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The Answer is No by Fredrick Backman
The perfect example of the difference between solitude and loneliness. Lucas is a very happy person. And by happy, I mean really happy....

Monika Satote
5 days ago1 min read
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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
6 days ago1 min read
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HUNCHBACK - A Disastrous book that made to booker longlist , thank God it didn't win...
Respect where it’s due: representation matters. And this book does offer that a bit but it also seems more inclined towards shocking the...

Monika Satote
Jun 212 min read
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Vietname War Based Book - The Mountain Sings
When you read a story that’s both beautiful and brave, you feel compelled to share it with the world , and that’s exactly what I’m doing...

Monika Satote
Jun 202 min read
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Korean Literature: Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop By Hwang Bo-reum
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop is a warm, comforting space tucked between pages, one that quietly speaks to every reader who has...

Monika Satote
Jun 201 min read
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What you are looking for is in the library by Michiko Aoyama
Michiko Aoyama’s What You Are Looking For is in the Library completely melted my heart. Each of its five chapters follows a different...

Monika Satote
Jun 201 min read
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Books and People #1 : On Rereading, meeting people and the change
Do you reread books? I love to reread books. unfortunately, it is not always possible to go back to my favourite texts considering time...

Monika Satote
Jun 192 min read
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Plot Twist by Victoria Walters: Debate on Romance Novels
Romance novels often spark debate, with many readers feeling dismissed or underestimated for their choice of genre. I used to hold the...

Monika Satote
Jun 191 min read
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The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin ( 1894 ) - If you like The Yellow Wallpaper, you should read this too
“Free, free, free!” She whispers to herself moments after the news of death of her husband. She imagines a future where she can live for...

Monika Satote
Jun 161 min read
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The Ballad of the Jew Town by Samyuktha Nair
I finished this book in just two sittings. While many call it a love story between two Jewish youngsters from different communities, to...

Monika Satote
Jun 152 min read
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Pagli By Shivrani Devi | Nayee Kitaab Prakashan
सही कहते हैं लोग, एक बार हिंदी की कोई किताब हाथ में ले लो, फिर उसका जादू ही अलग होता है। एक पढ़ो, फिर तो सिलसिला चल पड़ता है! ~~ मेरा...

Monika Satote
Jun 142 min read
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Once Upon a Curfew by Srishti Chaudhary - Book Review
Once Upon a Curfew by Srishti Chaudhary is one of those books that brings a wave of nostalgia, set in a rooted Indian backdrop I hadn’t...

Monika Satote
Jun 131 min read
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How to Be you by Ruskin Bond - A little book of reminders that we all should read
How to Be You by Mr. Bond seems like a book for kids, but it feels more like a collection of gentle reminders for adults. Most of the...

Monika Satote
Jun 111 min read
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The Cat Who Saved Books - Book Review
At the end of this book, there’s a small moment that really stuck with me. A girl mentions she’s struggling to read One Hundred Years of...

Monika Satote
Jun 112 min read
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The Panda, The Cat and The Dreadful Teddy
The Internet is full of toxic positivity, and so is the real life, and that annoys me. Spreading 'good vibes' and ‘positivity' is a...

Monika Satote
Dec 20, 20212 min read
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Undertow by Jahnavi Barua : Book Review
Sometimes I feel, we are all stuck. Everything seems stagnant. But we stay. We stay in relationships, at some places, attached to a few...

Monika Satote
Dec 16, 20212 min read
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While the birds still sing by Ruskin Bond | Natraj Books
I love it when the books we need in our lives find the way to us at the right time. Ruskin Bond’s “While the birds still sing” is such a...

Monika Satote
Dec 15, 20212 min read
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Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
In the COVID'19 pandemic, Adichie lost her father, which pushed her into despair that she had never encountered before. Her father was in...

Monika Satote
Nov 2, 20212 min read
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The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom : Book Review
Every day, I juggle my choices. I am confused about what to make out of many things. Having to take so many decisions destroys the...

Monika Satote
Nov 2, 20213 min read
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Tales from my heart by Ruskin Bond
If you are looking for a light and breezy book, this is it.

Monika Satote
Oct 25, 20211 min read
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