BOOK HAUL TIME!!! So yep, I bought more books! And because I've decided not to buy more books in September, I thought I'd do a post of all my recent buys and just put away these books because they've been lying around on my desk for way too long. All the books in this haul, I bought… Continue reading Recent Bookish Buys (#7)
Tag: touching
The Pastry Book Tag
I saw this tag on Bookshelves & Biros and since I haven't done a tag in a long while, I really wanted to give this one a try! Plus, this tag involves two of my favorite things in the world - books and pastries!! So yep, here it is :) Croissant: Name a popular book or series that everyone… Continue reading The Pastry Book Tag
It Ends With Us – Colleen Hoover (Book Review)
Title : It Ends With Us Author : Colleen Hoover Genre : NA Romance Standalone Summary Goodreads summary : Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up—she graduated from… Continue reading It Ends With Us – Colleen Hoover (Book Review)
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things – Bryn Greenwood (Book Review)
//I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. That, in no way affects my opinions of the book. Title : All the Ugly and Wonderful Things Author : Bryn Greenwood Genre : Adult Romance, Contemporary, Literary Fiction Standalone Releasing : 9th August, 2016 Summary Goodreads summary: As the daughter of a… Continue reading All the Ugly and Wonderful Things – Bryn Greenwood (Book Review)
The Sense of An Ending – Julian Barnes (Book Review)
Title : The Sense of An Ending Author : Julian Barnes Man Booker Prize (2011) Standalone Genre : Adult, Literary Fiction Summary Goodreads summary : Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they would navigate the girl-less sixth form together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumour and wit. Maybe… Continue reading The Sense of An Ending – Julian Barnes (Book Review)
The Palace of Illusions – Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Book Review)
Title : The Palace of Illusions Author : Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Standalone Genre : Adult, Mythical Retelling Summary Goodreads summary: Relevant to today’s war-torn world, The Palace of Illusions takes us back to a time that is half history, half myth, and wholly magical. Narrated by Panchaali, the wife of the legendary Pandavas brothers in… Continue reading The Palace of Illusions – Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Book Review)
The Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag!
It's mid-year which means everyone has been doing this tag. I've seen this literally everywhere on WordPress and BookTube, and though initially I had decided not to do it, I was still tempted to this and here it is! It's basically to evaluate and talk (freak out) about the books you've read in the first half… Continue reading The Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag!
Rapid Fire Book Tag
I've been bored and slightly out of post ideas (though a book review for The Problem With Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout is coming) and I stumbled upon this video on the wonderful BooksandLala booktube channel, and thought about giving it a try! There was also the Souvenirs from across the world post I was planning on, but then I went to… Continue reading Rapid Fire Book Tag
Throwback Thursday : The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
This is my post for this week’s Throwback Thursday. I wrote a whole lot about this meme in this post, do check it out! And feel free to join me!Post your own Throwback Thursday and link it back to this post or the post whose link I mentioned above. Title : The Lowland Author :… Continue reading Throwback Thursday : The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
Throwback Thursday : Still Alice by Lisa Genova
Title : Still Alice Author : Lisa Genova Genre : Contemporary, Adult Read in : April 2015 Goodreads summary Alice Howland is proud of the life she worked so hard to build. At fifty years old, she’s a cognitive psychology professor at Harvard and a world-renowned expert in linguistics with a successful husband and three… Continue reading Throwback Thursday : Still Alice by Lisa Genova
Going Through Books 