There are so many books I am yet to post about, so I decided to (mini) review them in a single post. Instead of musing about them, I have tried to keep my impressions of the book to 280 characters at best. Consider this a nested thread of tweets, if you will. Let's go. Book... Continue Reading →
Book 16: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller I completely understand the pressure that exists for me to like this book. But the truth is that I just didn't. I'm saying this as someone who really enjoyed Circe by the same author. Was I supposed to like The Song of Achilles because of the love... Continue Reading →
Book 15: No Exit and Other Plays by Jean-Paul Sartre Wow! My goal for the foreseeable future is to hang out with minds like Sartre. Reading this book has freed a suppressed urge inside me to read, what they call, tough literature. This book had my mind bent, and put a big smile on my... Continue Reading →
Book 14: The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante I felt that I was inside a clamorous life and that everything might come apart because of a too piercing sentence, an ungentle movement of the body. Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein. The Days of Abandonment (p. 7). (Function). Kindle Edition. Every once in a while there... Continue Reading →
Book 13: The Will of the Many by James Islington Usually, I don't read epic fantasy. As someone who has read a plethora of books, I still haven't read The Lord of the Rings. But the pandemic years changed that a little. In those years, I required to be elsewhere, stay sane, and fantasy helped... Continue Reading →
Book 12: Why Fish Don't Exist by Lulu Miller Maybe such unruly persistence is beautiful. Maybe it is not mad, after all. Maybe it is the quiet work of believing in Good. Of believing in a warmth, which you know does not exist in the stars, to exist in the hearts of fellow humans. Maybe... Continue Reading →
Book 11: I Who Have Never Known Men by Jaqueline Harpman Written in the 1970s, this book became popular due to GenZ TikTok, and as a millennial, for some strange reason, I hope that the privileged sections of GenZ will do what millennials across the world have started - to dismantle the structures of neo-liberal... Continue Reading →
Book 10: Stoner by John Williams There is fervour in the reviews and recommendations of Stoner; people seem to think it is a fantastic book. They don't say much more than that. While I was reading it, I had forgotten its rave reviews until I reach smack dab in the middle of the novel. It... Continue Reading →
Book 9: Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali At this point, I have forgotten who or what social media recommended this book to me. It was probably a GenZ trend, a poetry group where I am a lurker, or Reddit. Nevertheless, I went into this book the way you enter into gullies unintended;... Continue Reading →
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