Category: Books

Hi Readers! I am back with the fourth book and its review for Women in Translation Month! I didn’t like this much at all, though I can understand why it appealed to a few readers. I was attracted to this book because I had loved Pachinko by Min Jin...

Hi Readers! You have seen a few book reviews this month for the books I read for Women in Translation month. I won’t be able to read all the books that I have on my TBR for this. So, I thought of sharing my TBR with all of you....

Hi Reader! I read the third book for Women in Translation Month. Yes, I agree that I am kind of on a roll this month. I read Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi, translated from the Japanese by David Boyd and Lucy North and narrated by Nancy Wu....

Hi Readers! August is going wonderfully so far. Health has never been better. Hustling happily at work. Read five books this month already and loved three of them! Insert evil eye emoji, because after so much bad stuff, I think it’s better to be the kind of person who...

Hi Readers! In August, I am participating in two reading challenges. There’s the Women in Translation Month for which I already read I Who Have Never Know Men by Jacqueline Harpman. And now for Discovering India Readathon hosted by Padmaja (thebookishtales) and Avani (thequirkyblubookshelf), I have read That Long...

Hi Readers! Happy August to all the Swifties! I am being super quick and happy with my reading this month. I read a book and here is its review all in two days’ time! For August’s Women in Translation Month I read I Who Have Never Known Men by...

Hi Readers! You all know that July was not my best reading month. It was not a good month in any way, for that matter. But, it somehow redeemed itself towards the end. I read THREE books across 1036 PAGES in July. For the longest time, I thought it...

Hi Readers! When I read The Eighth Life in January this year, I was flummoxed. I read a lot, but this book was just something else entirely. It is among the best books I have ever read. It has such multitude of characters each of whom you know as...

Hi Readers! It has been a while since I have written a review and I should tell you that it’s not like riding a bike. My brain was blank which is why the word document was blank for almost all of the weekend, until Sunday evening when I was...

Hi Readers! Half a year has passed us by. As usual, it feels like time has moved slowly but passed quickly. I have had a hell of a year so far, with way too many ups and downs than are expected in a mere six months. Life has changed...