Monika SatoteDec 25, 20211 minMy Mother's Delightful Deaths by Carla Haslbauer Carla Haslbauer’s hilarious debut picture book is about a mother who’s an opera singer. So here, her daughter sees her changing roles,...
Monika SatoteDec 20, 20212 minThe Panda, The Cat and The Dreadful TeddyThe Internet is full of toxic positivity, and so is the real life, and that annoys me. Spreading 'good vibes' and ‘positivity' is a...
Monika SatoteDec 19, 20212 minTaxi Wallah and Other Stories by Numair Atif ChoudhuryIf I ever write a book, I would love my book to be like “Taxi Wallah and Other Stories” by Numair Atif Choudhury: A short and crisp one...
Monika SatoteDec 16, 20212 minUndertow by Jahnavi Barua : Book ReviewSometimes I feel, we are all stuck. Everything seems stagnant. But we stay. We stay in relationships, at some places, attached to a few...
Monika SatoteDec 15, 20212 minWhile the birds still sing by Ruskin Bond | Natraj BooksI love it when the books we need in our lives find the way to us at the right time. Ruskin Bond’s “While the birds still sing” is such a...
Monika SatoteNov 2, 20212 minNotes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie In the COVID'19 pandemic, Adichie lost her father, which pushed her into despair that she had never encountered before. Her father was in...
Monika SatoteOct 25, 20211 minTales from my heart by Ruskin BondIf you are looking for a light and breezy book, this is it.
Monika SatoteSep 23, 20211 minThe Lost Soul by Olga Tokarczuk is a book that you need in your life‘’If someone could look down on us from above, they’d see that the world is full of people running about in a hurry, sweating and very...
Monika SatoteSep 20, 20213 minJCB Longlisted "What We Know About Her" by Krupa Ge failed to impress in many ways : Spoilers AlertWhat we know about her by Krupa Ge is a longlisted title for JCB Prize 2021. That is when I heard about it first. The cover, the blurb...
Monika SatoteSep 15, 20212 minBook Review: Genki Kawamura's "If Cats disappeared from the world"People are fickle that way. Something they once valued becomes meaningless to them almost overnight. Even the most treasured presents,...
Monika SatoteSep 14, 20212 minShantanu Naidu's Candid Memoir With Mr Ratan Tata : I Came Upon a Lighthouse In his memoir " I came upon a lighthouse", Shantanu talks about his time with Mr. Tata as an employee, as a friend and as a colleague....
Monika SatoteSep 13, 20212 minKitchen by Banana Yoshimoto : On Grief, love and lossTW: Death of loved ones, loss, grief Grief is a strange thing. It affects you. It consumes you. It destroys you. At the same time, it...
Monika SatoteAug 28, 20211 minBook Review: Birthday Girls by Haruki Murakami is "Not-so-Murakami" Book! The choices we make shape our lives, in many ways. The things we wished for, give us hope and courage to achieve those. I think the risks...
Monika SatoteAug 26, 20211 minLegal Fiction by Chandan Pandey ( Vaidhanik Galp)Legal Fiction by Chandan Pandey Originally written in Hindi as "Vaidhanik Galp", translated by Bharatbhooshan Tiwari If civilization had...
Monika SatoteAug 25, 20211 minA Different Pond represents Vietnamese Refugees & ImmigrantsWritten by Bao Phi and illustrated by Thi Bui A different pond is a story of a Vietnamese family living in America. It is about Bao and...
Monika SatoteAug 25, 20212 minWhen Sci-Fi Meets Literary Fiction : Three Types Of Solitude3 stories that talk about solitude in a weird, quirky & unique way. That's what happens when a SciFi author writes about solitude? Three...
Monika SatoteAug 24, 20211 minTranslated Chinese Poetry That I did not likeJust for the record, I didn't like this book. It's a collection of poems from three Chinese authors: Wang Wei, Li Po, Tu Fu, all...
Monika SatoteAug 24, 20212 min84, Charing cross road"If you happen to pass by 84 Charing Cross Road, kiss it for me? I owe it so much." ~Helene Hanff 84, Charing Cross Road is a charming,...
Monika SatoteAug 24, 20211 minChampa Flower by Rabindranath Tagore is a lyrical bookPoems by Rabindranath Tagore always amuse me. “Cloud and Waves”, “Fireflies”, “Homecoming”... You name it. It is so fascinating to see...
Monika SatoteAug 18, 20211 minWhole: 11 Universal Truths For An Inspired Life By Pamela Puja KirpalaniWHOLE is an insightful book that completely renewed my lost interest in the self-help genre. With its simplicity and resourceful nature,...