This book had been on my TBR for so long, and I’m glad I finally read it. It’s written by Casey McQuiston who is nonbinary and bisexual (so someone who knows what they are writing about). This is their debut novel written because of a lack of LGBT fiction in mainstream media. The story revolves … Continue reading Red White & Royal Blue Review
Almost every culture talks of where we go after death: hell, heaven or even purgatory in the meantime. Here Matt Haig imagines a library between life and death. As long as you have even a little bit of desire for living you remain in the library. In the library is an infinite number of books, … Continue reading The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (Book Review)
The Island of Sea Women is a story of two friends who happen to be haenyos or sea women on the remote Korean Island of Jeju. The novel encompasses their life right from the time they meet as young girls, become best friends, travel away from home for work to their respective marriages, married life, … Continue reading The Island of the Sea Women by Lisa See (Book Review)
The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner As the name suggests, the book combines philosophy lessons from famous philosophers and the author’s train journeys. In each chapter, the author writes about visiting the city of a different philosopher and, and along with experiencing the train rides, he tries to experience the philosophy of that philosopher. You … Continue reading Book Reviews (June-July)
The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson is a satisfying read. It is a story based in a rural village of northern Canada, where the attraction of the town is a lake called Crow Lake. The story is about Arthur, a hard-working farmer, and Ian, a teenage boy approaching adulthood. These two characters … Continue reading Book Review – The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson
1. Once a Girl, Always a Boy by Jo Ivester Once a Girl, Always a Boy is a family memoir of a trans man written by his mom. The memoir consists of small, digestible chunks of narration by Jeremy (whose story the book is based on), his mom, his dad, and his other family members. … Continue reading Book Reviews March 2020
This month I was able to read just one book. (I started another but couldn't finish it.) Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak Would you like to read a book within a book? Then consider this one. The main protagonist Ella Rubenstein is a content housewife. She and her husband have three children. Everything … Continue reading Book Review – February 2019
The Power of Habit by Charles DuhiggThe power of Habit shows us how habits are formed and how we can change them. We learn about the habit loop- a cue, an action, and the reward. Every time there is a certain cue, we perform a particular action, doing which we get a particular reward. To change … Continue reading Book Reviews- January 2020
Ikigai by Francesc Miralles and Hector Garcia'Don't judge a book by it's cover.' This saying is apt for this book. It has a pretty cover, which I admit attracted me to buy it. The book seems like a project compiled by a student. It aims to tell us about the concept of Ikigai or a … Continue reading Book Reviews- December 2019
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Secret Garden is children's classic about a young, spoiled girl who finds herself orphaned and is sent to live in a large mansion of her nearest relation- an uncle. Here she finds herself without any servants to listen to her whims all the time and so she starts … Continue reading Book Reviews- November 2019
Under Transformation 