Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami: Book Review

An idiosyncratic and uninhibited narrative, Breasts and Eggs, is a book you haven’t had read before. It tells no story, but rather it’s a book of experiences, voices, an introspective on women's bodies- how it feels to own it, accepting and taking control of it with conviction. An exploration of affairs of single women, working-class …

Spark by Naoki Matayoshi: Book Review

Spark is a short book about two comedians- Tokunaga and Kamiya and their life in comedy. It focuses on the manzai comedy of the Japanese culture- a kind of stand-up comedy involving two performers playing jokes in their mutual conversations. Tokunaga is an aspiring manzai comedian who wishes to make it big in his career, …

When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten: Book Review

Clara behaves differently; something happened last summer, which is hard for her to recall, or I might say she refuses to. Even her best friend Gaynah ridicule her for not remembering what happened. But with the arrival of the new girl Rudy in their village, her friendships nurture, and so her equation with her uncle …

Beach Read by Emily Henry: Book Review

If you know me by now through my posts, my reading tastes, and genres, then you’ll surely know that romance is not my genre along with poetry and horror (I’ve got a knack of mentioning these three genres again and again. Because otherwise, I read every damn genre). But this book is unlike all romance …

Three-Fifths by John Vercher: Book Review

Three-Fifths is an engaging thriller with sophisticated characters, well blended with general fiction, crime, and present time issues. It explores identity, racism, and class stereotypes. It’ll make one ponder on the effect of racism on families, and the appearance of identities. Bobby, a twenty-two-year-old biracial man, is hiding his identity since his childhood, for the …

I Know Your Secret by Ruth Heald: Book Review

Gosh, what a wonderful thriller it was. I realized I haven’t read a single thriller this year. In pursuance of reading all the kinds of books, I missed out on this genre. I Know Your Secret is an amazing psychological thriller told from two women, viewpoints- Beth and Danielle. The book follows both narratives, switching …

The Peculiar Peggs of Riddling Woods by Samuel J. Halpin: Book Review

The Peculiar Peggs of Riddling Woods is a story of Poppy, Erasmus, and their sleepy town called Suds. It’s a gripping tale of disappearing children, mysterious twisting woods, unusual incidents, and creepy Peggs living in the woods. Poppy has moved to her grandmother’s place for a few days while her father is away. She befriends …

Dear Reader by Cathy Rentzenbrink: Book Review

If you’re one of those readers who feel lively in stories, has a profound devotion for book characters, dream to be in books, who explores bookshops and bookstores for the next good read, who love books about books, then this is the book to fall in love with. Dear Reader is an endearing book about …

Writers & Lovers by Lily King: Book Review

Writers & Lovers is the story of Casey Peabody, who recently lost her mother, has defaulting student loans, is struggling to finish her novel she’s been writing for six years, and her in and out relationships with two men at the same time. The book precisely represents the life of a thirty-year-old woman in mess, …

A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum: Book Review

How should I convince you to read this book? Just read it! Will it do? It is hard to put down into words how satisfying this read was. It’s a remarkable, thoughtful, and powerful book that deserves to be on your shelf. A must-read book, if it is what you call for the book that …