Hi Readers! Cannot help but paraphrase Taylor Swift during an August recap post… August slipped away into a moment in time…. ‘cause it was never mine… But, oh was August mine! It was without a doubt one of the best months of 2026! As dull as July was, August...

Hi Readers! I recently finished reading Matcha on Monday as part of the Women in Translation month. I have read all the books by the author and perhaps the time has come to stop. Read more to find out why it did not work for me. ~~GOODREADS DESCRIPTION~~ Discover...

Hi Readers! You know how some days you are living your best life, and some days you are just existing? July, for me, has been only about existing, par one or two days. It has been work, eat, sleep and repeat. So, naturally this recap is going to be...

Hi Readers! June has been a long month! A lot of it went by waiting for monsoons, and yet we are still deprived of those famous Mumbai rains. A lot of it also went in adjusting to the new work schedule; it keeps changing every week depending on my...

Hi Readers! Almost the entirety of the month was spent reading Yukito Ayatsuji’s fourth novel The Clock House Murders. Usually I breeze through his books and love them, but this was an opposite experience. It took a long time to complete and I did not enjoy it much. Find...

Hi Readers! I read Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library back in 2020. I reviewed it as: “The Midnight Library, in its simplicity has achieved a different level of poignance. It is unbelievably magical & whimsical, but at the same time insightful & thought provoking.” So, you can imagine the kind...

This month was quite the embodiment of ‘May summer holidays’ for me. I have been transitioning into a new role at work. So, the first half of the month, I was handing over, so I didn’t have a lot on my plate. And, in the second half of the...

Hi Readers! Another Janice Hallett book done and dusted! It’s astounding to me how I always inhale her books. I may or may not be ‘in it’, but despite that very critical factor, I still finish her books very quickly! The previous two books of her that I read,...

Hi Readers! For those of you have been enjoying my recommendations on healing fiction, here’s one more! I had this on my TBR since a long time. And, after my last few reads, I wanted something wholesome, so I finally picked this book, and I was not disappointed! ~~GOODREADS...

Hi Readers, I was searching for books to gift someone, and in that list, I found Sweet Bean Paste. I had heard about this book for a while and had only heard wonderful things. And, as it was a short one, I thought I would read for myself and...