So, I watched quite a few good movies in 2021. Here are the 10 movies I watched this year(not necessarily 2021 releases) that I liked the most, in no particular order. 1. Marie Antoinette This movie, by Sofia Coppola, was a snarky, fun take on the life of Marie Antoinette. With a cool soundtrack and … More Top Ten Movies I watched in 2021.
So it is that time of the year again when we make top ten posts and I’d start with the disappointments. Here are the ten most disappointing books I read this year. They are in no particular order. Also, these are the ten most disappointing books, they need not be bad books, just books I … More Ten Most Disappointing Books I read in 2021
Much Ado About You by Samantha Young is a fun, light-hearted romance that follows Evie who after a bad experience at work as well as in her love life, decides to take a break. She decides to travel to England, where she gets a chance to rent a bookstore in a small village and runs … More Much Ado About You by Samantha Young
November was not the best reading month for me. I read 9 books, some of which were for uni. However, I did end up reading a few good ones. The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain (3.5/5) This was a fun, light-hearted book originally written in French, and translated by Jane Aitken. It follows Laurent, a … More November 2021 Reading Wrap Up
So October was an excellent reading month for me. I ended up reading 15 books and I enjoyed most of them. A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende (3/5) This was the epic tale of two people fleeing the Spanish civil war by ship, to Chile. While I thought the premise was pretty … More October 2021 Reading Wrap Up
So, this is the third book in the Vorkosigan saga, but I believe it can also be read as a standalone, which was what I did. I hadn’t read the previous books, but now I really want to! Athos is a planet inhabited only by men. The inhabitants of Athos believe that women are evil … More Ethan of Athos by Lois McMaster Bujold
Some time back, I made a post offering recommendations Book recommendations from Japan and South Korea. I thought today I’ll do the same with another region-West Africa. Here are some of the books from that region I’d like to recommend. I’m including books both by people living in West Africa and books from people from … More Recommendations: Books from West Africa
So I just finished reading this book, and it has become a new favourite in no time. Seriously, this book was amazing. This book follows Shashi and Tara, a mother and a daughter in India. Shashi is dealing with the loss of her husband, Robi. A graduate in philosophy who ended up teaching at a … More The Illuminated by Anindita Ghoshe
I picked this one up on a whim. I like reading books from different parts of the world and this one was from Singapore, a place I had not read much from. And this was a light-hearted, quirky tale that was a lot of fun to read. Impractical Uses of Cake follows Sukhin, a 35-year-old … More Impractical Uses of Cake by Yeoh Jo-Ann
I read a lot this month! I finished reading 17 books! Here is everything I read. 1. Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis(3.5/5) Translated from the Greek by Carl Wildman, this follows the narrator an intellectual man, who meets Zorba who works at his mines and has a larger than life personality. It was an … More September 2021 Reading Wrap Up.
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