55 FLASH FICTION CONTEST + GIVEAWAY

 

Title : Musings Of A Wanderer 
Author : Shreya Chatterjee 
Publisher : Power Publishers ( Jan 2011) 
Genre : Poetry

About The Book :

MUSINGS OF A WANDERER speaks volumes about the simplest of things that quietly becomes a part of our life. It speaks of failing and triumphs. The poet speaks of expressions of living moments and of those that are perhaps never to see the light of the day. You will find monsoon peeping, you will find, romance lingering and as a sense of determination that ebbs inside a young mind. Think of a blogger, who lives with the belief, life is nothing but a meandering river or a path. Here you get to meet and forget people, you get to run through darkness and regal in the glory of refreshing sun rays. She speaks of life you are able to see unfolding in front of you. She speaks of your life and of all the others, around you.

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55 FLASH FICTION CONTEST

Participate in our Flash Fiction Contest and you stand a chance to win yourself a copy of a wonderful poetry book – Musings Of A Wanderer by Shreya Chatterjee

Write a flash fiction story or piece of exactly 55 words. 

We accept only original and unpublished stories. Please do not plagiarize as we have strong filters in place.

Send it to us via email at bookreaderslounge@gmail.com with Subject Flash Fiction Contest.

Upto 3 entries allowed per person

Know more about 55 Flash Fiction here - http://www.squidoo.com/55-word-flash-fiction

There is no specific topic for this contest, as we don't wish to limit your creativity and this contest is open to Indian Residents only.

Contest

Begins on 6 August , Saturday

Ends on 31 August, Wednesday

There will be 5 winners for this competition, each of who will receive an autographed copy of this poetry book and their entry would be published on this blog. 

The chief guests and judges for this contest are - published author Nisha Arppit & published poetess Shreya Chatterjee.

BIO OF NISHA ARPPIT

Nisha Arppit is a published author, blogger & poet. 

Her debut novel- Trapped Wings, Open Sky was  published by Indra Publishing House in April 2011. Read more about her book at -http://www.nisharp.com/?p=261. 

You may join the facebook page of her book here

She writes poetry, her thoughts on life and more on her blog - http://www.nisharp.com/.

She is also a member of Bookaholic Surat Group.

BIO OF SHREYA CHATTERJEE

Shreya Chatterjee is a writer by profession and poet at will. In spite of handling two professions that leave her little time for leisure, she manages to read books, write reviews and manage two blogs.

Her blogs are:

1. http://wizardmeetsvagabond.blogspot.com/  (this is blog is under maintenance)

2. http://wanderer-onestep.blogspot.com/  

She has been writing poems and articles for various magazines like “Raison d'être“, “Bonhik”, “Kindle Magazine” and few others.

She frequently writes in Poetry forums like Jingle Poetry, One Shot Poetry. She was featured recently on ofindianorigin.co.uk

OVERLAND - FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY

Title : Overland.. a novel

Author : Mark Stephen Levy

Publisher: Zorba Publishers (2011)

About The Book:

On the day of his last medical school exam, Danny Benson receives a letter from his fiancee' Heather. In it, she writes that the engagement is off. Why? She is in London where she will catch the Magic Bus and travel overland to Kathmandu, Nepal.

With his plans shattered, Danny knows what he has to do : set out on a journey thousands of mile from home in search of her. Just one last conversation stands in the way of either rekindling their relationship or get the answer he needs to move on with his life. When he inexplicably runs into Heather crossing continents, they spend the entire ride debating whether to stay together or break up fore over.

Arriving in town and exhausted from their long bus trip, fate decides for them. Instead of resolution, their moment of truth happens when they collide with history.

                                                      About The Author:

Mark met his wife, Eliane, originally from France, while on a camel safari in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan, India. They have been married for 25 years and have a 19 year-old daughter, Celine.


Mark was born and raised in Los Angeles for so many years, then moved to Denver, Colorado with his family 15 years ago.

Overland is his first published work, and he looks to develop it as a screenplay and would love to see his work on the big screen.

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OVERLAND - FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY

Participate in our giveaway by answering a simple Question and winners gets copies of the novel - OVERLAND

We have 2 copies to giveaway

Question - The author met his French wife, for the first time in India. 

Identify the city & state where he met her. 

It’s the most sought after state for foreigners

Send in you Name & Answer via email to bookreaderslounge@yahoo.com

Contest begins - 05 Aug & ends on 09 Aug

CLUE: We are giving you a clue to help you find the answer. A part of the answer is hidden in this post itself. Just read the entire post

All The Best

WINNERS : Nimi Vashi & Chaynika Thareja
Winners are requested to collect their author- signed copies from Book launch event on Aug 11, Thursday at Landmark, Ambience Mall, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi at 6.30pm

KISS ME OR KILL ME BOOK GIVEAWAY

Title : Plz.. Kiss me or Kill me.. if you are in love, you need medicine

Author : Mihir Raj

Publisher: Srishti Publishers  (2011)

Book Blurb:

Raj:  I saw Rahul intimate with Mohit.

        What will happen to Shivani?

Charu:  Raj, you are junior to me... my brain suggests me to turn down your proposal but heart says 

“Give it a try”

   Are you ready for Trial Love?

Robin:  She is the lady of my life, I must propose her.

Is proposing a professor safe?

Ankita:  This baby in my womb is a life time punishment for my husband.

“What? Are you pregnant?”

Rahul:  Only misfortune of such caliber can turn a medico into a terrorist.

“What? Kiss me or kill me was the password of this operation?”

Three teenagers enter the glamorous medical world, become best friends. Why suddenly chaos stroke their lives when they tried to explore the life, love and destiny and finally a bomb blast screws them completely.

Be a part of their journey called……

                                                              “Plz..kiss me or kill me”

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 KISS ME OR KILL ME BOOK GIVEAWAY

Answer a simple question to win yourself a copy of Pls. Kiss me or Kill me written by Mihir Raj.

Question - Name the Medical college, the Author and his friends studied at?

a. AIIMS

b. DIMS

c. MIDS

Send in you Full Name & Answer to bookreaderslounge@yahoo.com.

Contest Begins - Aug 5 12.01 am

Contest Ends - Aug 8 11.59 pm

To find out the answer, read the excerpt below-

EXCERPT:

It was probably the worst day of my life. Shivani was lying in ICU in a coma and now Rahul too had got

admitted to the hospital. He was among those badly injured in the Sarojini Nagar bomb blast which had

completely shaken Delhi.

We, the final year students of medicine, were given duty in our hospital to not only attend to the casualties but also learn how to deal with medical emergencies. I was already half out of my mind due to Shivani as she was on life support. How could Robin and I bear to see our sister in such a grim condition? Our eyes were red shot and dry. Dry because we hadn’t had proper sleep for consecutive nights and secondly because our lacrimal glands which secretes tear had temporarily stopped functioning.

I was totally startled to see Rahul’s parents in such a pathetic condition standing

at the hospital gate. Robin and I had rushed to them fearing the worst.

“Raj.. Somebody called us on your uncle’s mobile and informed that Rahul has been severely injured in the Sarojini Nagar bomb blast and is being brought here.”

“Whaat? Rahul… he did not tell us that he was going Sarojini Nagar,” Robin said. “Aunty we had lunch

together today and when he was leaving he didn’t say he was going to Sarojini Nagar,” I said

“It is your good luck that he didn’t tell you, at least you people are safe, my sons…” aunty said between sobs.

Soon many ambulances started to arrive. The injured persons were being taken to the hospital wards. Seeing Rahul‘s unconscious body being placed on a stretcher we just lost our senses. His parents ran towards the stretcher but we stood rooted to the spot unable to believe that it was Rahul with whom we had lunch just four hours back, being carried on a stretcher. Shivani’s Rahul ….who too was struggling between life and death since the last two days. Suddenly we started running alongside his stretcher and rushed him to the emergency ward.

Medical profession is not an easy one as you come across suffering and pain everyday till it becomes part your life. But now we were not just medicos but a friend and a brother. Robin and I were being governed by the same feeling. After a few hours when the doctor said Rahul was responding to treatment Robin soothed Rahul’s parents to calm down. We requested them to go back home and take rest as we were there to take care of Rahul.

But aunty refused to leave Rahul’s side. Somehow Robin arranged a sofa for her in Rahul’s ward. Utterly

exhausted Robin and I sat down in a sofa in the main hall. Really , the whole thing was something which I had never imagined in my wildest dream…. that two love birds would one day be struggling for life at the same time in the same hospital with some same common faces!!

Love is a wonderful feeling as it gives you many beautiful moments worth living but the path through which it moves is not easy. Many past memories started flashing in my mind and started tormenting me. I suddenly went down memory where I saw myself, Robin, Rahul, Shivani, Charulata, Ankita Madam and our days in medical college “DIMS”. My memory started craving all those beautiful moments of Love and its magic but sometimes its result is really not within our reach. We love without bothering about the misery later.

 
Correct Answer is DIMS



WINNER IS MANSI DIXIT