Reading Updates: WWW Wednesday

Hello. It's time for some reading updates and the last check-in of the year for WWW Wednesday. WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and currently revived by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words The three Ws stands for the following questions. What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What …

5 Book Debuts of 2020 worth adding to your TBR: Blogmas

Looking for some fresh books to pick from 2020? There are some great debuts released this year and out of them we have handpicked five which includes a variety of genres starting with general literary fiction, psychological drama to prize winners. The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi BUY ON AMAZON INDIA The story is the …

Never Have I Ever : Book Tag

Hello & Welcome! I stumbled upon this tag over at the lovely Following Good Books and I think it was pretty great. The responses really got into me and I ended up drafting a post the second I read the post. Go check it out and thank me later. This cool tag was created by …

20 Classics on Every Bookworm’s Shelf: The Classic Club

Are you intimidated by classic fiction as a genre and looking around for motivation? Have you been looking for a way to conquer the classics on your shelf? Look no further. If you have been following Book & Corner, you would very well know by now that I am a huge classics fan. If you …

Mid November Recap: 16 November 2020

Welcome to Book & Corner! I am covering up for my lack of weekly wrap-ups for the past two weeks. So, here I am presenting my Mid-November Recap. November has been great so far for many reasons. One of them being the festive vibes. Last weekend we celebrated Diwali here in India. Diwali is the …

6 books I rated above 4 stars in September: Wrap-Up

Welcome to another wrap-up. I know I'm a little late in writing this but the books I read last month deserve to be mentioned. I am happy that inspite of an average month, I managed to read diverse books. Without furthur ado, let's revisit my September. Books I Read this month Milk Teeth by Amrita …

JCB longlist: 10 books to add to your TBR

This is the first time I am closely following JCB Prize for literature longlist nominees. This year consists of a good mix of some debut, translated, and contemporary Indian novels. To be very honest, this collection has often lured me into keeping my current reads aside and dive into the nominees. What is JCB Prize …

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee: A great epic ★★★★

The story starts with a seventeen-year-old girl Sunja, who was smitten by Koh Hansu, a young dynamic, Korean from Jeju island. But, he was already married and had three daughters in Osaka. Madly in love and unknown to the truth, Sunja became pregnant. Koh Hansu offered her to be his mistress as he couldn't marry …

Confession; I have written Bad Reviews

I found my older self wrapped in my own words encircled between the whitespace, dots, and punctuations. I began Introspecting. Questions followed one after the other. What was I thinking? Looking back to my posts, I came across some of my older writing pieces. Some rambling thoughts on books I like. Not bad I would …

Finding Fiction Friday: 21 August 2020

Well, the first Finding Fiction Friday went pretty well so I thought of continuing this series. I hope you find a new book to add to your tbr pile today. Finding Fiction Friday is a weekly meme about recommending a book. It can be a recent read or an old favourite. Write up your post …