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Smitha Murthy

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Born
Bangalore, India
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My mission: Spread kindness and compassion.

Promote mental health awareness. Create more conversations around emotional abuse and trauma.

Support feminism.

Allow vulnerability.

Be kind. Be compassionate.

Always.

PS: My "reviews" here are just my feelings around a book, and do not reflect on the quality of the book. They are meant to help me recollect what I felt about a book and not guide you toward the buying of the book. Please support authors.

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Average rating: 4.15 · 39 ratings · 10 reviews · 2 distinct works
Worlds Apart: 2 friends, 2 ...

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4.20 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions
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3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2006
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Show Me Where It Hurts by Claire Gleeson
Show Me Where It Hurts
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This book was exquisite. I don't know how the author wrote an entire book with almost every sentence being perfect.

I know that a book about grief and losing children could seem less than uplifting. But it is not really about that, it's about rebuildi
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You've Reached Sam by Dustin Thao
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A book about grief should have probably captivated me more. But I'm probably not the target audience for this. It's a gentle story about letting go. Kinda weird but okay, we can take it. ...more
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Show Me Where It Hurts by Claire Gleeson
Show Me Where It Hurts
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This book was exquisite. I don't know how the author wrote an entire book with almost every sentence being perfect.

I know that a book about grief and losing children could seem less than uplifting. But it is not really about that, it's about rebuildi
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Blue Jewellery by Katharina Winkler
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Read this book in one sitting, or rather, in one day. This is a story of relentless abuse.

It's not really pleasant reading, but it's necessary reading. Bleak. Dark. Harrowing. But hopeful.
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Big Little Truths by Liane Moriarty
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This quickly became insufferable. Who are all these characters, and how are we supposed to remember all of them? Especially considering that there are complicated relationships, somebody has slept with someone else, and there are multiple stepbrother ...more
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Strange Pictures by Uketsu
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A book that's definitely strange. I read it in just under 2 hours. Unfathomable darkness. Quirky. Sad. ...more
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The Delight of Being Ordinary by Roland Merullo
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A chance find at my favorite bookstore, this was a delightful romp. Having met the Dalai Lama last year, this was even more of a joy. Roland captures his bubbliness and mischief perfectly.

Don't take the book too seriously. It's delightful.
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Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent
Strange Sally Diamond
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What a strange, dark, disturbing book. It kind of left me angry at the end and somehow saddened by it all. We are such complex beings and such atrocious beings.
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Good Joy, Bad Joy by Mikki Brammer
Good Joy, Bad Joy
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This is such a fantastic book, so moving, so funny, and utterly delightful. I'm a fan of books that focus on friendship, and this book is probably one of the best books I've read on friendship. And both the main characters, Hazel and Joy, are utterly ...more
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Life, Death & Lung Fung Soup - The Wacky Side of Wisdom by Uma  Ranganathan
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A fun read this one. My favorite part was the question at the end of each chapter. Uma comes across as a witty and fun person to know. I liked it enough to gift 7 copies to our book club.
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“Lead a life of wonder and not wondering”
― Smitha Murthy

“The more I work on happiness- the more I realize that you can’t seek happiness, you can’t find happiness- you simply have to remember to be happy.”
― Smitha Murthy

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“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“For my part, I prefer my heart to be broken. It is so lovely, dawn-kaleidoscopic within the crack.”
― D.H. Lawrence

“We are all born mad. Some remain so.”
― Samuel Beckett

“It has long been known to me that certain objects want you as much as you want them. These are the ones that become important, the objects that you hold dear. The others fade from your life entirely. You wanted them, but they did not want you in return.”
― Sheila Heti, How Should a Person Be?

“It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.”
― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

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