This is one of my favourite posts to make every year! In fact, I anticipate this tag from the beginning of each year! I’ve read some pretty great books this year, so let’s get on with it. Best Book You’ve Read So Far I read a lot of great books this year, but this one … More Mid Year Book Freakout Tag 2022
I recently read The Idiot as well as its sequel Either/Or by Elif Batuman, and I found myself relating to those books on another level. The Idiot follows Selin, a Turkish-American student at Harvard as she tries to figure out life, language and her own interests and ideas. She befriends Svetlana, a Serbian student in … More The Idiot and Either/Or by Elif Batuman
May was a pretty uneven month for me where reading was concerned. I read 17 books, some of which I loved, others not so much. Anyway, here are the books. 1. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid. (3/5) This is a book about a young Pakistani man who moved to America, and initially completely embraced … More May 2022 Reading Wrap Up
Here’s everything I read in April. I read a total of 19 things, including novels, novellas, short stories, poems etc. A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes (5/5) This was one of the best books I’ve read this year. A retelling of the story of the Trojan war from the perspectives of the women involved in … More April 2022 Reading Wrap Up
The Reluctant Fundamentalist is the story of Changez, a Pakistani man in the US who had once embraced a Westernized lifestyle only to see the illusion of the American dream fall apart. I thought the story made some interesting commentary, but overall, i found it rather underwhelming. The writing style was somehow rather bland and … More The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
I had already mentioned the first 15 books I had read in February and March. Here are the rest. 16. Karmelin by Damodar Mazuo (2.5/5) This book was a huge disappointment for me. Translated from the Konkani by Vidya Pai, this book follows the life of Karmelin, a Goan woman who ends up having to … More February + March Reading Wrap Up (Part 2)
Since I ended up not doing the wrap up for February earlier, I thought I’d combine it with the March wrap up. Here is everything I read in Feb and March (or at least the first 15 books). 1. Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura. (5/5) I loved, loved, loved this book. Translated … More February + March 2022 Reading Wrap Up (Part 1)
Last year, I had read Bhaunri by Anukrti Upadhyay and loved it. So, I went into this one with high expectations. And by the time I finished reading it, I had mixed feelings. Kintsugi is set in two countries-India and Japan. It follows Haruko, a young Japanese woman who travels to Rajasthan to learn the … More Kintsugi by Anukriti Upadhyay
2022 started off really strong when it came to reading. I read 17 books this month, and here they are: Braised Pork by An Yu (3.5/5) This book is set in China and follows the life of a woman whose husband just died, drowning in the bathtub. It also has an element of magical realism, … More January 2022 Reading Wrap Up
Nightfall is an expansion of the short story by the same name written by Asimov. Asimov has been quite a hit-or-miss author for me, and I hadn’t read anything by Silverberg before, so I was keen to know whether I’d like this one. And I did, mostly. Nightfall is set on a planet with six … More Nightfall by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg
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