Review of ‘Tokyo Dreaming’, by Emiko Jean Emiko Jean delivers, in her second book in this series, yet another occasion to peek into what the lives of the members of the Japanese Royal Family might look like as she continues the story of American-Japanese Princess Izumi. The author also continues to explore the difficulties of… Read More Book Review Round-Up: April 2022
Review of ‘The Last Mona Lisa’, by Jonathan Santlofer I don’t know much about art, but I do know that the Mona Lisa was stolen quite a number of times. Author Jonathan Santlofer uses one of these episodes of thievery as a central plot point in this book. In 1911, the Mona Lisa was not… Read More Book Review Round-Up: March 2022
Review of ‘Do You Follow’, by J.C. Bidonde (Audiobook) I don’t think I’ll get the hang of audiobooks for quite some time, but I’m really happy to have finally started training myself to listen to a book. I am definitely going to continue as well as improve my capacity to review audio books; I just… Read More Book Review Round-Up: February 2022
Seeing how I am spending most of my reading time with books aimed at younger children, and that I didn’t want to add them to my reading challenge, I decided to lower my reading challenge for this year. I also had in mind the reopening happening where I live, and my need, even as an… Read More Book Review Round-Up: January 2022
And 2021 is a wrap! I can’t believe I made my Goodreads Challenge. I do have to admit that I added books that I read to my little one; I did read the entire Princess Posey series to her at least twice, as well as most of the Craftily Ever After series, the first six… Read More Book Review Round-Up: December 2021
November was quite the reading month; I made it to nine books, including my first audio book! A huge thank you to Ian and Jen, my bookstagram friends who recommended I try out audio books. Definitely going to keep at it, I’ve been bitten by the audio book bug! I have been trying to choose… Read More Book Review Round-Up: November 2021
I’m way behind on my Goodreads challenge, and I have been prioritising YA reads because they go faster than non-fiction. Is that cheating? Review of ‘You Truly Assumed’, by Laila Sabreen—Must Read A lot of very important questions are asked in this book, and a lot of potential avenues for answer are explored. But what… Read More Book Review Round-Up: October 2021
Review of ‘The Startup Wife’, by Tahmima Anam—Must Read The startup at the heart of Tahmina Anam’s book tickled my interest from the get-go, and was the main reason why I picked it up. As a religious person, I was intrigued by the concept of a social media platform that would bring together people from… Read More Book Review Round-Up: September 2021
Review of ‘The Eternal Audience of One’, by Rémy Ngamije Diversifying my bookshelf (and that of my little one) has been quite the satisfying experience, to say the least. I don’t think we should focus on non-fiction; quite the contrary, reading about universal experiences in different settings can be quite the unifying force. In the… Read More Book Review Round-Up: August 2021
Review of ‘So You Want To Talk About Race’, by Ijeoma Oluo—Must Read There are some things that need to be revisited, and one’s racism (intentional or not) is definitely one of them. Ijeoma Oluo’s book comes as a much-needed chat about potential, unintentional racism that we may have absorbed from the oftentimes unintentional racist… Read More Book Review Round-Up: May, June, and July 2021