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Did You Ever Love Me? Book Review: Can Rithvik singh turn heartbreak into a homecoming?

Did You Ever Love Me? by Rithvik Singh is a tender contemporary poetry collection about love, heartbreak, longing, self worth and learning to let go. Its greatest strength is emotional accessibility: Singh writes directly to readers who feel intensely and care deeply. The collection offers comfort without pretending heartbreak is simple, though its simplicity may occasionally feel familiar to seasoned poetry readers. Did you Ever Love Me? Have you ever loved someone so completely that, after they left, you were left wondering whether they had ever understood what they had been given? Not merely whether they loved you, but whether they ever noticed how much you loved them, how much patience you offered, how many small things you remembered, or how often you chose to stay when leaving might have been easier. There is a particular loneliness in that question because it rarely arrives at a dramatic moment. More often, it finds you while you are doing something completely ordinary. Yo...

Just another Meme


This one i picked up from Work in progress.Its around 3 am here, and as i am having some apricots[ I love the smell of apricots] I will do a meme to pass it on to members.

The Books You’ve Been Planning To Read For Ages: The Holy Gita.Cant think of any other.Yes Mein kempf is lying half read since ages too.

The Books You’ve Been Hunting For Years Without Success: I will say P.G woodhouse ones. Its not that i don't find them i just didn't try harder.Aashi had asked me to read them.
The Books Dealing with Something You’re Working on at the Moment: Every book i read, teaches me something about life.Life is something i am working on at the moment.
The Books You Want To Own So They’ll Be Handy Just In Case: Some books on Vastu, zodiacs,astrology etc.I generally don't use dictionaries a lot, still i have one my dad used years ago and my sis used in her engineering days.
The Books You Could Put Aside Maybe To Read This Summer: There are many,i buy 3-4 together so they are lying there.
The Books You Need To Go With Other Books On Your Shelves: Ya ya very good question.See, i need the full series of books written by Enid Blyton,especially the famous five one. Agatha Christie, Sidney Sheldon etc etc.And AListair Maclean i forgot.
The Books That Fill You With Sudden, Inexplicable Curiosity, Not Easily Justified: Murder mysteries.Crime. Such books.You getting the picture na?

The Books That If You Had More Than One Life You Would Certainly Also Read But Unfortunately Your Days Are Numbered: See, i don't answer difficult questions, especially those which involve my brains, but Avril is singing on my speakers so i will answer it.Huh.Classics.Those classics you know, the hardcore English language classics.The merchant of Venice, kinds. Unabridged. I will read if you give me another life.But i don't want another life.Give it to someone who needs it :P

Books Read Long Ago That It’s Now Time To Reread: I Never read a book again, which i have once read.No re reading for me.
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So everyone on the blog has to do this.Special note should be taken by Aashi, Reeti and Mystique wanderer for whom this is compulsory :-)
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