Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie: Review ★★★★

It is not a surprise that I love crime fiction. Agatha Christie tops the list for delivering excellent mystery novels. I have read three of her books before and it is safe to say that this book has made its way to my recommended Christie books. Ever since I have watched the trailer of Death …

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 …

Reading updates: WWW Wednesday

The three Ws stands for the following questions. What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? Currently Reading: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee Genre: Historical fiction Set in the 1900s when Japan annexed Korea, this story is about the hardships of a Korean family lasting through generations. …

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata: ★★★.5

A convenience store is a retail store generally opened for long hours containing grocery and household supplies. Keiko Furukura is a 36-year-old working in Hiromachi Station Smile Mart. She is indifferent and sometimes behaves oddly in the presence of humans. She likes being a convenience store woman. She has been working at this dead-end job …

WWW Wednesday | 13/06/18

Hello, bookworms! Let's talk about this week's three W's. 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 rules are very simple. The three Ws stands for the following questions. What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do …

Tag | The Zombie Apocalypse Book Tag

Greetings everyone. Today's tag is Zombie Apocalypse Book Tag in which I have to make a zombie team with book characters. For the background let me tell you that I don't like anything scary. I am a person who gets scared very easily and by anything. It is to the extent that I haven't watched any horror …

How to successfully make a TBR

Randomly picking a book comes with unprecedented happiness and surprises. Once upon a time, I was a random reader. A pre-determined TBR list used to intimate me because of the constant pressure involved in ticking off books from the list. However, not long ago I have started planning a monthly TBR beforehand. It has helped in multiple …

New Year Resolutions| 2018

Do you believe in new year resolutions?  Well, I ardently do. Every year I sit down and write down the things which I think could have been better. Then, instead of setting some unrealistic goals which are forgotten moments after they are made, I write down some achievable resolutions to make myself a better version …

TBR | Jan and Feb 2018

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you have a fantastic reading year ahead. I had been quite busy during the holidays so didn't get much reading done. But now, I am ready to start afresh with my reading journey for 2018. I have kept one book per week for the month of January. Some of …

2017 Yearly Wrap-up

Wow, I still can't believe that today is the last day of 2017. If I could sum up my year in a simile, it would be as swift as a deer. As the year draws to an end let me take a moment to go down the memory lane and relive the year within a …