January 2020 Books Vs Moods

This is my first Books vs Moods for this year! It probably is the fullest list of the upcoming year, considering that I cheated and added a few of last year's books into this list as I never got around to reviewing them last year. As I will probably do that again this year (hopefully),…

Days of Sugar and Spice by Loïc Clément / Art by Anne Montel

It is not often that I get a chance to read a translated work which is both a graphic novel as well as a light, breezy read while also clicking with me. This, as I am trying to say, was all three(translated from French). The story is very simple and straightforward, our leading lady Rose…

Snug by Catana Chetwynd

This is available for request on NetGalley till the 4th of Feb I have seen quite a few of these comic strips before online and always enjoyed spotting myself or my husband in a few of them. When I saw this upcoming collection available I had to read it. It is a relatively short collection…

Belinda Blake and the Birds of a Feather by Heather Day Gilbert

This book is available to request until the 7th of Feb 2020 I did not get a chance to read the second, but I did read the first: Belinda Blake and the Snake in the Grass and enjoyed it. Belinda Blake is happy with her new life in the Carriage house, but things back home are…

Krazy Kat Collection: Selected Sunday Strips 1918–1919 by George Herriman

This is up for request on NetGalley till the 11th of February 2020 When I first started reading this, I did not get it. Only when I came back to it, I realised what I was doing wrong. I was treating it like a more modern comic strip which makes sense, is funny and profound…

Nine Elms (Kate Marshall #1) by Robert Bryndza

I am in the minority once again. I heard so much about the author that when I saw a new series starting, I wanted to get in on it from the very beginning. This (once again) was not for me. I will talk about the story and then point out the reasons it did not…

Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli; Aisha Saeed

This book is available on NetGalley as of the posting of this review I have to begin by saying that this is a very US-centric book in the narration, but the story itself could probably be expanded to other countries. I say this because I have a semblance of understanding of the US political scenario…

Not So Stories by Adiwijaya Iskandar; Joseph Elliott-Coleman; Raymond Gates; Zina Hutton; Georgina Kamsika; Cassandra Khaw; Paul Krueger; Stewart Hotston; Tauriq Moosa; Jeannette Ng; Ali Nouraei; Zedeck Siew; Wayne Santos; Achala Upendran

I do not remember reading the Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling, but I must have done because I felt a hint of recognition at the tone of some of the stories. I liked the content of the foreword, but I think that also set my bar incredibly high about what I was to encounter…