March and April updates
byMarch and April have been strange months this year. I am looking back now and feel so overall negative about the last two months….
Asian Fiction
The Greatest Urdu Stories Ever Told
byThe Greatest Urdu Stories Ever Told is an anthology of 25 short stories by various Urdu writers – some famous, some relatively unknown. The…
Top Ten Tuesday | Books On My Spring To-Read List
byTop Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week you compile a list of ten books that coincide with…
20 Must-Read Books by Women Authors for International Women’s Day 2023
byFor International Women’s Day today, I thought I’d showcase some of my favorite books by female authors. I am listing 20 fiction books from…
From Body Image to Motherhood: Mieko Kawakami’s Breasts and Eggs Sheds Light on Women’s Struggles and Triumphs
byI read Breasts and Eggs as part of Meredith’s Japanese Literature Reading Challenge. This was my first experience reading anything written by Mieko Kawakami,…
Top Ten Tuesday | Books On My Winter To-Read List
byTop Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week you compile a list of ten books that coincide with…
The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters
byI picked up this book from the library because of its quirky title and because I had heard good things about the author’s previous…
Top Ten Tuesday | My Summer 2022 TBR
byTop Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week you compile a list of ten books that coincide with…
A Murder on Malabar Hill
byAbout the Book Bombay, 1921. Intrepid and intelligent, young Perveen Mistry joins her father’s prestigious law firm to become one of India’s first female…
From Classics to Bestsellers: What to Read Next
byI finished a mammoth book this week – Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James, and am still reeling from the experience. Once I…