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The Cat Who Saved The Library
Tabby the cat is back and how! But let me just scream this into the universe that it’s not the cat that saves the books (like in Part 1 )...

Monika Satote
Jun 221 min read


The Lost Soul by Olga Tokarczuk is a book that you need in your life
‘’If someone could look down on us from above, they’d see that the world is full of people running about in a hurry, sweating and very...

Monika Satote
Sep 23, 20211 min read


Book Review: Genki Kawamura's "If Cats disappeared from the world"
People are fickle that way. Something they once valued becomes meaningless to them almost overnight. Even the most treasured presents,...

Monika Satote
Sep 15, 20212 min read


Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto : On Grief, love and loss
TW: Death of loved ones, loss, grief Grief is a strange thing. It affects you. It consumes you. It destroys you. At the same time, it...

Monika Satote
Sep 13, 20212 min read


Book Review: Birthday Girls by Haruki Murakami is "Not-so-Murakami" Book!
The choices we make shape our lives, in many ways. The things we wished for, give us hope and courage to achieve those. I think the risks...

Monika Satote
Aug 28, 20211 min read


A Man Called Ove by Fedrick Backman
When we look at some people & how they behave, it is easy to make a perception about them. And it is difficult to change that, once it is...

Monika Satote
Aug 28, 20212 min read


Japanese Literature : The Woman in the Purple Skirt , a Bizarre & Obsessive Book by Natsuko Imamura
There is a woman whom everyone calls "The woman in the purple skirt." Nobody knows anything about her. She does nothing special. She...

Monika Satote
Aug 28, 20212 min read


Legal Fiction by Chandan Pandey ( Vaidhanik Galp)
Legal Fiction by Chandan Pandey Originally written in Hindi as "Vaidhanik Galp", translated by Bharatbhooshan Tiwari If civilization had...

Monika Satote
Aug 26, 20211 min read


The Little Prince is definitely a book that will stay forever with me
“The Little Prince” is a children’s book which I think is better suitable for adults. This book follows a young prince who goes from one...
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May 16, 20212 min read


Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri : Solitude, Thoughts, People and her
A mid-age woman with a fairly successful academic career lives alone in a lovely neighborhood of an unnamed city. This woman has a quiet...
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May 8, 20212 min read


Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami : Flawed characters, an island, a love triangle & much more
Sumire is an aspiring novelist. She has a close friend K, who is an elementary school teacher. They talk about anything, and everything....
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Mar 28, 20212 min read


Kids and Cubs by Olga Perovskaya is a heartwarming book of animals stories
Let's know a little about the author and the book first : Olga Perovskaya ( 1902-1961) was a children's writer in the erstwhile Soviet...
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Oct 28, 20202 min read
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