Finally April is over and so is this year’s AtoZ challenge. My theme was a breakdown of my reading variety via some very quirky bookish words. Here is the reflections post to describe how it went this year. … Read More Reflections 2023-Of quirky words & bookish endorsements
Zeitgeber Zeitgeber literally means time giver. It is derived from two German words – Zeit meaning time and Geber meaning giver. A zeitgeber is nature’s alarm clock and is a recurring pattern that maintains the body’s circadian cycle in working order. So while light and dark are environmental cues for plants, humans run on societally… Read More Zeitgeber – Few tips to economize my reading time
Book-to-screen adaptations is the most obvious and sincerest form of flattery in appreciation of the awesomeness of the tale. It’s quite an uphill task to render the book into a screenplay and stick to the storyline’s originality. Sharing the top 10 such movies based on books that were perfect for me.… Read More Warzlement – 10 fabulous book-to-screen adaptations
Today I am talking about five books where a book or library is the chief protagonist. Its almost like a book within a book. I hope this makes for an interesting read. … Read More Ubookquitous – 5 Books where a book is the hero
What do you think about leaving a book midway? I certainly do if the book does not seem interesting enough to me. Read on about why and how and which ones.… Read More Tortle – 5 books that I couldn’t read till the end
Suspense Suspense is the anticipation of a mystery’s conclusion or the puzzle’s final solution. It is quite a dramatic genre and keeps the readers hooked until the end. I am sharing five suspense-filled books that I have read recently. The first crime and detective book I read was Sherlock Holmes, and thereafter I was hooked… Read More Suspense-5 books that kept me hooked till the end
Today I am exploring romantic tropes used so often to craft out some exquisite romances. I am listing my top 5 favorite romantic tropes. … Read More Quean-crazed – 5 oft used romantic tropes in books
Historical fiction is my second most favorite genres and I cannot get enough of it. Highlighting five of my favorite ones in today’s post for A to Z challenge.… Read More Portmanteaus – 5 historical fiction that tell a bewitching tale
Language is primarily a form of communication but every single one of them have beautiful nuances that shine out in Literature. I have read a few translated books from different languages and have loved all of them. Talking about 5 of them in my post today. … Read More Linguistic-5 translated bestsellers on my bookshelf
Hola readers!! It is that time of the year when the A to Z blogging mania grips the erudite literati. Its been more than five years since I participated in this challenge, and am quite nervous about it. Bolstered by my notorious compatriot in arms books, Soumya Prasad a.k.a bluntpages on IG, we have decided… Read More Bookish Endorsements – Theme reveal | #AtoZchallenge 2023 |
2022 has been a mixed bag of reading for me with some lazy months and some with intense bouts of reading. I have read some very good ones this year and hope to continue this in 2023 too. … Read More A sneak peek into my fiction choices in 2022
Begin 2023 with an exciting 12 months reading challenge involving 12 books read over 12 months and 12 book reviews to be posted on the blog by guest book reviewers. Prizes and giveaway included in this challenge. … Read More Giveaway & a Reading Challenge 2023
At the start of 2020, I had signed up for the Goodreads Reading Challenge and also crafted one of my own with my book buddy Soumya. #TBRCHALLENGE2020 was designed to make a dent in the TBR books lying on my bookshelf and not buying newer books till that was done. The idea was to even… Read More My Reading Score in 2020 | Bookish Post |
This post is linked with the #GPDec2020 hosted by me every December where a cross posting collaboration is worked out between several bloggers for the entire month. Today’s post is by Morgane who writes about how this pandemic has affected her reading habit.… Read More How the Pandemic affected my Reading Habit | Bookish View |
“We are all stardust and stories.”― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea This year I was somehow gifted The Starless Sea by three bookish friends. While one copy I gifted back to one of them, I now have one more spare to gift out to someone who wants it. Just need the Covid situation to get better for… Read More The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern |Book Review|
What is a Book Review? A Book Review is intended as an expression of a critical and honest opinion of the review writer about the book. In no way is it just a brief summary of the book or just presenting the author’s view/intent in writing it. The review is written to evaluate the contents… Read More How to write a great Book Review: 12 cool tips
Here is a recap of my reading year 2019 in this post with all the Hits & Misses. I managed to complete some of my reading challenges too and that was a huge relief for me as in the past few years I have lagged behind on most!!… Read More #Bookview-12 Bookish Hits & Misses of 2019 for me
Soumya & I bring to you an exciting reading challenge for the 2020 to get you cracking down on that ever building up TBR of yours. Get out all of your unread books and match them against our prompts to help you read some of those unread books. See you at the sign up!!… Read More #BookView – Slaying that TBR Challenge 2020
The Little Paris Bookshop came to me as a gift from a dear friend who had read and loved it so much that she thought I would like it too. I cherish such treasures and assured her of savoring the book. For this is an absolutely sensuous book which deals with a love for books. If you do get around to reading it, then I hope you treat it so.… Read More #BookReview – The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
This is an attempt to liven up December and my Instagram account. A fellow blogger, Soumya asked me to collaborate with her on a month long book sharing feed on Instagram via some interesting prompts. I hope loads of my fellow book lovers join in and make this a fun ride… Read More #Bookstagram- December Book Love on Instagram
