New favorite book genre – Horror!

I was always a chicken who got scared very easily and never watched or read anything related to the horror genre. However, all of that changed after I discovered gothic fiction which I loved. But I still had not ventured into the actual horror genre until I read "Bird Box". I enjoyed the spooky creepy... Continue Reading →

Games, Movies and Books Update

Hi all, It's been a while since I have blogged. This year has been the worst year of my life and everyone else's too. I have lost interest in doing everything this year, thanks to the anxiety and stress because of everything that is happening in the world right now. I am still trying to... Continue Reading →

Signal to Noise: Book Review

Signal to Noise is a magical realism novel written by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. In my quest to read as many new SFF authors I could before Worldcon, I had bought this book from an author I had never read before. I only got a chance to read it this month as part of my Mexico TBR.... Continue Reading →

Books Inc Bookstore Visit

Books Inc is a local independent bookstore (a family run) and I started visiting it a lot after they opened a branch in Santa Clara. They have the best sci-fi and fantasy section I have ever seen and knowledgeable staff who can recommend some great books. I have visited some of their other branches but... Continue Reading →

Why the word feminist?

I wrote about how "We should all be feminists" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was one of my favorite reads of this year. I was planning to write a review of that book but somehow could not. I am pasting here my most favorite lines from that book where she explains why we need the word "feminist"... Continue Reading →

Genres I like

I experimented a lot with genres from last few years and that made me buy books that I knew I would not like. I wasted money and time on books that would never interest me, just because I wanted to explore genres that I had not read before. This year I bought some contemporary fiction... Continue Reading →

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