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Ayesha J

Ayesha J

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A Masters student with an eye in entering the publishing industry in the middle east.
  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • member since December 24, 2007

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  • Anne of Green Gables
    • Rated 5 stars

    “I was not fortunate enough as a young child to have the privilege of enjoying this classic novel Anne of green Gabels and I must say despite being 22 I felt like a little girl tucked within the story enjoying every bit of it.
    Anne Shirley, a red headed orphan spent the first years of her life moving from house to orphanages hopefully finding a place she would one day call home. Despite loosing her family at a young age she still was a very positive, loving and imaginative young child.
    One misinterpreted message sends Anne all the way to Avonlea where a Mathew and Marilla, were eager to adopt a boy but were rather surprised to find Anne on their door step. They took this as a sign from God and kept her.
    Mathew and Marilla never regretted it as Anne brought life to the Cuthbert farm and helped both Mathew and Marilla learn more about themselves than they had to teach Anne.
    We enjoy the funny moments and life stories as Anne goes through her teenage years. We watch as she matures and begins to learn lots of life lessons.
    Knowing that this is not the end I am eager to continue on this journey with Anne and hope for those who never hard the chance like I did to join this journey. No matter how old you get some classics will always be great reads!”

    Ayesha J wrote this review Friday, July 22, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
  • Fight Club
    • Rated 4 stars

    “Chuck Palahniuk has been hailed for his literary ingenuity. Fight club was a novel that was set to find commonality amongst men to which they could identify themselves within. Thus the birth of the novel fight club.
    Fight club begins with an unnamed narrator that finds himself suffering from insomniac, his inability to sleep has affected him at work and his personal life. He finds his only release comes from the various support group he attends where he finds the ability to release himself. That was where he managed to meet another “faker” like him that instantly entrances him, Marla.
    However the narrator finally begins to see life from a new perspective when Tyler Durden, a soap salesman comes into his life. Tyler firstly introduces him to fight club. He finds a new meaning to life and soon he begins to share this new craze and begin a very secret society that was sweeping all middle class America. Soon the Narrator realizes Tyler Durden has gone to far and he needs to find a way to stop it before everything spirals out of control, AGAIN.
    I can understand the reason it managed to capture a very big community of male readers. It’s dark and twisted and at many times very gruesome. I would question myself for ever even buying the book, but alas I went on and found myself lost in this world of both reality and insanity.”

    Ayesha J wrote this review Friday, July 22, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
  • He's Just Not That Into You
    • Rated 4 stars

    “The times and hours women spend decoding messages by men has finally been simplified by Gred Behrendt and Liz Tuccillio. The experts have broken it down and its plain in simple 6 words for you, HES JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU.
    I decided to pick this book up during my cruise as a light fast paced book with no expectations, however, I found myself laughing out loud in many occasions finding some characters that perhaps depict some people I actually know.
    The reality is, men are not complicated creatures but we tend to complicate things, I truly believe that is true and think that all women should read this book and not take it to heart but to realize that sometimes what Greg says is 90% most of the time knows what hes talking about!”

    Ayesha J wrote this review Friday, July 22, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
    • Rated 5 stars

    “Forget Abba and all the smiling tall, fair and blonde Swedish people we stereotypically depict and enter the dark side of Sweden in the Story, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
    Stieg Larsson, a journalist turned author takes us through a thrilling mystery tale that for many years had remained unsolved. This very dark, twisted and gruesome story paints a very different picture of the Happy Go Lucky Swedish community.
    Meet our main Character, Mikael Blomkvist, currently under a lawsuit for falsifying an article in the magazine he currently runs. His whole life starts to crumble right infront of him until he one day gets an intresting phone call. Henrik Vanger, an octogenerian industrialist, decided to use Mikael’s journalistic skills to investigate one last time the disappearance of his favorite great-niece, Harriet. Despite the case being forty years old, Mikael takes the offer as Henrik provided him with an offer no one can refuse, first, 2.4 million konor, second, a full rights a biography on the famous Vanger family and finally a chance to get away from the media.
    Mikael with the help of a techy analyst, slander, begin to unravel the twisted lives of the Vanger family and find a way to connect Harriets disappearance to other occurring deaths within the nation. Yet someone has made sure that these secrets should never resurface and Mikael will not stop till he gets some answers.
    This novel has taken the world by storm, it is unfortunate that Stieg Larsson could not live to see this happen, In some ways I would like to call him the Swedish version of james patterson! If you recall some of the first Alex cross novels they had a similar excitement and pace to it. This 500 page thriller manages to captivate the audience as soon as the investigation begins. Keep in mind that this book can get very dark and is not usually everyone’s cup of tea.
    This is by far my favorite summer read of 2011.”

    Ayesha J wrote this review Friday, July 22, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
  • The Motorcycle Diaries
    • Rated 4 stars

    “It is haunting to read the actual thoughts of a man who is going to revolutionize the history of South America and become a cultural icon. As you flip through the pages I felt that I was in his mind and I could hear his voice telling me how he truly felt about the state of South America. A young wealthy Argentinean, Ernesto “che” Guevara decided with his companion Alberto to take a journey through South America using their motorcycle.
    They decided that they would establish themselves as leprosy specialist throughout their journey. Once they set out of their homeland they were shocked to see the harsh struggles the people of South America were suffering. At times they found themselves struggling, as money and supply were low trying to salvage anything to continue their journey they had set. Che and Alberto meet various people from different walks of life, many who suffer from leprosy themselves. These people have made a huge effect on his life and ideologies.
    Ernesto surprisingly has a way with words that could almost describe this novel as an epic similar to the works of Homer’s Illad. However at times I would get lost between his poetry because of my lack of knowledge of South America, I would go back to the map and this disrupts the continuity of my reading. However, If you would like to enter the mind of one of the most important men in history you must read this book!”

    Ayesha J wrote this review Friday, July 22, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
  • PS, I Love You
    • Rated 5 stars

    “When you loose someone it is hard to grasp the reality that you will never see them again yet despite the fact they have parted ways with their lives here on earth their souls still remain with us. our main Character in Aherns Debut Novel, Holly, still has her husband with her through 12 different letters that her husband left for her.
    The story begins tragically, where Holly has just recently lost her soul mate, Gerry, to brain tumour at the age of 30. She is left helpless to cope with the idea of being a young widow that depended on Gerry for support almost her whole adult life. Gerry knew he could never leave her this way thus he decided to put together prior to his death a list that Holly must do every month.
    Holly finds the strength to finally begin her new life, single once again and ready to make Gerry proud, each month she receives instructions mostly things that always made he feel uncomfortable giving holly a new chance to make new experiences that did not involve Gerry.
    We watch holly grow and mature within the 12 months, laughing, crying and sympathizing with her throughout her journey. Ahern spins us a unique chic litt novel that is filled with love, family, hope, humour and tragedy.
    The realistic aspect of the emotions and the characters really doesn’t fit it within the Chic litt novel which is perhaps why I enjoyed it a lot.
    I would definitely recommend anyone looking for a unique love story to pick this book up and give it a read, you will not be sorry!”

    Ayesha J wrote this review Friday, July 22, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
  • Marketing in the Age of Google: Your Online Strategy IS Your Business Strategy
    • Rated 4 stars

    “We understand the importance of being on the internet in todays times, you do not need a business degree nor a digital consultant to tell you that, yet the magnitude of one particular organization we may all be familiar with, Google, has been shaping the way marketers must use the internet and search engines.
    Venessa Fox, an Ex googler herself ,opens our eyes and helps us understand in her book Marketing in the age of google, how to build and integrate online strategies with your offline making sure we understand the internet is as important as our front door step. In addition she provides you with good examples and even tools that are free for us to use.
    The book looks into various relams and it helps you answer the following questions:
    - What is the purpose of your site?
    - Who are you trying to reach?
    - Who are actually entering your site, and their interest
    - How to better accommodate your users
    - How to make sure your site is accessible
    - How to integrate other elements to successfully make your site accessible.
    - Is your site ready for the future ?
    As a digital marketer assistant I needed to learn more about the benefits of integrating online strategies into the overall plan. Not to mention that Google in this region is the only way to communicate with our customers, over 85 to 90% of the Middle east users use Google as their primary search engines.
    I whisked through the 218 pages through the weekend and I was very happy and recommend this book to anyone who requires to learn more about how to make sure your website (whether business or not) is not lost within the million pages on the web.
    I recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn, understand and even anyone who wants to score a job at Google to read this book.

    ”

    Ayesha J wrote this review Sunday, July 3, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
  • Have a Little Faith
    • Rated 4 stars

    “I don’t know how I would feel if someone asked me If I could write his eulogy! That was exactly what Mitch Albom was asked by his childhood Rabi.
    Mitch Albom instinctively put on his “journalistic” Novel when he delves into the world of religion as he begins to study his Rabi not only learning enough about him and his eighty year history but more about his thoughts on what he has shut out a while back, judaism.

    Soon another man enters the life of Mitch, another man of faith, a Christian, that helps broaden Albom’s ideology of religion as a whole and it truly begins to make you really think about relgion as a whole, and Albom realizes that despite our differences and fights that has happened throughout history. It is the only thing that truly binds us.

    Albom’s story was beautiful as it brought out his true and raw emotions about his thoughts not only in religion but also his personal life, for some reason I felt very special knowing that he had told me this story.
    I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who would love to read a bit about religion!
    ”

    Ayesha J wrote this review Tuesday, June 28, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
  • Brida
    • Rated 3 stars

    “If we look beyond age, race and color we realize that we all have this common inclination of finding the right person, our future soul mate and to some extent some of us would go further than the other in this deep excavation.
    The story surrounds Brida, an Irish girl that wants to train herself to learn the world of witch craft. she believes there is more to learn to life and be touched by this earth. As she was taken up by two different teachers she begins to find herself to learn to open her eyes to new sights and learn that some things in life is all about sacrifices.
    The beauty of the book we live in her thoughts and her internal battles to become a witch, it is yet another beautifully written work by Cohelo but I can admit perhaps this is not one of his best, although something well worth the read if you are looking for something light and spiritual.”

    Ayesha J wrote this review Sunday, June 26, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
  • The Catcher in the Rye
    • Rated 2 stars

    “When it comes to novels that have created a large movement “catcher in the rye” is one of the stories that has captured the heart of many! But sadly it failed to do so with me.
    I tried very hard to enjoy it but by the end of the story I really wanted to understand in why have I reached so far and do people feel this deep connection to the story.
    the holistic theme of the story are the imperfections of people and this can be seen and understood through the thoughts of a 16 year Holden. Holden decides to give up on his studies at school he ventures into the city of New York searching for anything that can honestly give him a true purpose. The story prevails the complexity behind Holden’s mind as he struggles to understand life after his brother’s death. Holden begins his 24 hour quest in new York in search of lust, love and even answers.
    There were times when you rooted for Holden and others in which he comes to show despite his wisdom and understanding he proves that he himself is incapable of practicing what he preaches. I honestly got lost in some aspects of the story, the rants were just rants and not a structured story I was expecting. Perhaps I wasn’t ready for it and felt that it didn’t really connect with the character, he actually angered me more than anything!
    I guess it wasn’t my cup of tea at all!
    ”

    Ayesha J wrote this review Tuesday, June 21, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
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