Author Archives: Sonali Dabade

Booker Prize 2024 Shortlist – Reviews & Ranking

Earlier this year, I decided to start reading and reviewing the Booker Prize shortlisted books. I started off with the International Booker Prize 2024 and predicted The Details to win, but that didn’t happen. Kairos won instead. Kairos – the one book from the shortlist that I DNFed. And hence, I learned that I’m not great at predictions. But was I still going to try and read the Booker Prize 2024 shortlist and try to predict the winner all over again? Absolutely!

I’m So Annoyed Book Tag | Bookish Things That Annoy Me

As much as we love books, us bookworms are able to find a thousand different things to be annoyed about with them. Some of these are personal opinions, but many are common annoyances across the board and we seem to have a global consensus about them being annoying. To express my annoyance, I’m here with a book tag called the I’m So Annoyed Book Tag, which was created by the YouTube channel Books I’m Not Reading.

The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley | Book Review

The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley was one of my most anticipated books of 2024 and I got to read it recently. But was it worth all that anticipation? Because Lucy Foley’s books have been a bit of a hit or miss for me and they have always alternated.

10 Must-Read Short Story Collections | Book Recommendations

No matter how much I wanted to write, this past month hasn’t allowed me to, be it due to my physical or mental health. But I figured enough was enough and thought of coming on here to share with you some of my favorite short story collections of all time. There are so many to choose from but I decided on these ten after a long decision process. I believe that these are the best that I have read so far and I cannot wait to find more of these gems as I progress in my reading life.

Funny Story by Emily Henry | Book Review

“It’s easy to be loved by the ones who’ve never seen you f up. The ones you’ve never had to apologize to, and who still think all your quirks are charming. It’s easy to be around people who don’t know you. But as soon as someone starts to figure you out – as soon asContinueContinue reading “Funny Story by Emily Henry | Book Review”

Reviewing My Favorite Books in One Sentence Each | 100+ Book Recommendations

The month of July was a bit hectic for us because we were travelling to India and there was so much work to be done. So I was in an absolute rush to do a lot of things, including film my YouTube videos in advance so that I could schedule them for when we were gone. One of these videos was me reviewing my favorite books in one sentence each, a book recommendations project that I’d been planning for months before its time came.
Reviewing my favorite books in just one sentence each was going to be difficult, I knew when I decided to make it. But I hoped that by the end, I could convince the viewer to pick at least some of these up. And now, since I have the material, I thought why not put this up here on the blog as well!

We Are the Quarry, Fate is the Hunter by Prasad & Shubhada Godbole | Book Review

We Are the Quarry, Fate is the Hunter is written by ex-sailor couple Prasad and Shubhada Godbole in one of the most heartwarming, funny, witty, lovely way possible. As soon as I finished this book, I went on Instagram to gush about it and days later, I still feel the same way. The very thought of it puts a smile on my face and I know that if I were in India, I would get a paperback copy for myself to highlight and tab and annotate. It’s THAT good!