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Book review – 50 Things Every Young Lady Should Know

Every few years when it was time for Grandma’s trip to our home, or time for our trip to visit Grandma – my sister & I would begin rehearsing our manners a few weeks before so it was a part of our every day lives (if it wasn’t already) before we met Grandma. Meeting Grandma meant that we had to keep our manners in check, we had to be at our best behaviours, best clothes, best hair. We needed to be the perfect little lady’s she wanted us to be, if not we’d have to listen to lectures we would dread about how un-lady-like we are, and what a perfect young lady does.

Reading 50 Things Every Young Lady Should Know is a lovely book, that reminded me of just that time. Every sentence, every page reminded me of Grandma. Almost made me feel like I could hear her voice in my head saying everything I read in there. Continue reading “Book review – 50 Things Every Young Lady Should Know”

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Book Review: An Idiot, Placements and IntervYOU by Toffee

“For one moment I could not believe I had been placed in my dream company. I pinched myself thrice to believe what I had heard was real and not a dream.”

The phrase of achievement from every engineering student who didn’t see beyond his book for 4 years of his college life, entrance exams, cut-throat competition & job interviews – that’s what this book is about. Continue reading “Book Review: An Idiot, Placements and IntervYOU by Toffee”