I know that many book lovers consider it to be a cardinal sin to watch the screen adaptation before reading the book. However this post is not about that. It’s really about books I intentionally skipped (I am sure this sounds worse, but hear me out) for watching their screen adaptations, either because I just…
Wonder by R. J. Palacio – Book Review
I have to admit that I normally don’t read a lot of middle grade, especially realistic fiction. If and when I do pick up middle-grade, it’s mostly fantasy, because let’s face it, there are some amazing reads in the genre. But this particular book piqued my curiosity, partly because of the relatively unique story line,…
Part Star Part Dust by L. M. Valiram – Book Review
This book. I don’t even know where to begin. But I do know that trying to capture how this book made me feel in a few words or paragraphs even, seems like a daunting task. Because after completing this book, I was kind of an emotional wreck, and I had to take some time to…
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – Audiobook Review
I am not sure if I have ever mentioned this before (probably not), but ever since I first started blogging about books, I have often casually wondered about how it would have been if I had started blogging & recording my thoughts about books ever since I first started reading them. Well okay, I don’t…
A Glimpse Into My Life – October 2017 #ChattyBlogs October Linky
This is the kind of post I’ve been meaning to do/write from some time now, but you know procrastination – yadda yadda yadda. And I say ‘kind of’, because originally I was planning to do a ‘Day In The Life’ Post, but then I changed my mind, as I felt that this current format will…
Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg – Book Review
The first time that I really took notice of Sheryl Sandberg was when she wrote a Facebook post about losing her husband (this was back in 2015). I am not sure exactly what it was about that post, but I remember thinking about it for days on end, and hoping that things turn out all…
Catch-Up Over Coffee #3 | #ChattyBlogs September Linky
It’s been a long time since I did a random chatty post. I mean of-course I host the #ChattyBlogs linky every single month, but if you’ve noticed, it’s never a random ramble-y post. I almost always focus on a particular topic, whether it is about me going through the blogger version of an existential crisis,…
Geekerella – Where Fairytales meet Fandoms | Book Review
I came across this book quite by accident. I was drafting a post on How to Get Started with Audiobooks, and I wanted to be thorough and include a lot of examples and recommendations, so that it’s not just an info dumpy post, but something that people who want to get started with audio-books can…
Yes Please by Amy Poehler – A disappointment
I have to admit that I went into this book with high expectations. Because I picked this book right after I had read (and loved) Bossypants. And as television personalities, I liked both Tina Fey and Amy Poehler equally, so I guess I had an unreasonable expectation of liking their memoirs just as much. But that…
On Unhauling Books and Indian Authors in American Libraries
Last week I decided to do a little bookshelf clean-out, and while I was sorting through the books I wanted to keep, and the ones I wanted to pass on, I found myself in a dilemma of sorts. So I thought why not ask for the public opinion on this one, as I am sure…