Up until a few years ago, I truly believed that the world was inherently a good place. I thought that no matter what, the good in people always wins over. But over the past few years, I’ve been thoroughly disabused of the notion. It doesn’t mean that I believe that the world is all bad, but that the bad parts are more powerful than the good. I’ve turned into a full blown cynic and I don’t see myself moving out of this position anytime soon. Yet, I’m utterly shocked and enraged every time someone does something bad, especially when they believe they are right. I don’t know what that says about me and that it happened again in The Better Mother by Jennifer van der Kleut.
Category Archives: Book Reviews
5 Romance Books I’ve Read So Far This Year | 2026 Book Reviews
Every year in February, I read romance books and make Booktube videos about them. Be they reading vlogs or recommendation videos, I take the opportunity at Valentine’s Day and share my romance reads with my subscribers. But this year, my physical and mental health weren’t conducive to video-making, leave alone reading 14 books in 14 days. I was already on my last leg, so it wasn’t long into February that I decided I would take a break from making longform videos on YouTube. And that meant no romance books vlog was coming, even though I had read 5 of them by then.
So even though I haven’t been able to talk about them on YouTube, I knew I wanted to yell about some of them somewhere on the Internet, because that’s what I do. And since I knew I wanted to start posting here again…you know where I’m going with this.
The Warbler by Sarah Beth Durst | Book Review
The central story of The Warbler is about women’s battle between dreams on opposite ends of the spectrum.
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!
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.
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”
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!
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous Reading Blog | Ocean Vuong Book Review
I wondered about what to write as an introduction for this book, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. I wondered for a long time, wrote some things, hit backspace, wrote again – and finally decided to keep the format of what it was originally intended for. I do a series of videos overContinueContinue reading “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous Reading Blog | Ocean Vuong Book Review”
Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo | Book Review
Before I explain to you how disappointing one of my most anticipated books of 2023 was, I need to put it out there that Elizabeth Acevedo is one of my favorite authors of all time. When she announced Family Lore, her first novel for adult readers, I lost my mind with excitement and anticipation. And when August 2023 came, I was sick with worry because no bookstore here was stocking it. You know why? Because the Australian book market is weird like that. Half the global book releases are postponed Down Under and the same was the case with Family Lore.
Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri | Book Review
Roman Stories is Jhumpa Lahiri’s latest work, a return to her roots, if you will, because this is a collection of short stories like her Pulitzer Prize winning Interpreter of Maladies. I’ve been a fan of Jhumpa Lahiri’s writing for a bit and when this book was announced, I promptly lost my mind. But before I get into what I think of her new book, I have to take a step or two back to tell you how I fell in love with her words.
The Melodramatic Bookworm 