kashvireads: book recommendations & more

Question of the Week : What are your thoughts on police brutality in your country? How serious of an issue is it? Let me know on instagram.com/kashvireads or twitter.com/kashvireads . I'm taking a small break because of uni exams & to be with family for the holidays but I'll be back soon! 🤍

Question of the Week: Do you have a morning routine? What does it look like? Answer me on instagram.com/kashvireads or twitter.com/kashvireads! 🌄 The 5 a.m. Club by Robin Sharma is a transformational piece of writing that encourages readers to lead a more meaningful life by taking control of their day from the very start by establishing a stellar morning routine. The 5 am club technique, over 20 years old, has previously helped Robin Sharma's clients maximize their daily productivity and enhance their performance. 📚 I love this book. It creates the perfect balance between inspiration & technical information that equips the reader to actually implement what they learn. Afterall, information without execution is a delusion. Coming to implementation, I'm nowhere close to it but I will definitely get there someday, haha. The idea of waking up early and working on your craft has always appealed to me but I've never pushed myself enough to actually implement it. 🤍 My favourite thing about the book is it's authenticity. Robin Sharma acknowledges that being a member of the 5 am club isn't something that's easy. Change takes time. However, the beginning of transformation lies in awareness. Small daily improvements when done consistently over time lead to stunning results.

Question of the Week: Do you like summer? What are your favourite things to do during summer? 🤍 'We Were Liars' is the most critically acclaimed YA novel that I've read and if you know me, you know that i love everything critically acclaimed. 🌿 At it's core, the book is about the wealthy, seemingly perfect Sinclair family who spend every summer together on their private island. In the family, four of the older cousins have a group and they are dubbed to be the "Liars". Well, they're not all cousins. Cadence (the protagonist), johnny and mirren are cousins and the fourth liar, Gat, is a friend of johnny's. The Liars spend summer together every year. Every summer has its own story. ☕ During Cadence's 15th summer, something happened that changed her world forever, and it's something that you wouldn't expect. She loses most of her memories and begins to suffer from migraines. The rest is a mystery that is slowly uncovered as you flip the pages. 🕊️ The book mainly revolves around the theme of self-acceptance, family morals, and the consequences of your choices. The story is packed with emotional drama and family conflicts that are far from cliché but will still make you nostalgic. 📚 If you need a good cry, 'We Were Liars' is your go-to book. I don't like to admit it but there were moments where i had to literally put the book down and just sob. Please read this one if you like teen fiction & good writing. Rating: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 Instagram: instagram.com/kashvireads Twitter: twitter.com/kashvireads

Question of the Week: What do you do when the odds are against you? Let me know @kashvireads on Instagram & Twitter🥇 This book is not for everyone. Actually, it’s not for most people because it is brutally honest & let’s be real - most people hate that. But, if you think that you can handle a few ugly truth bombs & are willing to make serious changes in life - Goggins, the ‘Toughest Man Alive’, wrote his book for you. 🏃🏾‍♂️Context: David Goggins is an American ultramarathon runner, ultra-distance cyclist, motivational speaker & author. Now a retired United States Navy SEAL & former US Air Force member who served in the Iraq War.  📚 "Can't Hurt Me" can be classified as an autobiography combined with the self-help but I'd like to call it a textbook for winners. It starts off with a close look into David’s traumatic childhood. He grew up in a physically abusive household & lived in poverty for years. By the time he was in his 20s, Goggins was sick of his own self & his terrible habits that hindered his mental as well as physical well-being. Through self-discipline, hard work & tenacity, he transformed himself into a tough, calloused athlete & militant. 🏆 Personally, I loved this book. It is brutally honest & to-the-point. Goggins tells it like it is. He gives genuine, realistic advice to the readers & challenges us to always be bigger than our problems. He overcame every single obstacle that came his way. Just when you think that his life couldn't get worse, boom! Plot twist. Goggins always beats the odds by pushing his limits & encourages the readers to do the same because he believes that it unlocks your mind to new levels of performance & excellence, resulting in rewards far deeper than material success. ⭐ There were definitely some parts that got me thinking, "Damn, he needs to see a therapist" but as I read ahead I realised that Goggins is very much aware of his actions & he takes pride in his coping mechanisms, even though they may seem fallible to another. I don't think that it is my place to critique the 'Toughest Man Alive' but I think that I can definitely learn from him, & so can you. Highly recommended if you want to push your own limits & toughen up your mindset. Rating: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

Question of the Week: Who is your woman in fiction? Why? 🌿 ‘Circe’ by Madeline Miller is the story of a supposedly ‘lesser’ goddess. Although I enjoyed reading this book, I think that it is slightly overhyped. Regardless, if you like greek mythology, you will definitely appreciate the novel. 🌅 Among all of Helios' gifted children, Circe was the odd one out. She had no apparent talents and despite being a goddess, she possessed the aura of a mortal, and was thus treated like an outcast by her family. Throughout her childhood, and even when she was older, Circe was called names, taunted for mortal-esque tendencies and humiliated by her siblings.  ✨ When discovered that Circe practices witchcraft, she is exiled to live a lonely life on a deserted island because according to Zeus, witchery is a severe crime. This exile is supposed to bring her shame and remorse, but she flourishes in solitude. Circe embraces who she was meant to be, a powerful witch, and an even more inspiring femme fatale. What really struck a chord is that being a woman is neither an insignificant piece of her character nor the only part that matters. She is not inferior for being a woman, neither is she superior.  She has flaws as well as strengths and neither are meant to appeal to men.  🌌 Although the story is primarily about Circe, the novel explores the background of multiple Greek icons like Scylla, Odysseus, The Minotaur, Daedalus & more with great context. A lot happens in the 340 pages of this book but somehow, the plot at large is quite slow paced. At one point, the book is just island descriptions, which I didn't completely mind because I can appreciate imagery, but not everyone will feel the same way.  🍷 For thousands of years, Circe has always been seen as a lonely enchantress in the legend of Odyseus but Madeline Miller has changed the narrative and done justice to Circe’s life. She writes about Circe’s hardships as a woman as well as her excellence as a sorceress. I would recommend this to anyone who likes fiction but I recommend this to women, in particular, because they will resonate with majority of Circe’s internal monologue. Rating: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

hello & welcome to the kashvireads podcast every week, I pick a book and I review it for you. my reviews are 100% honest and my end goal is to inspire you to read. books have helped me in a lot of areas in my life and i truly believe that they have the power to do the same for everyone, including you. i hope that you enjoy listening to this podcast as much as i love recordibg it. feel free to DM me @kashvireads on instagram or twittter if you'd like to have bookish conversations because as many of you know - those are the best kind! im always open to taking your suggestions or feedback as well!thank you for listening, i hope that you keep believing in the power of books! stay tuned for more, and happy reading ❤️