Book Lovers by Emily Henry #BookReview

A warm and mushy love story with lots of book talk thrown in for good measure.

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus #BookReview

A fun quirky feminist tale of Elizabeth Zott, a passionate scientist navigating the patriarchal America of the 60s.

The Burning of Books #Fahrenheit451 #BookReview

Book: Fahrenheit 451Author: Ray Bradbury Here’s a question for you — Is it enough to be happy?  Would it be alright if one existed in a permanent state of happiness, the struggle and strife of life swept away somewhere? Would it okay for one to shut one’s eyes to the reality of life, if that …

Paper Moon #BookReview

Book: Paper MoonAuthor: Rehana Munir  You know what’s the next best thing to living your dream life?  Reading about an endearing character leading your dream life. So well, that’s what Paper Moon was for me.  Fiza is a college student leading a rather uneventful (read boring) life comprising soporific lecturers on English Literature. She lives …

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall #Booktalk #Bookreview

I picked up The Tenant of Wildfell Hall because I’d long wanted to explore the works of Anne Bronte — the third Bronte Sister. She wrote just two books and this one was highly acclaimed. The other one is Agnes Grey and I still have to get to it. Wildfell Hall is a deserted dilapidated …

The Housekeeper and the Professor #BookReview

Relationships spring up in the strangest places, between the most unlikely people. And it is these relationships that make for the best stories. The Housekeeper and the Professor is one such tale.

Anxious People #BookReview

After much deliberation, I decided to read Anxious People. It had been on my TBR for the longest time but I kept putting it off because I couldn’t bear to be disappointed. There has been so much hype about Backman, and more specifically, about the book that I was almost afraid to pick it up. …

Fangirl #BookReview

Book: FangirlAuthor: Rainbow Rowell Cather (Cath) and Wren are identical twins whose mother left them when they were eight. Their father is an unstable genius leaving the girls are pretty much on their own. While Wren is outgoing, Cath is the shy silent one, content to remain in the shadows. The two, however, have a …

My Sister the Serial Killer #BookReview

Book: My Sister the Serial KillerAuthor: Oyinkan Braithwaite The title of this book was intriguing enough to make me want to read it despite mixed reviews. In fact, many of my favourite book reviewers didn't give it a great rating. yet I had to check it out for myself. This is the story of two …

The Girl Who Drank the Moon #BookReview

Book: The Girl Who Drank the MoonAuthor: Kelly Barnhill This is the story of a town, a cursed town. On its outskirts lies a greater forest. In this forest lives a wicked old witch. The witch demands sacrifice and so each year an infant is taken away by the town elders and left in the …