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“People had to grow on their own, make their own decisions, good and bad. It was those mistakes and the choice or refusal to learn from them that gave life—and art—their texture, their meaning. It had to be a choice.” Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar is a beautiful coming-of-age story about a girl – Sheetal …
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett is an epic masterpiece set in 12th century England encompassing the construction of a cathedral in the small town of Kingsbridge. It is the first novel to the Kingsbridge trilogy and its prequel – The Evening and the Morning – having come out recently, I thought it’d …
The Great Godden is a story that leaves a lot of things open to interpretation, which adds a sense of being involved in understanding the story instead of being guided to the end. It revolves around a family whose lives change over a particular summer. Our protagonist – who also happens to be the narrator …
Have you ever wondered what mood your mother is in, based on the food she cooks? Maybe questioned the existence of God or why different people’s Gods are different? Have you ever thought about the lives of your mother before she got married to your father?… Before she had you? Sugarbread by Balli Kaur Jaswal …
Genre: Graphic Novel, Sequential Art, Dystopian, LGBT Publisher: Oni Press Pages: 328 Publication Date: 10 November, 2020 My Rating: 2.5 out of 5 bookmarks Synopsis: Three siblings search for their missing mother across a ruined America in this original graphic novel perfect for fans of Scott Westerfeld and Neal Shusterman. Eight years ago an earthquake—the …
I started reading this book last night and I’ve already finished it, and I have so much to say about it!!!! First of all: I LOVED IT! This has definitely been one of my favorite reads of the year. Absolutely loved it. Let me begin by giving you a little history on the book itself. …
Genre: Historical FictionPublisher: She Writes PressPages: 256Publication Date: 18 August, 2020My Rating: 3.5 out of 5 bookmarks Synopsis: Set between 1900 and 1919 in picturesque Cornwall and war-blasted London, Talland House takes Lily Briscoe from the pages of Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse and tells her story outside the confines of Woolf’s novel — as …
Genre: Graphic Novel, Sequential Art, Comics, Fantasy, Romance Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pages: 112 Publication Date: 01 September, 2020 My Rating: 5 out of 5 bookmarks Synopsis: Elsie the vampire is three hundred years old, but in all that time, she has never met her match. This all changes one night in a bar when …
Genre: Non-Fiction, Biography, Contemporary Art, Graphic Novel, Sequential ArtPublisher: Laurence King PublishingPages: 128Publication Date: 15 September, 2020My Rating: 3.5 out of 5 bookmarks Synopsis: From rural Japan to international icon – Yayoi Kusama has spent her remarkable life immersed in her art. Follow her incredible journey in this vivid graphic biography which details her bold …
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is a book which can require one to review it keeping aside their political views and read through the story as it’s told even though the book is fired up with Roy’s own politics. The book talks of everyone who’d see themselves to be ‘unconsoled’. Every character in this book …