Reading updates: WWW Wednesday
The three Ws stands for the following questions. What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? Currently Reading: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee Recently Read: Normal People by Sally Rooney Next Read: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite What is your WWW? If you have read any of these books, please let me … Continue reading Reading updates: WWW Wednesday
Men Without Women: Cats, Music and Murakami
It is a collection of seven short stories with a similar sense of eerie, alienation, vulnerability, and loneliness of the male characters dealing with either grief, unrequited love, betrayal, or something completely peculiar. This book is translated from original Japanese by Philip Gabriel and Ted Goossen. Cats, Jazz, and Murakami with the usual surrealism are the elements that one can expect from this book. You … Continue reading Men Without Women: Cats, Music and Murakami
Convenience Store Woman : #JapaneseLit ★★★.5
It is a short, quirky and idiosyncratic story with its set of blemishes. The protagonist Keiko won’t leave you easily. Though she may not be very relatable you would want to read about her more to get some insights on how she functions. Keiko is socially oblivious yet she makes multiple attempts to fit into the same ‘social circle’ by imitating others. The circle of … Continue reading Convenience Store Woman : #JapaneseLit ★★★.5
Normal People: A tale of oddity ★★★
The entire narrative is about its characters and their progression over the years. It is an unlikely love story which can tear you apart but can fill your heart with warmth. The novel is gripping in the beginning but plummets down in the middle. It talks about issues like depression and people transcending it. A twisted tale of two people falling in love over and … Continue reading Normal People: A tale of oddity ★★★
The Year So Far In Books
With some coffee on one side and my current read on the other, I am trying to accumulate my random thoughts to write about the year so far in books inspired from Norees @ NoReadsTooGreat. Click on the link to check out her post and read her responses to the prompts. My current state of mind is quite similar to what this tag is about, … Continue reading The Year So Far In Books
What I Read This Week | 19 June 2019
Welcome to another Wednesday meme. Time to ask ourselves the three W’s. The three Ws stands for the following questions. What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? Currently Reading: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Genre: Historical fiction This book is continuing from last week because this is HUGE! Though, it is … Continue reading What I Read This Week | 19 June 2019
WWW Wednesday | 5-June-19
Another week gone! It is time to catch up on the what we have read this past week. The three Ws stands for the following questions. What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? Currently Reading: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Genre: Historical fiction Few pages in and I’m soaked in entirely. … Continue reading WWW Wednesday | 5-June-19
5 Debut Novels you wouldn’t believe were a Debut
Today we are talking about debut novels. There are obviously more than 5 debut novels that I absolutely adore. But somehow I’m restricting to five for now. The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini One of the most memorable books I have read till now. I was overwhelmed, in tears by the end. For days I didn’t express anything as I was lost in the reverie … Continue reading 5 Debut Novels you wouldn’t believe were a Debut
June Reading List
Dark, unsettling, heartbreaking, daunting reality. Confused? These are not random adjectives but my TBR for this month. For June, I have handpicked three books and I hope I read them all by the end of the month. I have been sticking to my TBR in the past so let’s hope it stays this way. Tin Man by Sarah Winman Genre: Contemporary This is more of … Continue reading June Reading List
What I did all May: A Recap
For most part of May, it was Game of Thrones and few other bookish updates that I am starting this post with. I did it again! Harry Potter I shifted to a new home this month and the change left me no time to pick up something new so I switched between multiple books. They were mostly re-reads which included Harry Potter and the Goblet of … Continue reading What I did all May: A Recap
