I hardly blogged this year and did not take part in any reading events or commented on blogs of fellow bloggers. This year has been tough and since I wasn't in a good mood, I ended up DNFing more books this year than I ever did in my life. But still there were some good... Continue Reading →
Best Books of 2019 and Reading Stats
Another year is over and I am back with my best books of the year post. Dec was the worst reading month as I finished just 1 book this month, even though I started multiple books. I read a total of 77 books this year - which is quite less compared to 91 books last... Continue Reading →
April Reading Wrap Up
April wasn't such a good reading month for me. I went on vacation, work got really busy to the point of giving me headaches (literally) and I spent a lot of time outside basking in the spring sun. After the terrible winter, I was happy to be able to go to parks and do some... Continue Reading →
Jan 2019 Wrap Up
2019 has been a hectic year and I have not been able to read the books that I had planned to read. Instead, I am reading books that were not even part of my TBR. I saw the Marie Kondo show and Salt Fat Acid Heat show and suddenly got inspired to do some organization... Continue Reading →
2018 Reading Statistics and 2019 Goals
Happy New Year guys! 2018 is finally over and 2019 is here. 2018 has been a great year for me personally as things improved on the career front and I got to make some international trips - UK and Mexico. Life was hectic but eventful. I even got to attend Worldcon this year. Here's hoping... Continue Reading →
Dec 2018 Wrap Up
December was a pretty busy month for me as I took a cruise to Mexico. More details will be coming soon in a separate post. I read 6 books in total in December. Here are the books that I finished in December - 1. Jungle of Stone by William Carlsen 3 stars - I read... Continue Reading →
Books from library – Reviews
This month I read 4 books from the library which is huge since I normally don't borrow books from the library. One was an audiobook (The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks) and the rest were graphic novels. Graphic Novels from Library: Jerusalem by Guy Delisle - 4 stars - It is a graphical novel which... Continue Reading →
November Wrap Up
November was not such a great reading month for me as I hit the reading slump. Nothing I picked held my attention and I ended up starting and not finishing a lot of books. November was also the month for reading nonfiction so I attempted to read some nonfiction this month. I also picked some... Continue Reading →
Nonfiction Book Haul – Part 2
Usually, we end up buying books that others recommend to us. Rarely do we browse through synopsis of books and pick books that interest us. I recently shopped for books by just choosing ones that interested me, without checking the reviews online. None of these books were recommended by any of the book reviewers out... Continue Reading →
Nonfiction Book Haul
Usually I see good reviews about a book and then end up buying it. I don't usually proactively search for a book on a topic and then read it. But this time I did that. I proactively searched for a good book on the topics that I was interested in learning more about and ended... Continue Reading →