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.
2024 Goals | New Turning Points, New Horizons…
Happy, happy new year, folks! I hope that 2024 brings you everything you hope and wish for and that your life is filled with love, light, and strength. ❤ Today’s blog post is all about my 2024 goals. But before that, a little background, a little introspection as one does at the dawn of a new year.
The Social Shaming of Childless People | Enough is Enough!
There are a lot of blog posts that I’ve been wanting to write, but the one I’ve been fixating on for months now is this one: how the world sees women who don’t have or want children. It is a pillar of patriarchy since time immemorial, this pigeonholing of women. And we are treated accordingly depending on how we react to it. If we have children, we’re rewarded for it. But if we say we don’t want children, oh heavens save us, we are looked down upon. Society (even people we know) makes sure to tell us that we are the embodiment of the devil himself. Just go watch the pro-lifers and you’ll see what I’m saying.
November 2023 Reading Wrap Up | Books I Read in November 2023 | Recent Reads
Today’s blog post is my November 2023 reading wrap up. I read 11 books in November and although I wanted to read a bunch of nonfiction books for Nonfiction November, there were only a few that I managed to actually read. I will also be withholding sharing one of the books I read in November because I’m saving them for vlogs that I want to be putting up soon. I mean, I’ve been waiting for a few books to arrive at the library and only 2 of the 3 have become available, so all I can do is continue to wait. But I’m very excited for these vlogs to go up!
Recent Reads – October 2023 Edition | Books I Read Recently | 10 Mini Book Reviews
My previous Recent Reads blog posts were reading wrap ups in which I talked about ALL the books I read in the mentioned months. But today, the content in here, while being a collection of mini book reviews, is also a random collection of books that I’ve read in recent times. I’ve reviewed these books on Instagram, also where these reviews are from. Yeah, I know, I’m a genius, reusing my content across platforms. 😛 The point is, I’m really proud of these reviews and wanted to share them with you here.
Aashiqui Forever by Yashesh Rathod | Book Review
The year 1990 saw the release of Aashiqui, a Bollywood romance starring Rahul Roy and Anu Aggarwal as Rahul and Anu, two lovers trying to live their love while the world tries to bring them down. It was a runaway hit and its music is well-loved to this day. Yashesh Rathod pays tribute to this movie, as the title might suggest, in a new, short romance novella called Aashiqui Forever.
August 2023 Reading Wrap Up | Books I Read in August 2023!
I decided to do a little wrap up and tell you what I read in August 2023. Even though I read only 7 books, there were some solid heavyweights in there that are now my favorite books of all time. I just realized as I wrote this that in my August 2023 reading wrap up video that went up on Wednesday (you can watch it here), I said I’d read 6 books, forgetting the book that disappointed me the most among this lot. You’ll see which. 😛
My Favorite Book Quotes of All Time – Part 3 | Some Great Quotes from Books
The quotes in this post are some that I found to be profoundly relatable as they called to me. I will try to express what they represent for me and my love of reading, which, although not at the ‘I’ll die without books’ level as before, is still quite intense. I’ve spoken about how I note down these quotes in the previous posts but these days, my arthritis is so bad, it’s making me want to curl into a ball and stay there. But hey! Who’d do that when there’s so much work to do and so many books to read? 😀 (send help)
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto | Book Review
Books with quirky titles like Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers have always caught my eye. They always have me rooting for them because come on! Who wouldn’t want someone quirky to win the day? I have had some success with this in the past, with books with quirky titles turning out to be some of the best I’ve ever read. And when a book starts with: “Vera Wong Zhuzhu, age sixty, is a pig, but she really should have been born a rooster,” take it from me it’s a sign of ensuing hilarity that remains unparalleled.
Fourth Wing (Empyrean #1) by Rebecca Yarros | Book Review
Every now and again, a book comes around that takes readers by the collar and pulls them in, making them obsessed with it. We see everyone gushing about it and praising it to high heavens. But then that crest begins to plateau and the disappointments start rolling in. The whole ‘Booktok lied to me’ and ‘Finally here’s an honest review’ thing starts, which is a rather questionable stand to take (a discussion for a different day, perhaps). The same thing happened with Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros and I obviously wanted to get in on the action. One, because of it being everywhere and hard to miss. Two, because of that GORGEOUS cover! And I did read it.
The Melodramatic Bookworm 