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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
Jun 231 min read


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


The Star Tree is a beautiful book about memories and simple pleasures
I have a love-hate relationship with cities. The volume of opportunities cities give is huge but the noise, the fast-paced setting makes...
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Jul 8, 20212 min read


Birthday Girl by Haruki Murakami
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...
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Jun 13, 20211 min read


Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag : What is a happy family, tell me, what is it?
An old coffeehouse, a wise waiter named Vincent who knows his regulars better than themselves, and a man who is thinking of his past....
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Mar 28, 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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