Pssst! I can’t believe it’s been a year since the last update on this feature. In my defence, I truly thought that I had given an update the previous semester but I guess my blog isn’t lying… Time just really slipped away from me, let’s just go with that. As a refresher, although who is […]
Towards the end of 2022, I really dived into middle-grade books. I realised that middle-grade books these days are so complex, and well-written and manage to tackle so many important themes in a digestible manner for kids. What’s best is that they manage to do it in less than 500 pages. Lately, I have many […]
In this daring tale of female agency and revenge from a New York Times bestselling author, a girl becomes a teenage vigilante who roams Victorian England using her privilege and power to punish her friends’ abusive suitors and keep other young women safe. Adele grew up in the shadows–first watching from backstage at her mother’s Parisian dance […]
Happy New Year everyone! Here’s hoping 2023 is going to be a much better year than 2022. Although we do seem to be saying this every year and I’m yet to make peace with a year, lol. But one of my favourite things at the end of a year and the beginning of a new […]
Hi everyone! Gosh, it’s been ages since I wrote here. I realise that I never properly announced that I would be taking a break except for maybe a post on Twitter but the last few months were extremely hectic for me. I knew there was no way I could write and check in with you […]
Eliot is grieving Babung, her paternal grandmother who just passed away, and she feels like she’s the only one. She’s less than excited to move to her new house, which smells like lemons and deception, and is searching for a sign, any sign, that ghosts are real. Because if ghosts are real, it means she […]
Sixteen-year-old Sayers Wayte has everything—until he’s kidnapped by a man who tells him the privileged life he’s been living is based on a lie. Trapped in a windowless room, without knowing why he’s been taken or how long the man plans to keep him shut away, Sayers faces a terrifying new reality. To survive, he […]
~ Goodreads ~ Amazon India ~ In this book, we follow our narrator, Ahana’s journey towards a life of mysticism and self-discovery. It all starts on her 18th birthday with a dream and an enticing stranger who opens before her a new world. I’m not one to usually pick up books about mysticism but something […]
Hello there! If you’re here I’m eternally grateful because it’s surprising that people are here even with my mysterious and irregular posting schedule. To read a wrap-up post. Wow. Like not me crying over the fact that I’ll be posting two wrap-ups in a row… It has been a whirlwind of a month and I’m […]
When I say this has been the most chaotic month this year, I really mean it. I’ve just been extremely busy lately and I’m sure you can see that reflected on my blog… this is not how I had planned for things to go but it’s a classic case of my overachieving self thinking I […]
A novel in two acts—told eighteen years apart—gives voice to both mother (Ayesha) and daughter (Mira) after an unplanned teen pregnancy led Ayesha to place Mira up for adoption. Seventeen-year-old Mira Fuller-Jensen was adopted by her moms at birth. All she knows about her biological mother is that she was a high-school student from India […]
You know, as a psychology student I’m constantly yelling at everyone to get therapy, whether they’re real or fictional. I’ve always wondered what it would be like to sit in a therapy room with some characters. Coincidentally, one of my assignments asked me to put a fictional character of my choice in therapy and I […]
When I say nothing really happened this month I really do mean that. And I didn’t mind it at all. This month was the start of my summer vacation and while technically I was extremely busy with a lot of things to check off my to-do list there’s nothing much of substance to report. My […]
Half of the year has just flown by and yeah let’s not even talk about the weird construct of time. Like always, I’m here at the halfway mark to do the mid-year freakout tag and also update you all on the reading challenges that I had set up for myself for 2022. I think I’m […]
Movies and tv shows that get adapted from books are always a hotly debated topic. The on-screen story is almost never wholly true to the books. In fact, most book lovers are deathly scared that book-to-movie adaptations will ruin their beloved stories on-screen for both the fan base and the unknowing viewers who haven’t read […]
In every person’s story, there is something to hide… The ornate reading room at the Boston Public Library is quiet, until the tranquility is shattered by a woman’s terrified scream. Security guards take charge immediately, instructing everyone inside to stay put until the threat is identified and contained. While they wait for the all-clear, four […]
Did you all think this feature was dead? Nah, I wouldn’t leave you hanging! Welcome back to a post where I blabber about my university life and journey 🙂 I mean if you’re here, I’m guessing you are interested. I seem to have missed out on an update but that was due so long ago, […]
Happy Pride Month!!! I know every time pride month comes around the bookish community is absolutely bursting with queer book recs. And yes at this point my post might as well be a drop in the sea but screw it, I wanted to recommend fluffy queer books, so here I am! I often find myself […]
From Eisner-Award nominated writer Marika McCoola and debut artist Aatmaja Pandya, an emotional coming-of-age graphic novel for fans of Bloom and Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me. Right before Jade is about to leave for a summer art intensive, her best friend, Phoebe, attempts suicide. How is Jade supposed to focus on herself right now? But at the […]
Hi everyone! Feels good to be writing a blog post again 🙂 I say this when I’ve procrastinated on this one as much as I can but whatever. I’m just really excited to come back to the blog! It feels weird to start posting without sort of checking in with you all and having a […]
Not Just Fiction 