Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

“I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how extraordinary it was.” …

This book has been lying in my shelf for the past 3 years, it was only during the pandemic that I decided that it was high-time I turned its pages.  And now, Ransom Riggs has become my favorite author! His way of words not only let you imagine a world that (sadly) doesn’t exist, but also helps you to imagine this world being your own.

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is the first book in an enchanting series of six books by Ransom Riggs. It’s full of mystery, action, humor and some men with no pupils, it will catch your hearts and will definitely force you to buy the 5 other books in the series!

What makes this book really special are the featured, vintage photographs that Ransom Riggs collected and incorporated in his books. They add to the beauty of the story and illustrates the characters for the readers.

The story revolves around Jacob Portman an awkward and “peculiar” 16-year-old. While grieving his beloved grandfather Abraham Portman, he tries to convince everyone around him that he is not crazy when he says that he saw a monster in the backyard of his grandfather’s home on the night Jacob found him dead. While his dad and his family try to do away with all of Abraham’s furniture and personal items, Jacob finds the key to solve the mystery of his grandfather’s sudden death, and also proof that the stories he used to tell Jacob may have been true…

With the help of his psychiatrist Dr Golan, he convinces his parents to let him go to Cairnholm Island in Wales, where he believes, lies the truth to his grandfather’s past. Little does he know that the deeper he delves in this path of discovery, the darker the path itself becomes…

This book will bring dreams and reality and time and space together. It will make you realize that the meaning of family goes deeper than just sharing the same blood, it also comes down to love, support and mutual understanding and acceptance of one another. And of course, this book will show you, that there are “so many worlds yet to discover” (just a little reference to the book itself !)

 I do hope you try reading this amazing book!

AmbuLife

“Racing against time to save lives”

The unprecedented rise in cases during the second wave of Covid 19 has brought the healthcare infrastructure of India on its knees. Over the past few months, with the new wave of Covid came new heart-wrenching stories of loss.

 To support the unfortunate during these tough times, as a part of our CAS fundraiser we are aiming at providing aid to the rural Covid affected areas. The basic aim is to ensure that the number of fatalities caused by the delay or lack of ambulances in the locality are reduced.

 It is my greatest privilege to be a part of this initiative and I would be very grateful if you would take some time to answer a small survey that we are conducting. Thank you so much for your help!

AmbuLife – “Racing against time to save lives” (google.com)

(Please do mention in the comments if you’ve filled the survey, It would be a great help! <3)

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To my best friend

5/5/21

              One thing that me and the others have always wished is that you could have left a few weeks later, maybe a few months later, perhaps even never. But, of course… nothing is forever. Let me correct myself… Nothing “material” is forever… But friendship, is immaterial… It does not need a chain or a bracelet to define it.

 Each friendship is defined by memories, and all four of us know that we have plenty of those! Like the time we used to play the random color-by-number on your phone in the tuition van and the biggest challenge was to try and finish the entire thing before our stop arrived. And playing “Dark room” and “Life” in your room on your bouncy bed, with me all wrapped up in your extremely comfortable blanket. Or perhaps like the time we filled our stomach with pav bhaji fondue, pizza and cake on Pearl’s birthday, last but not the least, who could forget the hours that we spent making a “prank” cake for Vedika (which was basically frosting shaving cream on an upside -down balloon). These memories are our true definition of friendship.

But what I want you to remember, whenever you wake up in the morning, or when you’re brushing your teeth, going to your new school, making new friends, partying, studying, laughing, crying… There are three friends, down here, in good old Pune, that will always be there for you. No time difference, and no two oceans are big enough to stop us from supporting you and loving you…  So Poorva, always remember, we will always be there for you. I love you so much and I will never forget you…

With all my love,

Ananya