The Girl In The Tower By Katherine Arden Book Review

In “The Girl In The Tower”, Vasya’s journey continues when she leaves her home and venture into unknown as a traveler. Our very own Morozko tries to persuade her to go back to her family but Vasya being Vasya doesn’t listen. Even the frost king is helpless in front of her and advises her to…

When The Moon Is Low by Nadia Hashimi Book Review

“We all cross a hundred peaks to get even this far. And there will be more before we each make it to whatever God has fated for us.” ― Nadia Hashimi, When the Moon is Low.   This is my first Nadia Hashimi book and there’s so much I want to say about it but…

Killing Commendatore by Murakami Book Review

  Today when I woke from a nap the faceless man was there before me. I finished Killing Commendatory almost 10 days back and till now I was struggling to decide how to share my opinion and review on the same. In one line, Killing Commendatore was a weird and bizarre yet beautiful read. Killing…

Son of the Thundercloud by Easterine Kire Book Review

Son of the Thundercloud by Easterine Kire This is a Folklore, set in a mystical land with a simple and straightforward plot. After losing his family in famine, Pele, our protagonist sets on a journey to find the weaver’s village. On his way to weaver’s village, he finds an abandoned village. Here, he meets two…

Kitchen By Banana Yoshimoto Book Review

Kitchen By Banana Yoshimoto Kitchen By Banana Yoshimoto has two short stories about love, grief, loneliness and how people deal with that. "When the time comes to die, I want to breathe my last in a kitchen." The first story, Kitchen is about Mikage, an orphan who is left all alone after her grandma’s death.…

Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions By Adichie

I matter. Equally! Period. It’s hard to ignore Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. And why even try? She always has something important, relevant and logical to say and I totally admire her on point opinions. When her friend, Ijeawele asked for her guidance to bring up her daughter as feminist, Adichie wrote this letter with 15 suggestions.…

The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa Book Review

The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa is story of Nana, a stray turned pet cat. He is named Nana because of his crooked tail in the shape of seven by his master/friend, Satoru. Nana is loyal and loving towards Satoru and can’t leave him come what may, not even at the cost of security,…

Erotic Stories For Punjabi Widows By Balli Kaur Jaswal Book Review

Erotic stories for Punjabi widows is set in London and revolves around Nikki and a bunch of Punjabi widows. Nikki is British by birth, college dropout, and rebel by nature who lives by herself. Nikki and these women meet in a literacy class where things change for them. Nikki realizes how these women are still…

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Book Review

The Handmaid’s Tale was in my TBR for a long time. Much has been said and discussed about this book. It’s a well-known fact that it’s one of the best dystopian novel. It’s story of Offred, a Handmaid. In this distant, dystopian future, things change. Handmaid’s job is to “breed”. Other women are also put…

The Billionaire’s Funeral Book Review

The Billionaire's Funeral is a story of cybercrime and identity theft. Chad Cohen, our protagonist is smart, witty and of course a billionaire. On one, not so fine, day he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a crisis. All his cards get declined, his stocks are sold without his knowledge and his company crashes…

This House of Clay and water By Faiqa Mansab Book Review

This House of Clay and water, as the cover says, is a story of forbidden love. It is story of Nida, Sasha and Bhanggi; all from different strata but connect at one point, Nida. The story is based in Lahore, Pakistan and brilliantly describes how lives of these women/de-woman are controlled by men in their…

Ghachar Ghochar By Vivek Shanbhag Book Review

Ghachar Ghochar was my second translated book recently. As I said earlier, I am trying to pick up more of regional literature now and these translated versions are there to help. It starts with our unnamed narrator sitting in a coffee house and he admits he has no reason to be there at all. He…

Cobalt Blue by Sachin Kundalkar Book Review

Cobalt Blue was BOTM in our @bookish.begaluru group. Even before it became our BOTM, I was pretty excited to read Cobalt blue for many reasons. First of all, its title and book cover, definitely catchy and inviting.  Secondly, I heard so much about it in my bookish and even non bookish groups. And finally, since…