Resurfacing: Back After a Long Hiatus
The long gap in my blog postings marks a hiatus. I’ve been busy, or perhaps more accurately, I’ve been diligently focusing on my life. Additional responsibilities have taken up most of my time. I had long forgotten that I was once an avid reader—I used to devour around 20-30 books a year, diligently reviewing and
The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa (Translated by Louise Heal Kawai)
Goodreads Synopsis The Cat Who Saved Books is a heart-warming story about finding courage, caring for others – and the tremendous power of books. Grandpa used to say it all the time: ‘books have tremendous power’. But what is that power really? Natsuki Books was a tiny second-hand bookshop on the edge of town. Inside,
Book Review: Galatea by Madeline Miller
Goodreads Synopsis In ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece — the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen — the gift of life. Now his wife, he expects Galatea to please him, to be obedience and humility personified. But she has desires of
Book Review: The Song Of Achilles By Madeline Miller
Goodreads Synopsis Achilles, “the best of all the Greeks,” son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and the legendary king Peleus, is strong, swift, and beautiful, irresistible to all who meet him. Patroclus is an awkward young prince, exiled from his homeland after an act of shocking violence. Brought together by chance, they forge an
Book Review: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Goodreads Synopsis In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time. In Before the Coffee Gets Cold, we meet four visitors, each of whom
Book Review: Forty Rules Of Love by Elif Shafak
Goodreads Synopsis Ella Rubenstein is forty years old and unhappily married when she takes a job as a reader for a literary agent. Her first assignment is to read and report on Sweet Blasphemy, a novel written by a man named Aziz Zahara. Ella is mesmerized by his tale of Shams’s search for Rumi and the