Dancing in Thatha’s Footsteps by Srividhya Venkat, Kavita Ramchandran (Illustrator)

This book is available to request on NetGalley until August I was tempted by the cover and the title because I was very close to both of my own grandfathers (The 'thatha' in the title is how many south Indian languages refer to their grandfathers, with the derivative coming from Sanskrit, which originally refers to…

Gone: A search for what remains of the world’s extinct creatures by Michael Blencowe

I finished this book just an hour or so before my electronic review copy expired. I almost gave up mid-way, thinking I was not going to make it, but ultimately I was glad I persevered!This felt more like a memoir than a book about extinct animals(/birds/insects). The author pours so much of his enthusiasm and…

Why She Wrote: A Graphic History of the Lives, Inspiration, and Influence Behind the Pens of Classic Women Writers by Lauren Burke, Hannah K. Chapman , Kaley Bales

My reading has always been haphazard, ever since I was little. Before Goodreads, I struggled to keep track of authors, both renowned and not, since I have trouble remembering names. I hardly even sound them out. This basically means that most of the content of this book was new to me, as it would be…

Take What You Can Carry by Gian Sardar

This is another first for me. I have only a smattering of knowledge of the Kurds and their complicated lives. Reading this, however, helped me for a better picture of very intricate and long-standing issues.The story is based in 1979 and is partly in the US, with the other more significant part based in Iraq's…

Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive #4) by Brandon Sanderson

This was probably one of my most clear reviews ever! I have read and reviewed the previous books of the series lined above, if anyone wants to look at it before they check this one out. I do not know of many people willing to risk starting this book at this point, but I came…

Legacy by Nora Roberts

Narrated by January LaVoy  I have read a lot of Nora Roberts. There was a phase where I just wanted to read her books because I felt a sort of certainty that I might be spending my time well. This is the only thing that has probably influenced this review of an ARC I received…

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E.Harrow

The year is almost half over and if I want to even remotely resemble the previous years, I have to get started on my list of reads to make my Mid Year stats post! I decided to start with something good.I have read and reviewed the author's previous work : here The first thing that…

Other Moons: Vietnamese Short Stories of the American War and Its Aftermath

Edited by : by Quan Manh Ha Translatedby Joseph Babcock When I started reading this, I wanted to make a good effort in the writing of the review because of the gravity of the content. I also found out a lot about America's war in Vietnam, most of which were news to me. There is so…