Category: Books

Welcome to the 2025 Year in Review series!!! The most joyful time of the year indeed! Last year when I was set to go on a three-week vacation, my boss told me, “Enjoy as much as you can. Travel and read as much as you can! Because, when you...

Hi Readers! Happy last month of the year!! Let’s be honest, December isn’t Decembering. Work is just non-stop, which is usually never the case this close to the Christmas period. And worse is that there are no signs of it slowing down either. It’s quite hard to get into...

Hi Readers! End of the year is upon us, and you know what that means – Recap of all the major Book Awards of 2025! This year has been super slow in terms of personal reading, so I haven’t read a lot of award-winning books. But, writing this post,...

Hi Readers! November went by very quickly. It was kind of a mellow month, where nothing major happened. The major highlight was meeting two of my friends after the longest time. This was just the second time we met in 2025, so you can imagine! Work has continued to...

Hi Readers! Finished another book during the work-week this time. This one was also because of mood reading. I had read Satoshi Yagisawa’s previous books. While I enjoyed Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, I did not enjoy More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop. Since this was a new book...

Hi Readers! Another mood reading sojourn encapsulated me to pick up The Examiner by Janice Hallett. I made the mistake of starting the book on a Monday. I had loved Hallet’s previous book also of a similar genre of epistolary mystery fiction. So, I should have known better than...

Hi Readers! On another one of moods, I was tempted to read a mystery, so I picked Julie Chan is Dead by Liann Zhang because I saw a few great reviews talking about how thrilling, unhinged and even disgusting it was. Well, it was the perfect to book to...

Hi Readers! After reading a lot of books last month, I finally decided to pick a historical fiction novel, my favorite genre. Even in reading, my favorite is something that requires a lot of focus and can be stressful to read. This one was not set during any war...

Hi Readers!October has been one of the best months of the year. Hadn’t planned for it to be so amazing, which makes the surprise even more happy. Reflecting on the month, I realized I did a lot of things which I love and enjoy. A lot of reading, writing...

Hi Readers! I just finished the fifth book for the month! It was the second 1-star book I’ve read this year, which is okay, but I wasn’t expecting to not like this one. I had read The Cat Who Saved the Books and enjoyed it. Even that one was...