Hi Readers! I recently saw a stellar recommendation on Instagram for Jhumpa Lahiri’s Translating Myself and Others. Given that it was a collection of essays and that it was short, I read it right away. If you want to read my reviews of other books by Jhumpa Lahiri, you...

Hi Readers! How was your month? Did you get a lot done or not much at all? For me, I read 10 books across 2668 pages in February! Isn’t that amazing to achieve in the shortest month of the year? I think this month I wanted to read more...

Hi Readers! February has been a month of intense reading for me, but not really the month for book reviews. Whichever books I have read, I find myself unable to review them. I only reviewed 2 out of 8 books: Second Place & The Forty Rules of Love. And...

I have officially read 300 books in my lifetime!! Can I get a Hurray? I’m so stoked to achieve this number. Sometimes it feels like a BIG number, but sometimes it feels like a very small number. I keep oscillating between the two, but reading 300 books only makes...

<Reposting this because a stupid malware issue deleted it.> Hi Readers! Happy International Translation Day! I am a bit behind schedule as this was on 30th September, but better late than never! This for me only means an appreciation post for all the amazing books translated to English from...

Hello Readers!! Every time I write a post, I somehow always wonder how quickly the month has gone by, and today here we are where an entire year has gone by! Another successful year of Mindscape in Words! I am forever grateful to you readers who come back to...

Hi Readers! July is already done and dusted! It was the best month for me reading wise. I read NINE BOOKS this month & I’m super proud of myself. I read THREE CLASSICS, ONE MYSTERY, TWO FANTASY, ONE ROMANCE, ONE AUTOBIOGRAPHY & ONE NONFICTION. Quite a range, am I...

Hi Readers! We are already on the last day of May! How was your month? It was incredibly hot & humid in Mumbai, which sure sucked. I hate summers & because of the whole covid scenario, we can’t eat as much ice cream as we did earlier. Other than that, it was a...

Hi Readers! Happy International Day of Families to you & your family! Okay, let me be honest now. I a few days ago, I went online and searched for significant days throughout the year. That’s when I saw this one, otherwise I would not have any clue about it. The...

Hi Readers! It has been way too long, and honestly this time I have no excuses. After my month-long reading slump, I got back into it with Kristin Hannah’s ‘The Four Winds’. Just the fact of being out of the slump has made me lazy & I have given...