If you follow my blog or social media, you'll notice that I feature other authors all the time, mostly with spotlights, but also with guest posts and interviews. Today is going to be special because I'm presenting you with an awesome book trailer too! Ladies and gents, please give it up for "A Sip of Love and a Sip of Coffee" by Ganga Bharani!
Book Trailer
About the Book
The book titled ‘A Sip Of Love and a Sip of coffee’ is a young adult romance aimed at bridging the gap between parents and teenagers. In India, parents consciously avoid talking about crush or love to their children when they go through adolescence. But it is quite natural for a teenager to like and be fond of a person of the opposite gender. Parents continuously asking a girl why she is talking to a particular guy always or vice versa will only make them assume the feeling they have for each other is love. Some kids consider this first crush or the puppy love as “THE THING” in their life and choose to run away, commit suicide or sometimes ruin their life leading to abortion at a very young age. So it is very crucial for parents to talk to their kids openly about how it’s okay to have a crush and the difference between love and fondness. Also, from the teenagers’ point of view this book would make them understand how it is okay to like a person of the opposite gender and how the puppy love is not the be-all and end-all. This book will be an opener for parents and kids to talk about love at home.
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IhzF5D3P0Y
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IhzF5D3P0Y
Other Books by this Author
Title of the author's first book: Just you, me and a secret
Publisher: Tales4 Publication
Blurb:
Meera wakes up to find herself in a strange place, she doesn’t recognize. Later she realizes that she doesn’t recognize who she was, herself; not even her own mirror image. On top of this confusion, Ashruth tells her that she was in love with him and their marriage was fixed. She doesn’t like him even a wee bit now. She gets to know her own past from her diary. There is a switch between the confused present and more confusing past in each chapter of the book. Finally, when the diary past and the past-forgotten present meets at a point, she falls in love; not with Ashruth but with her cousin Santhosh.
Her marriage is fixed with someone she loved in the past. She loves someone else in the present. She hates the guy her marriage is fixed with. But she understand the amount of love her parents have for her. All these confusion spin the story into a book. What happens after that is the story.
Title of my second book: A Minute to Death
Publisher: Half Baked Beans
Blurb:
Murder most foul or an open-and-shut case of routine suicide?
Young, vivacious and an aspiring writer, Riya wants nothing more from her longtime crush/boyfriend than to let her in on one of his exciting investigations. After all, what better source material for a book than a real life tragedy?
No-nonsense veteran cop, Rohan picks a case of probable suicide to satisfy Riya’s needs. Little does he know that there is more to this case than meets the eye.
What made the victim hang herself at the break of dawn? What is the secret that her group of friends is hiding? Will Riya be able to salvage a workable plot for her upcoming novel out of this case of seemingly simple suicide?
Title of third book: A Sip of love and a sip of coffee
Publisher: Story Mirror
Blurb:
How many years did you have to wait to find true love? Avanthika didn’t have to wait too long. She met Gautham right at the age of ten and fell in love with him right at the first sight. She had no idea the way this guy was going to change her life.
(Gautham: Come on! Any relationship with a girl be it love or marriage, changes guys’ life not the girls’. Ask any man out there and edit your blurb accordingly.
Author: Relationships change people and when it is love or marriage it brings in a positive change to one’s life. I was trying to hide the quarrels that we had throughout the book from the readers but you did not give me a choice. Now, jump into the book or you will be found and replaced throughout the book by a different guy. )
Avanthika was a love-one-guy-all-through-life kind of girl. Gautham was love-a-girl-sincerely-then-move-on-to-the-next-and-start-being-sincere-allover-again kind of guy. Though they were poles apart, no one could imagine them without each other. They remained such close friends for years together. Before she could express her feelings to him at the age of sixteen, he proposes Avanthika’s good looking close friend. And before she could digest this, he breaks up with her and proposes Avanthika. Though he isn’t sure of anything they get into a relationship. Eventually he falls for her.
Will they retain the love till they become adults? Will maturity kill their puppy love? Will they move apart with the tide of time?
A story of how a puppy love transforms into a strong relationship as it collects maturity in its journey with time.
Publisher: Tales4 Publication
Blurb:
Meera wakes up to find herself in a strange place, she doesn’t recognize. Later she realizes that she doesn’t recognize who she was, herself; not even her own mirror image. On top of this confusion, Ashruth tells her that she was in love with him and their marriage was fixed. She doesn’t like him even a wee bit now. She gets to know her own past from her diary. There is a switch between the confused present and more confusing past in each chapter of the book. Finally, when the diary past and the past-forgotten present meets at a point, she falls in love; not with Ashruth but with her cousin Santhosh.
Her marriage is fixed with someone she loved in the past. She loves someone else in the present. She hates the guy her marriage is fixed with. But she understand the amount of love her parents have for her. All these confusion spin the story into a book. What happens after that is the story.
Title of my second book: A Minute to Death
Publisher: Half Baked Beans
Blurb:
Murder most foul or an open-and-shut case of routine suicide?
Young, vivacious and an aspiring writer, Riya wants nothing more from her longtime crush/boyfriend than to let her in on one of his exciting investigations. After all, what better source material for a book than a real life tragedy?
No-nonsense veteran cop, Rohan picks a case of probable suicide to satisfy Riya’s needs. Little does he know that there is more to this case than meets the eye.
What made the victim hang herself at the break of dawn? What is the secret that her group of friends is hiding? Will Riya be able to salvage a workable plot for her upcoming novel out of this case of seemingly simple suicide?
Title of third book: A Sip of love and a sip of coffee
Publisher: Story Mirror
Blurb:
How many years did you have to wait to find true love? Avanthika didn’t have to wait too long. She met Gautham right at the age of ten and fell in love with him right at the first sight. She had no idea the way this guy was going to change her life.
(Gautham: Come on! Any relationship with a girl be it love or marriage, changes guys’ life not the girls’. Ask any man out there and edit your blurb accordingly.
Author: Relationships change people and when it is love or marriage it brings in a positive change to one’s life. I was trying to hide the quarrels that we had throughout the book from the readers but you did not give me a choice. Now, jump into the book or you will be found and replaced throughout the book by a different guy. )
Avanthika was a love-one-guy-all-through-life kind of girl. Gautham was love-a-girl-sincerely-then-move-on-to-the-next-and-start-being-sincere-allover-again kind of guy. Though they were poles apart, no one could imagine them without each other. They remained such close friends for years together. Before she could express her feelings to him at the age of sixteen, he proposes Avanthika’s good looking close friend. And before she could digest this, he breaks up with her and proposes Avanthika. Though he isn’t sure of anything they get into a relationship. Eventually he falls for her.
Will they retain the love till they become adults? Will maturity kill their puppy love? Will they move apart with the tide of time?
A story of how a puppy love transforms into a strong relationship as it collects maturity in its journey with time.
About the Author
Author bio:
Website: http://gangabharani.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorganga/
I started writing stories as a hobby in 2010 and to reach a wider audience I started posting those short stories in my blog (GB LAND). Comments from strangers, new readers and the increasing page hits made me an addict to my blog. I had taken my blog seriously from then. I started writing something I call Blog books- series of chapters that make a story in my blog, for which I got an overwhelming response. I had written 6 blog books and each of these blog books have more than 300 dedicated readers. One of my short stories was made into a short film, titled ‘Bhimbam’, which was screened at the AVM Preview theatre.
Bhimbam’s short story:
http://scribbledbygb.blogspot.in/2011/07/pages-from-bachelors-diary-we-people.html
Slowly, the interest to make short documentaries rose in me. I started making stop motion videos addressing various social issues. Two of my short films named ‘Tiny Steps’ and ‘Candles’ won best film and special mention award respectively at WE CARE Film festival and was screened in several cities. Both the short films are about physically challenged people and their inclusion in the society.
Short films: http://scribbledbygb.blogspot.in/p/short-films.html
As a blogger, I have won various prizes from Indiblogger.in and blogadda.com. When I won the grand prize worth 25,000 in a contest conducted by sunsilk and a kindle in another contest conducted by the same company, many readers started noticing me as a blogger. Also, I was awarded ‘Woman of Substance’ by Godrej and Blogadda. I was shortlisted for the UK Blog awards 2015.
I always wanted to become a writer and here I am holding my third book as I type this mail to you.
Being a hard core technical developer working for one of the world’s best MNC, the biggest challenge I had was time management. I had never let down my career as a techie for being a writer, also never gave up writing everyday due to work pressure. I work for a solid 9 hours and have 3 technical papers presented in international conferences with myself as the author. One of the technical papers is about a shoe for the blind which I presented at an international conference held in Singapore in 2010.
Awards that I have won:
My short film, Tiny Steps, won the Best Film Award at WE CARE international film festival.
My short film, Candles, won Special Mention Award at WE CARE international film festival.
I won the ‘Best Urban Chennai Blogger Award’ given by Urban Tree and Echovme.
Website: http://gangabharani.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorganga/
I started writing stories as a hobby in 2010 and to reach a wider audience I started posting those short stories in my blog (GB LAND). Comments from strangers, new readers and the increasing page hits made me an addict to my blog. I had taken my blog seriously from then. I started writing something I call Blog books- series of chapters that make a story in my blog, for which I got an overwhelming response. I had written 6 blog books and each of these blog books have more than 300 dedicated readers. One of my short stories was made into a short film, titled ‘Bhimbam’, which was screened at the AVM Preview theatre.
Bhimbam’s short story:
http://scribbledbygb.blogspot.in/2011/07/pages-from-bachelors-diary-we-people.html
Slowly, the interest to make short documentaries rose in me. I started making stop motion videos addressing various social issues. Two of my short films named ‘Tiny Steps’ and ‘Candles’ won best film and special mention award respectively at WE CARE Film festival and was screened in several cities. Both the short films are about physically challenged people and their inclusion in the society.
Short films: http://scribbledbygb.blogspot.in/p/short-films.html
As a blogger, I have won various prizes from Indiblogger.in and blogadda.com. When I won the grand prize worth 25,000 in a contest conducted by sunsilk and a kindle in another contest conducted by the same company, many readers started noticing me as a blogger. Also, I was awarded ‘Woman of Substance’ by Godrej and Blogadda. I was shortlisted for the UK Blog awards 2015.
I always wanted to become a writer and here I am holding my third book as I type this mail to you.
Being a hard core technical developer working for one of the world’s best MNC, the biggest challenge I had was time management. I had never let down my career as a techie for being a writer, also never gave up writing everyday due to work pressure. I work for a solid 9 hours and have 3 technical papers presented in international conferences with myself as the author. One of the technical papers is about a shoe for the blind which I presented at an international conference held in Singapore in 2010.
Awards that I have won:
My short film, Tiny Steps, won the Best Film Award at WE CARE international film festival.
My short film, Candles, won Special Mention Award at WE CARE international film festival.
I won the ‘Best Urban Chennai Blogger Award’ given by Urban Tree and Echovme.
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