Mars and can leap great distances with little effort.
He quickly wins the respect of Tars Tarkas, the ferocious leader of the six-limbed, green Martian Tharks. But when the Tharks capture the beautiful humanoid princess Dejah Thoris, Carter almost immediately falls in love with her and begins plotting their escape.
With the help of Dejah Thoris, the princess of another clan on Mars, John Carter fights for their freedom and love and to save the entire planet from destruction as the oxygen providing Atmosphere Factory slowly grinds to a halt.
A Princess Of Mars is a product of another age, an adventure written to entertain an unsophisticated readership. Scientifically impossible and often soddenly narrated, it is too old-fashioned. But the book has been hugely influential, displays a good-natured innocence and certainly doesn't lack for action.
- I like the way Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote about the following things:
- The way a writer portrayed the value of feelings and emotions in life and how love and kindness conquers all.
- The faithfulness of animals no matter on whichever planet they are whether its Mars or Earth. I liked Woola (the loyal friend & dog of John Carter)
- Is Dejah Thoris still alive?
- Will John Carter find some way back to Mars or not?
- Is there still any sign of life left on mars after the breakdown of atmosphere plant?
- All experience of John Carter on mars was just his imagination or real?
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- A winner will be picked within 48 hours of content ending and will be messaged in the Booklikes DMs, if no response is given within 48 hours, another entry will be picked
- If entries pass 1k another booklikes design will be added.
