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Smitha Murthy

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Bangalore, India

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http://www.smithamurthy.com

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April 2010

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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 journeys, and 10 life lessons - a true story by Dorothee Lang (Goodreads Author), Smitha Murthy (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	mo(nu)ment by BluePrintReview, Kari Edwards, Smitha Murthy (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Smitha Murthy rated a book it was ok Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I should really read the blurbs before reading a book. Sigh. Little did I know that I was getting into a whole novel that revolves around Only Fans. I have come back, much enlightened. Honestly, this read like a YA novel that slowly becomes stale. Ev ...more
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Smitha Murthy rated a book it was amazing Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Such an unconventional book. Yet so absorbing. I finished this in a weekend. Worth the read and makes you just think about life a bit more.
May 03, 2026 09:14AM · 2 likes · like · see review
Smitha Murthy rated a book it was amazing Theo of Golden by Allen Levi (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I didn't realize this was Christian fiction until I came to Goodreads. But it doesn't matter. This is a book about impossible characters and kindness You believe in both. And for the time being, that's enough. ...more
May 01, 2026 08:22AM · 1 like · like · see review
Smitha Murthy rated a book liked it The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) by Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I seem to have lost my ability to read a mammoth book. What are they called? Chunkers or clunkers or something? I picked this up because Ken Follett is known for writing pacy stories. And that this book is. It's pacy. It kept me hooked for at least 6 ...more
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Smitha Murthy rated a book really liked it Honey in the Wound by Jiyoung Han (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A relevant novel that deserves a place on our bookshelves. I just felt rather undone by the sadness of the book, though. Probably should have read it in a happier frame of mind
Apr 18, 2026 09:08AM · 3 likes · like · see review
Smitha Murthy rated a book it was amazing The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Such a sweet, sweet book. You fall in love and can't stop loving it. ...more
Apr 14, 2026 09:40AM · 1 like · like · see review
Smitha Murthy rated a book it was amazing The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
What an outstanding book! Has one of the most original voices as the narrator. You can't help but fall in love with Mercy. Hopeful, courageous, and redeeming. ...more
Apr 11, 2026 06:41AM · 3 likes · like · see review
Smitha Murthy rated a book liked it Paradiso 17 by Hannah Lillith Assadi	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
So much, so much to love about this book. Sparse dialog. A lot of inner reveals. A protagonist you can't quite decide you like or dislike. And melancholy. Just that it was too melancholic. Yes, even for me. It can drag a bit with the winding prose. B ...more
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Smitha Murthy rated a book liked it Never Lie by Freida McFadden (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I needed a book where I didn't have to think and this fit the bill! Unpredictable, yes But the heart of the whole problem was rather unbelievable and hollow. But okay. Swallow disbelief and settle in. ...more
Apr 04, 2026 09:43PM · 2 likes · like · see review
Smitha Murthy rated a book really liked it Gloria Don't Speak by Lucy Apps	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The Women's Prize for Fiction has some amazing reads every where. This is another. Gloria Don't Speak has, as its protagonist, Gloria who has a learning disability, and what I thought was autism. It doesn't matter. We are given a beautiful insight in ...more
Apr 02, 2026 06:31AM · 2 likes · like · see review

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“Lead a life of wonder and not wondering”
― Smitha Murthy

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“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

tags: happiness

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Smitha’s Quotes

“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

tags: breath, existence

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

tags: broken-heart, d-h-lawrence, love, pomegranate

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

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“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?

tags: consumerism

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

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