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Nish

Voracious reader, vegetarian foodie, mostly armchair traveler, and frequent online shopper. I love to talk about all these passions (and other things happening in my life) in this blog.

    My Beloved Life by Amitava Kumar 7.6
    Asian Fiction, Books, Historical Fiction02/16<02/16

    My Beloved Life

    My Beloved Life had been sitting unread on my bookshelf ever since I finished We That Are Young. I’d got the two back-to-back, craving…

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    Second Life by S.J. Watson 6.6
    Books, Chills/Thrills/Spills02/08<02/08

    Second Life

    Just from the flimsy book synopsis alone, I should have realized there wasn’t much meat to this thriller. But I casually flipped through the…

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    Asian Fiction, Books, Chills/Thrills/Spills, Fantasy, Graphic novels, Historical Fiction, Memoir/Biography/Non-fiction, Science Fiction01/30<01/30

    Best books from the last Decade

    My social media feed is full of people comparing their 2016 selves to their 2026 selves, posting pictures of themselves 10 years ago and…

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    Screen time01/30<01/30

    How Personal Preferences Shape Digital Entertainment Choices

    Digital entertainment has become diversified into a plethora of types, platforms and experiences, but what attracts one user to a specific type of digital…

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    The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell 8
    Books, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction01/28<01/28

    The Marriage Portrait

    The Marriage Portrait has been sitting unread on my shelf ever since I read the heartbreaking Hamnet. I knew this book was about a…

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    Travel, United Kingdom01/26<01/26

    How Green Energy Choices Are Improving UK Hotel Experiences

    The definition of a luxury stay in Britain is shifting. While crisp sheets and a solid breakfast are still non-negotiable, a new standard is…

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    Others01/24<01/24

    How to Pick the Perfect Venue for Celebrations Without the Stress

    Choosing a place to celebrate is supposed to be fun. Somewhere between deciding on a date and the actual event, the whole choosing a…

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    We That are Young by Preti Taneja 6.9
    Asian Fiction, Books, Literary Fiction01/17<01/17

    We That are Young

    We That are Young is a modern-day King Lear set in India. The setup is a rich industrial dynasty in the style of the…

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    The English Teacher by Lily King 7.4
    Books, Literary Fiction01/12<01/12

    The English Teacher

    My first book of 2026. I wanted something slow and literary that I could linger on through the holidays, and The English Teacher was…

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    Cooking, Food, Tech01/11<04/19

    Cherrypicked recipes

    Our friend group were all generally moaning about the difficulty of cooking a variety of dishes for kids and how monotonous it had become,…

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      1. James Viscosi A road trip to North Wales planned by ChatGPT
      Hmm, I've never had ChatGPT plan a road trip, but I have had it adapt a number of recipes for various circumstances and it's been quite successful at that ...
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      2. Karen War’s Legacy: A Review Of The Island Of Missing Trees
      I do want to read the reviewed book and will. Your statement about reading from the perspective of a tree reminded me of a much beloved book on my shelves:…
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      Thank you for the offer. I am not currently accepting any review books. Very happy and content with my stash and the local library.

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