Review: ‘Homegoing’ by Yaa Gyasi

Yaa Gyasi’s debut novel Homegoing is a literary tour de force. Exploring the repercussions and inherited trauma of slavery, both…

What I’ve Been Reading Recently

Well hello again. Sorry that it’s been so long since we last hung out here and chatted about books. I’ve…

You’re never too old for magic. There’s a reason the Harry Potter series is credited with helping a whole generation…

Given that Obama already listed Educated as one of his top books of 2018, I guess it doesn’t really need…

I think I first heard of My Year of Rest and Relaxation in the Buzzfeed Books newsletter. I don’t remember exactly…

I get it, not everyone is a book nerd like me. Part of the reason I started this blog was…

Some people (aka my mum), are not fans of short stories. I think that’s dumb (sorry mum). Seriously though, what’s…

When I finally sat down to start Reading Lolita in Tehran a couple of weeks ago, I felt it had…

Here is a fun fact that I learnt during a social psychology class for my college minor: in life we…

For a long time, when people asked me what kind of books I like best, I had a hard time…