My 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,...
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Monika Satote
- Dec 20, 2021
- 2 min
The Panda, The Cat and The Dreadful Teddy
The Internet is full of toxic positivity, and so is the real life, and that annoys me. Spreading 'good vibes' and ‘positivity' is a...
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Monika Satote
- Dec 19, 2021
- 2 min
Taxi Wallah and Other Stories by Numair Atif Choudhury
If 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...
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Monika Satote
- Dec 16, 2021
- 2 min
Undertow by Jahnavi Barua : Book Review
Sometimes I feel, we are all stuck. Everything seems stagnant. But we stay. We stay in relationships, at some places, attached to a few...
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Monika Satote
- Dec 15, 2021
- 2 min
While the birds still sing by Ruskin Bond | Natraj Books
I 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...
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Monika Satote
- Nov 2, 2021
- 2 min
Notes 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...
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Monika Satote
- Oct 25, 2021
- 1 min
Tales from my heart by Ruskin Bond
If you are looking for a light and breezy book, this is it.
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Monika Satote
- Sep 23, 2021
- 1 min
The 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...
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Monika Satote
- Sep 20, 2021
- 3 min
JCB Longlisted "What We Know About Her" by Krupa Ge failed to impress in many ways : Spoilers Alert
What 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...
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Monika Satote
- Sep 15, 2021
- 2 min
Book 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,...
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Monika Satote
- Sep 14, 2021
- 2 min
Shantanu 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....
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Monika Satote
- Sep 13, 2021
- 2 min
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto : On Grief, love and loss
TW: 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...
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Monika Satote
- Aug 28, 2021
- 1 min
Book 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...
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Monika Satote
- Aug 26, 2021
- 1 min
Legal 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...
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Monika Satote
- Aug 25, 2021
- 1 min
A Different Pond represents Vietnamese Refugees & Immigrants
Written 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...
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Monika Satote
- Aug 25, 2021
- 2 min
When Sci-Fi Meets Literary Fiction : Three Types Of Solitude
3 stories that talk about solitude in a weird, quirky & unique way. That's what happens when a SciFi author writes about solitude? Three...
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Monika Satote
- Aug 24, 2021
- 1 min
Translated Chinese Poetry That I did not like
Just 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...
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Monika Satote
- Aug 24, 2021
- 2 min
84, 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,...
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Monika Satote
- Aug 24, 2021
- 1 min
Champa Flower by Rabindranath Tagore is a lyrical book
Poems by Rabindranath Tagore always amuse me. “Cloud and Waves”, “Fireflies”, “Homecoming”... You name it. It is so fascinating to see...
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Monika Satote
- Aug 18, 2021
- 1 min
Whole: 11 Universal Truths For An Inspired Life By Pamela Puja Kirpalani
WHOLE is an insightful book that completely renewed my lost interest in the self-help genre. With its simplicity and resourceful nature,...
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