Marathi Book Recommendation: Asahi by Priya Tendulkar
~~MARATHI VERSION~~ बुक्स्टाग्रामवर पद्मजा आणि अवंती यांनी 2017 मध्ये #DiscoveringIndiaReadathon सुरु केले. त्यात या वर्षी मी पहिल्यांदा सहभागी झाले. चार प्रोम्पट्सपैकी मी दोन प्रोम्पट्सवर दोन पुस्तके वाचली. म्हंटलं पुस्तक मराठीत वाचलंय तर बुक रिव्ह्यू पण मराठीत लिहायचा प्रयत्न तरी करायला पाहिजे. असे म्हटले तरी तुम्हाला मराठी आणि इंग्रजी दोन्हीचं...
The Pachinko Parlour – A Mellow Book About Identity (Women in Translation Month)
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...
Women in Translation Month Book Recommendations!
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....
Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi (Women in Translation Month)
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....
Book Recommendation: Almond by Sohn Won-pyung (Women in Translation Month)
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...
Book Recommendation: That Long Silence by Shashi Deshpande
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...
Book Recommendation: I Who Have Never Known Men (Women in Translation Month)
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...
Books Read in July 2023!
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...
The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischwili: Is It Worth 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...
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler: Not a Book Recommendation
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...