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Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir

A junior high school teacher-turned-astronaut has to remember a critical mission he needs to complete and gets help from an unexpected companion in his interstellar journey.

The Silver Bone – Andrey Kurkov

A young man’s journey to become a detective and solving his first case during the chaos of 1917 Kyiv uprising.

To Kill A Kingdom – Alexandra Christo

Enemies to lovers done right.

How I got over my reading slump

It is becoming a yearly ritual. I would be having some great reading months at the beginning – already making good progress on my reading goals, finishing 2 to 3 books a month. And then it would happen! I would… Continue Reading →

Demon Copperhead – Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead is hard-hitting story of an orphan from a small town navigating apathetic foster care, addiction and doing what he can to survive.

When Breath Becomes Air – Paul Kalanithi

First Published : Jan 2016 Genre : Non Fiction, Memoir My Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Introduction I think one of the things that pulled me to this book was the title. There is a sense of self awareness, a poignancy, about… Continue Reading →

Tress of the Emerald Sea – Brandon Sanderson

First Published : Jan 2023 Genre : Fiction, High Fantasy My Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Introduction Finding a standalone fantasy novel is becoming difficult these days with every other story having a Part II and some more. For a person like… Continue Reading →

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running – Haruki Murakami

First Published : Oct 2007 Genre : Non Fiction, Memoir My Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Introduction  Surprisingly, I found this book by Murakami in my local library. (To be honest I wasn’t expecting any Murakami book there) When I picked this… Continue Reading →

Jaya : An Illustrated Retelling of The Mahabharata – Devdutt Pattanaik

First Published : Aug 2010 Genre: Non Fiction, Mythology, Religion My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Introduction Mahabharata is an extremely familiar tale in India and is a very important text in Hinduism (along with Ramayana). There are many short stories, poems, movies… Continue Reading →

The Color Purple – Alice Walker

First Published – 1982 Genre – Fiction, Episolatory (in the form of letters), Historical Fiction My Rating – ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Plot Summary The plot is set in early 1900 and is about a black African American girl Celie who is sexually… Continue Reading →

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