“After all, the appeal to stop being yourself, even for a little while, is very great.” If you love books and read about them on social media, then it is very likely that you have come upon the term dark academia somewhere or the other. As per Wikipedia, below is…
“We cannot help but be interested in the stories of people that history pushes aside so thoughtlessly.” When I visited Korea 5 years back, I couldn’t imagine that this beautiful and advanced nation has seen such dark days in the past. Having worked for a Korean company for almost 3…
It is rare for me to find the sequel of a book living up to my expectations. Hence needless to say this book like its predecessor is amazing. It’s difficult to talk about a sequel without spoiling it for the people who haven’t read the first book. So, please save…
And yet again I am starting another series when I am in the middle of tens of other incomplete series. Truly speaking I didn’t have any intention to start this one, because I know that this is massive series. For people who don’t know there are around 14 books in…
For most popular books I try to dive blindly, especially for classics. But I didn’t know I was going for a big surprise here. First of all, I wasn’t aware that it is a modern classic. I checked that it was published only in 1951. Second I wasn’t aware that…
“Just because you don’t experience prejudice in your everyday doesn’t stop it from existing for the rest of us.” Plot Overview Linus Baker works as a case-worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth for more than 17 years. His job is to visit orphanages having children with magical…
“Fiery-eyed and indignant, they would pen their stories for the whole world to read.” Synopsis Nikki lives in West London and serves as a bartender in a local pub. Being a first-generation immigrant she has distanced herself from her traditional Sikh family. But after her father’s death to support her…
I am never a fan of Ramayana. I find the characters of this epic a little too single-minded and illogical to find it convincible. Comparing it with another famous epic Mahabharata where I can see multiple layers of each character and can understand them even they are on the side…
“In India, individual shame did not exist. Humiliation spread, as easily as oil on wax paper, to the entire family, even to distant cousins, uncles, aunts, nieces and nephews.” Plot Overview 17-year-old Lakshmi escapes from an abusive marriage and builds her life in the city of Jaipur as one of…
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” When I read this famous opening line, I so hoped that it is a satire. Even if you don’t read classics, there are good chances that you…
