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, …

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 …

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman: Book Review

A Man Called Ove is a lovely and heart-warming story of an old crabby man of fifty-nine years. He wakes up daily at the same routine, has inflexible ideas, and a boiling temper. He is a cranky yet funny, rude, and yet tender man who is alone, unhappy; who, continually tried taking his life after …

Hijab by Guruprasad Kaginele: Book Review

Kaginele’s book is a powerful narrative exploring identity, immigration, cultures, and nationalities. It was first published in Kannada in 2017 and was awarded Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award 2017. It’s a book impelling you to look at the migration issues and their racial truth through the view of a doctor; the state of the medical profession …

The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton: Book Review

I bought this book earlier this year, was trying to pick it for a while now and finally gave it a read, I’m pleased I loved it too. The time when I was reading it, dropped all my current reads for it, as it’s a highly engaging read. An eighteen-year-old Petronella Oortman arrives in the …

Interview with Anukrti Upadhyay

Hello everyone! It’s been long since I have done an author Interview on my Blog. Mostly talking about reading updates and book reviews on the blog, I realized author interviews play an equally important role for seeking out the answers cropping up while reading, if only we could ask the authors of the books we …

Saving Missy by Beth Morrey: Book Review

Saving Missy is a pleasing story of a 79-year-old Millicent Carmichael, or Missy, who lives alone in her big owned house without her husband and children, her son Alistair and grandson Arthur had shifted to Australia and her daughter Melanie to Cambridge. She lives her isolated life, remembering her children and husband until she tripped …

How I choose books to read.

You’re looking for a book that reminds you why you read in the first place. One written well and that will feel like it was written just for you- one that will make you think about things in a new way, or feel things you didn’t expect a book to make you feel, or see …

Girl Made of Gold by Gitanjali Kolanad: Book Review

Girl Made of Gold is the first novel of Gitanjali Kolanad and I’m amazed how she has written such an enticing novel as her debut. Her writing is raw, though simple but looks fresh. I was twenty pages in and totally immersed in her narrative. First, the story shall bind you with its intriguing characters …

The Dilemma by B A Paris: Book Review

The Dilemma is about a family of four and their relationships, the indecision they face to save a few moments of happiness before an unpleasant revelation. Livia is eagerly looking forward to her 40th birthday party which she’s all set to celebrate with a bang. She covertly wishes that her daughter Marnie, who studies abroad …