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The Book Full of Version 2.0s!




It's only been a year since I started reading books. It used to be really difficult for me to stick to a book, rather stick to a story for too long. Last year when I randomly selected books that were of my interests and started reading them was when I realised why I couldn't read properly all this while. Since then, I don't go looking for the popular authors, the most recommended books or the fancy covers. I only pick up a book if it is relatable enough or if I want to explore a new topic given in that book. Of course, not all of them are always a good decision, but I'm happy at least I'm able to finish them.


Recently I came across a book fair while I was roaming around aimlessly in one of the lanes in my city. I came across this book called: Life Lessons from Remarkable Women, tales of triumph, failure, and learning to love yourself. What struck me was the latter part. The book has been given a feminine layout and highlights the little things that need to be read. These are tales of 25 women talking about 25 different challenges they faced and how each one grew beautifully out of each problem.

It's overflowing with inspiration, motivation, the right words and so much more. It doesn't tell you what you need to do, or what you don't need to. It just tells you to be YOU, and to put your honest self forward, always. It tells you how you're allowed to have two or more versions of yourself unapologetically. I love how all these women have not just put light on the version 2.0s of themselves, but have also described the experiences that drove them towards being the truest version of themselves. Before I start telling you about each story in detail and eliminate the slightest possibility of you reading the book, let me sum it up in five little reasons why people like you and I should read this book.

Here are 5 things I loved about this book:

1) I completed it in a day's time.

2) I appreciate the publishers for including a story of a Transgender who wants to be a woman, but has lived half of his life getting suffocated in a body of a man. It's truly an eye-opening story that must be read. We need more such stories to be told.

3) It twists the idea of the most used terms (beauty, duty, success, priority, etc) and shows you a different side of each one of them.

4) As a human, we all need to have self-love (actually much more than we know) and this book will give you a glimpse of how self love can be practiced. It's not a self love guide, but you will surely want to love yourself a little more.

5) You don't need to read all 25 lessons. You can pick between the lessons you're most driven towards. I didn't read one or two chapters because I didn't think I was ready for them. Basically, the 25 short stories give you the liberty to read what you want and whenever you want.


Next one I'm going to read is from the same book fair. I hope I complete it. It's called: Struck By Genius. It's a story about a person whose brain injury made him a mathematical marvel. Will it be interesting enough? Let's see.

Just in case you read this book until my next blog comes, let me know how you find it.


Happy Reading :)


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