Preeti Shenoy's blog.

If you had told me a few days back that time-travel is possible I would have scoffed and told you that you have been watching far too many Christopher Nolan movies. But today I sing a different tune. I have just travelled 25 years back in time and I blog now to tell the tale. To even think about it gives me goosebumps. I have just attended the 25th year high school reunion of my batch and what we all went through is something that is indescribable. I wasn't even sure of making it as my new book has just released and I am in the middle of promos. (Incidentally, the first printrun has sold out even before the book released and it has already gone into a second print run! We have sold more than 35000 copies already!)  But my closest friend (we have been together since we were 11) and asked me if  I would come for the reunion. She said it was the 25th year and hence historic and there were our batchmates coming from different countries and it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

As promised in the last post , here are some pictures from the Launch of 'It Happens for a Reason'. The launch event was just fantastic! The lovely backdrop. It was at Autumn Hall at Hotel Royal Orchid that we hosted the event.  I posed for a lot of pictures. You will see them soon in the  papers.  We released the book after a brief introduction. The book was released by Shinie Antony (one of my favourite authors and also the founder of Bangalore Literature Festival) and Chander Kamal Balje the Founder, and Chairman & Managing Director of Royal Orchid Hotels It was a lovely discussion and we also had a great audience interaction.  I hate reading from my own book. But I ended up reading a bit as the audience as well as Shinie wanted me to!  Then I signed many many copies! We had wine and snacks and some lovely company!  All my author friends had come. I felt so happy and thrilled to have them there. In the picture from left to rig

So it has been really crazy, the last few days. My home was taken over by thousands of copies of  It Happens for a Reason . Yes, the book signing madness was on--full swing. I signed thousand and thousands of copies.  Worked for about 36 hours non-stop, with short breaks and also a 6 hour break to sleep. It was just like the book signing last time. It is indeed back-breaking work. But posts popping up all over social media, like this one expressing delight at having received a signed copy, makes it worth it. I am very happy to let you know that the book has gone into reprint, even before the first print-run is out! To celebrate 'It happens for a Reason' we are having a grand launch tomorrow (13th December 2014,Saturday) at Bangalore. It is an invite only event, and in case you wish to attend it, you can request an invite by sending a mail to the Westland Team : invite(at)preetishenoy.com We have a limited number of invites up for grabs. For those of