Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Imagine a book dipped in capitalism and cannibalism in a dystopian patriarchal world. Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica is that book.
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A finance girl trapped inside Plath's mind and Camus' world.
Author: Kinjal Parekh
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
The book where you find no answers. 158 pages of how two girls, away from the town, spend their days, what they eat and how they clean their house.
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So Long, India – The Patriarchy, Assault, and Women.
We try to romanticize this world but the world has gone in gutters. This little life we live, we die everyday. The anger inside me makes me want to kill myself out of helplessness.
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The stranger, the strangeness & the absurd conversation
The truth is, society is threatened by people like Meursault. People like him have accepted that none of it matters. Would you dare accept it?
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Tragedies of Sylvia Plath, Vincent van Gogh and the May-days
Sylvia Plath and Vincent van Gogh. We want to know so much about their death. But, what do we know about their lives? I guess Vincent and Sylvia might have been good friends if they were to ever meet. I have so much to say about these two.
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fixing fiction – the chaos, verses and randomness
I turned 26 this month. It was a beautiful day and a chaotic month for everything that was.
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Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
It’s a shame that it took reading this book for me to realize and understand the gravity of the Israel-Palestine war.
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Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
The book is not extraordinary. But it is a book which everyone will need at some point of time – maybe when you are going through a heartbreak.
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My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
This book missed to make a mark on me. It was very anticlimactic with many loopholes and misses which could and should have been looked upon.
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I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee
This book reminds me of a quote by Stephen Chbosky — “We accept the love we think we deserve.” If you’ve ever felt persistently low, have been going through endless self-doubt, have been fighting to hide your feelings with you friends, family or/and work, this book is your friend.
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September, August, July and A Little Life by Hanya
I want to get a new tattoo. It actually is from this book A Little Life. ‘x = x’.
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Samsara by Saksham Garg
Samsara is more than just a mystical or a magical adventure. It talks about something greater. It makes one question the idea of God, the idea of living this life, it makes you question the creation, traditions and religions.
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The Idea of Reading
We are nothing if not storytellers and story-makers. Just like Sylvia Plath once said, I hate the thought that I can never be all the people I want to be and live all the lives I want.
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The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon is about two strangers – Natasha and Daniel. The entire plot takes place within the span of a day!
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Circe by Madeline Miller
Circe by Madeline Miller is a feminist retelling of Homer’s Odyssey. The story takes you through rivalries, love, self-determination, toxic masculinity, self-growth, and loneliness.
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