Book Recommendation: Counterattacks at Thirty!
Hi Readers! I recently read Counterattacks at Thirty by Sohn won-pyung, translated from Korean by Sean Lin Halbert. I had read the author’s debut novel Almond last year and really liked it. The author has now become one of my favorites in delivering tiny but mighty books! ~~GOODREADS DESCRIPTION~~...
Strange Pictures by Uketsu: Read Now!
Hi Readers! I am back with a book recommendation. Drop everything and read this book now! ~~GOODREADS DESCRIPTION~~ The spine-tingling bestseller that has taken Japan by storm—an eerie fresh take on horror for fans of Hidden Pictures and Junji Ito, in which a series of seemingly innocent pictures draws you into...
March 2025 Recap!
Hi Readers! Birthday month is finally over, but it was fabulous (mostly!) I took a nice short break at the beginning of the month to be with my friends and de-stress. I also got to live alone for about a week, so yay independent woman! I ate delicious food....
February 2025 Recap!
Hi Readers! How was your February? The shortest month of the year really made me feel its every single day quite laboriously. In a nutshell, I read very little. The two books which I read this month were across two days. Otherwise, I have been reading The One Hundred...
Healing Japanese Fiction Book Recommendation: The Lantern of Lost Memories
Hi Readers! I finally read a book this month! “A reader doesn’t find a book. The book finds the reader.” While I had heard this from so many people, it always sounded too surreal to believe. These last two months have been hell work-wise. There are so many instances...
Ed Sheeran Concert Experience – Part 2, Ten Years Later!
Hi Readers! I have been listening to Ed Sheeran’s songs for over a decade. He is always in my Top 5 artists on Spotify Wrapped. But after missing his concert in Mumbai last year, I didn’t feel anything. No FOMO whatsoever. I even forgot about it right away. Because...
January 2025 Recap!
Hi Readers! We are finally at the end of January. It seemed like a forever month, in amazing ways though. I lived SO MUCH, and that’s not an exaggeration. A homebody going out every weekend is no joke. But I went out on my terms, doing things that I...
The Memoirs of Valmiki Rao Book Review!
Hi Readers! They say don’t judge a book by its cover. Well, I have to say don’t judge a book by its award. I have been burnt too many times for reading award winning books only to dislike them or have an utterly awful reading experience. There’s no point...
Intermezzo: Sally Rooney’s Best Novel Yet!
Hi Readers! Here’s the first book review of 2025! I have read Sally Rooney’s books before, and have never liked them. I thought Normal People was far too removed from reality and also quite pretentious. I DNFed both Conversations with Friends and Beautiful World, Where Are You? because the...
2025 Monthly Reading Templates – Books Read And To Be Read
Hi Readers! Like every year, I have prepared monthly reading templates for 2025 as well! Each year I put a lot of thought into them. The theme was art in 2024, skies in 2023 and solid colors in 2022. In 2025, it’s back to simplicity and minimalism. I hope...