Category: Books

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...

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...

Hi Readers! I am honestly guilty of loving to review the year more than living it. Every year we all feel the same way. How are we already celebrating a new year? How have these 12 months gone by so fast? What did I even do? What didn’t I...

Hi Readers! Welcome to the third post of the 2024 Year in Review Series! This one’s all your doing. You choose to rely on my judgement when it comes to what to read next. You choose to find book recommendations here. You choose to find a way to better...

Hi Watchers! You all know I love stories, be it in the form of books or movies or TV shows or any other media. It used to feel like an escape, but now it feels like reflection. There are always characters with whom I’m able to bond because of...

Welcome to the 2024 Year in Review series!!! For those who have been with Mindscape in Words long enough, would know that every year I share a few posts in a series called ‘Year in Review’. And, for those who started following me recently, you are in for a treat...

Hi Readers! Here we are at the end of the year already! December has been the best month, full of family, reflections, and a good kind of busy to it. Anyway, all of this will be more in the 2024 Year in Review posts! As of this month, I...

Hi Readers! Like every year, I am back with a helpful guide of the award winning books of the year. Though ChatGPT will be able to share this with you in seconds, I did put in some work, so maybe favour me? I have collated all the books that...

Hi Readers! Such an amazing month November was! The month in general sounds like the Saturday of months, and yet I think it was one of the most productive ones for me. Got a lot of reading done, some good, some bad. Got a lot of work done. Got...

HI Readers! November is coming to a close, but it was a good month as I got to read a lot. Just yesterday I finished The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai, translated by Jesse Kirkwood. This book was making the rounds on Instagram a year ago. I guess...