I have some meet-cute layered romance books for you. Pick them up between heavy and sad reads. They will cheer you up!

Books I recommend:

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

The Flat Share by Beth  O'Leary

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood (You can get Adam's perspective chapter if you sign up on Hazelwood's website)

This was long due! After such a long time, I found a book I really love. I think it was always in front of me I just needed to pay attention. 

I would have loved to see the portrait Finn paints of June and her sister. 

Also playing in the woods, pretending to be a 19th-century character- love it!

Hey! I am finally talking about the paper I wrote for Post Colonial Theory, not all of it.

In this episode, I talk about

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and her TED talk 'Danger of a Single Story'

For more about African Literature, you can read books by Chinua Achebe and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Heya! Long time no see! I am back from whatever that held me back from talking about books again. 

I am done with my Masters in English and have started working.

Since this is Pride Month, I wanted to start by talking about a though provoking essay by Judith Butler- “Performative Acts and Gender Constitution: An Essay in Phenomenology and Feminist Theory” It's a little complex but if you understand even half of what I talk about, do try to read up more about it.

Next up: African Literature. 

Hey nerds! I read We Are Okay by Nina LaCour and here's the review without any spoilers!

The books I mentioned:

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store by Keigo Higashino

The Phone Box at the Edge of the World by Laura Imai Messina, Lucy Rand

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa

Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi- An extraordinary debut novel, Freshwater explores the surreal experience of having a fractured self. It centres around a young Nigerian woman, Ada, who develops separate selves within her as a result of being born “with one foot on the other side.” Unsettling, heartwrenching, dark, and powerful, Freshwater is a sharp evocation of a rare way of experiencing the world, one that illuminates how we all construct our identities.

“I held my breath, but it didn't feel like I was holding my breath, it felt like there should never have been breath. It felt like the entire concept of breath had been something I imagined. After all, my body was never meant to move like this. These lungs had to have been built for show. They should never have expanded and I should never have been alive.”

― Akwaeke Emezi, Freshwater

Let's talk about different types of fictional love stories, the tropes you love and the tropes you don't.

Hey nerds! Season 4 is here!! In this episode, I talk about how to create content that adds value to life. 

Hey nerds!

Here are the books I read from in the episode-

The Beautiful Creatures -  https://amzn.to/3lao3xD

A Deadly Education- https://amzn.to/375zaj0

PS- These are affiliate links!

Hey nerds! Here's the list of book merch you can order.

The Souled Store - https://www.thesouledstore.com/artists/harry-potter-official-merchandise

ChapterOne Bookstore Knick Knack sale- https://chapteronebookstores.com/knick-knack-sale.html

The Merch Street Co. - https://themerchstreetco.in/

Books etc store - https://booksetcstore.com/

Booksom- https://booksom.com/

Musings of a Reader- https://www.musingsofareader.com/

Whispering Flames - https://whisperingflames.com/

Hastnirmit By Mansi- https://www.instagram.com/hastnirmit_by_mansi/

Destino - https://www.destinostore.com/

Bushra 🇮🇳 HomeOfBookishChibis- https://www.instagram.com/doodlesandchibis/

Paperquirks- https://paperquirks.in/shop/

Living Waters- https://www.livingwaters.co.in/

The Bookish Pandora- https://thebookishpandora.com/

Storiarts- https://www.instagram.com/storiarts/

Litographs- https://www.instagram.com/litographs/

Hey nerds! I am an Ally in case you didn't know. In this episode, I talk about sexuality and how it's okay to not know, to not put yourself in a box and keep exploring.

A good book to read on this would be Loveless by Alice Oseman- https://amzn.to/3itDhLa

PS: It's an affiliate link!

Hey nerds! In this episode, I share some worldbuilding and narration tips for whatever you are writing. 

Hey nerds. In this episode, I read a chapter from Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin.

You can check out the book here- https://amzn.to/2U1i9Un

PS: This is an affiliated link.

I have no idea what I talked about in this episode. Something about books and translations and getting fed the same tropes under very similar looking covers. I guess that was it.

My friends asked me if I had any 'good vibes' books. I did not so I got to work and found some for you all!

Attachments- https://amzn.to/3hmFtVr

Dear Mrs. Bird by A.J. Pearce- https://amzn.to/3xsbz7S

Get a Life, Chloe Brown: A Novel- https://amzn.to/36karXI

Where’d you go, Bernadette - https://amzn.to/36hkxZw

Blackout - https://amzn.to/3hi3gFV

Kabul Disco - https://amzn.to/3hlgXUE

PS- These are affiliate links!

Hey nerds! In this episode, I talk about the classics I read and how knowing the context enriched my reading experience. 

Here the links to books I talk about-

Crime and Punishment - https://amzn.to/3jj5arm

Gulliver's Travels 

Mansfield Park

PS- This is an affiliated link.

Hey nerds! In this episode, I discuss an essay by Stanely Fish that will give you food for thought. 

Hey nerds! Well, the book has ruined me and my good behaviour. I respect the author and the work that went into writing in this book. And these are my personal views- completely subjective.

Hope you don't like this episode ;-) 

Hey nerds! Today I am discussing a theory by Pierre Bourdieu- something that I read in my MA. It might be a little confusing because I spiralled but the basic message I want to share is you don't have to like a book because everyone does or because it won an award. Like what you want to like.