Dark Short Stories Recommendation: Instruments of Torture
Hi Readers! I am on a roll and won’t stop saying it! I picked this book randomly because I saw a few bookstagrammers rave about it. Also because the author is my boss’ cousin! How amazing? So, I decided better now rather than later. That was the best decision,...
Korean Book Recommendation: The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Hi Readers! The third book I read for Korean March was The Vegetarian by Han Kang. I went in blind with no idea what the book was about and I was amazed! I finished it in three work days and I couldn’t stop thinking about it when I was...
Cozy Book Recommendation: Welcome to The Hyunam-Dong Bookshop!
Hi Readers! After a long time, I read a book that I really loved. When I started reading Welcome to The Hyunam-Dong Bookshop, I knew it was a book about books. I knew it would be a cozy read. I had read few such books, and in most cases,...
Babel: The Unnecessity of a Book
Hi Readers! If you follow me on Instagram, you know well enough about my tragedy of a journey of reading Babel since a month. One fine Sunday I just decided that I cannot let this book take more of my time. So, instead of DNFing it, I took the...
February 2024 Wrap-Up!
Hi Readers! How are we already at the end of February? This month went by as quickly as January went by slowly. Despite literally being a shorter month, I got to do a lot of things aside from working like a slog during the week days. I travelled, I...
Your Utopia: Korean Short Stories Book Recommendation
Hi Readers! I recently read Bora Chung’s second book Your Utopia. I was absolutely fascinated by her first book Cursed Bunny. And this time as well the translator is Anton Hur. So, reading this duo’s work again was very anticipated. ~GOODREADS DESCRIPTION~~ By the internationally acclaimed author of Cursed...
Non Book Recommendation: The Fury by Alex Michaelides
Hi Readers! I read Alex Michelides’ third book The Fury. Just like the previous two books, it let me down. Yes, it is a lot different than his earlier books even if it’s a mystery. In some ways, this attempt is the best one yet, but somehow it lost...
January 2024 Wrap-Up!
Hi Readers! After 84 years, January has finally ended! But, what a month to start the year! I feel like I did a lot of fun stuff, read quite less, spent time with my people, worked more than I did all of last quarter, worked out more too, tried...
Japanese Murder Mystery Book Recommendation: The Mill House Murders
Hi Readers! January has been super exhausting. I read only two books in the first week and then literally nothing. So, for the Republic Day long weekend, my only plan was to read. So, I read two more books! The first was The Glass Palace, for which I will...
Book Recommendation: The Goodbye Cat by Hiro Arikawa
Hi Readers! It is too early in the year to be already reading heart-warming books. I usually read them after I read intense and depressing books. But, I think my 2024 Reader mantra is to pick up the book that calls out to me and to just start reading...