Simon vs the homo sapiens agenda by Becky Albertalli

“Why is straight the default? Everyone should have to declare one way or another, and it shouldn’t be this big awkward thing whether you’re straight, gay, bi, or whatever. I’m just saying.”

Simon vs the homo sapiens agenda

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A lovely love story❀

So today is the last day of #pridemonth , but honestly I think love and respect is somethinh which should be celebrated everyday bot just a month. Well that’s my opinion.


So in the excitement of #pridemonth I picked up this book . As I’m not that much into #romantic genre  I was not sure if I should read it or not. But as this book was recommended many of my favourite bookstagrammers, I finally decided to give it a go and honestly I liked it very much. FYI this is my first full fledged gay centric love story,  and yes I found it cute, sweet and even adorable for that matter.

The story revolves around Simon (who btw loves Oreos and a Potterhead). The problem is that he’s not out yet and one of his classmates named Martin finds out about it and blackmails him. The thing is Simon kind of have an online boyfriend Blue (who is one of his classmates). He communicates with him through e-mail and they fall in love as the story evolves.
Read this beautiful love story as Simon comes out because he’s done with keeping his story straight.
Happy reading!

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Sleeping on Jupiter by Anuradha Roy

“Don’t you feel like disappearing from your life sometimes?”

Sleeping on Jupiter

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You know most of the times we read books to escape from the brutality of real life and then you read some book and encounter the utmost reality, this is one of those books. Simply this is an devastatingly upsetting book.

A devastating masterpiece: Sleeping on Jupiter

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The book revolves around a girl called Nomi (orphaned by war) who has come to India after ten years to shoot a documentary. The rest of the story tells us the dreadful past of Nomi, how she was sexually abused by a so called Guru in an ashram, from where one day she succeeded to run away.

Apart from Nomi there are many other sub-plots which deal with really serious issues of our society. There is a young tour guide who is in love with a young guys but doesn’t know how to confess his feeling. Hence this was also my first LGBTQ read.🌈

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The book includes a spectrum of social issues and its one of the best book for gender studies. The question (which are so many) remain unanswered and the book ends as if in the middle of all the chaos.

Its a compelling, thought provokingly beautiful novel. If you want to read something serious with heavy content please give it a go.

Happy reading!!

Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag

Truest me after reading this one,you will not be able to look at ants normally! Here is review of an Indian psychological thriller Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag.

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“Words, after all, are nothing by themselves. They burst into meaning only in the minds they’ve entered.“

Ghachar Ghochar
I listened to the book on Storytel

Narrated through an unnamed narrator, the story of this novella revolves around a joint family who go from rags to riches after starting a spice-business. The success of the business leads to a lot of changes in their lives, both good and bad. While they gain financial prosperity they loose much more than that.

“It’s true what they say- it’s not we who control money, it’s the money that controls us. When there’s only a little, it behaves meekly; when it grows, it becomes brash and has its way with us. “

As I think about this it seems like isn’t it what happens with most of the people? Money is important but not everything. Or is it?

The novel is not just psychological thriller, it even includes glimpses of feminist ideology as well.

“On that day I became convinced that it is the words of women that deeply wound other women.“

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In the course of just 7 chapters (119 pages) Vivek Shanbhag manages to give us an enthralling novellla. One more thing which is worth mentioning here is the author’s precision of words. It does not feel that he wants to drag the story unnecessarily to make a big book. He just gives us a short, crisp and thought provoking story. And this is why I love this type of novelllas.

I hope you’ll also try reading this one. Happy reading!!

P. S. For all those thinking what Ghachar Ghochar means it means something which is so messed up that is beyond repair.

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Pride and Prejudice

This book is one of those books which you will definitely read at least twice in life if you have got your hand on it once. Because its simply impossible to grasp all the contents of the book in one go. I fell in love with Jane Austen’s writing after reading this one. The beauty with which it is written is what the most attractive thing of this masterpiece. It is autobiographical, of course, many aspects of her life has been dipicted in the book accordingly. Inspite of being a romance on surface, it is more than a romance. Austen has attached every aspect of her life in this book. Kind of it is a would be version of Austen’s life.

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My copy of the book🌸

My memory of the reading

I was in my graduation when I told my father to get a copy of Pride and Prejudice for me and he got me the one you see in the picture. It took almost 15 to 20 days (back then I was a very slow reader) . But when I read it, it just made me a reader forever. Since then I have picked up reading like anything.

Another most important thing about this book is it characters. I don’t think there can be a single human being who didn’t fall for Elizabeth or Mr Darcy- ah! Mr Darcy the man who is nonexistent yet exists (in every girl’s dreams, maybe).I literally fell in love with Mr. Darcy, maybe because I’am also an introvert just like him and that made him so much more relatable to him. I don’t know and I don’t want to.

I have heard people say Austen create many unnecessary characters but isn’t it how life is… We meet so many people! The number is too large sometimes to even remember all of them. The more the merrier!!

The thing is that the liveliness and the imperfect yet perfect characters make this book a perfect book out there and I think it is because most of the characters are drawn from real life and that’s why they become even more relatable for anyone who reads it.

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At last, I would say that please read this book, I mean its a classic and what else can I say. Its a mesmerizing and beautiful book which you will cherish forever. Happy reading!!