I am always on the look out for a great story and in 2019, I found them in the form of books and TV shows. These are my favourites among everything I watched and read this year!
Monthly Archives: December 2019
The Three Body Problem – A Review
The Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinMy rating: 4 of 5 stars 4 stars for being a book that was nothing like anything I have ever read. The first few chapters in this book are filled with hooks. A scientist is beaten to death during the cultural revolution in China, his daughter is pulled into aContinueContinue reading “The Three Body Problem – A Review”
The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin – A Review
The Dark Forest by Liu CixinMy rating: 5 of 5 stars “If I destroy you, what business is it of yours?” The second part of the epic saga that is the Remembrance of Earth’s Past is far, far better than the first. The human civilization has 400 years to prepare for an attack from aContinueContinue reading “The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin – A Review”
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle – A Review
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart TurtonMy rating: 4 of 5 stars Phew! That was a fun ride. I have been listening to the ‘7 deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle’s audiobook version for months now. It took months only because I had a strict ‘listening only while cooking’ rule. There were 2 hours ofContinueContinue reading “The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle – A Review”
Ants Among Elephants – A Review
Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India by Sujatha GidlaMy rating: 4 of 5 stars My friend and I were talking about reservations in the Indian Education system when we realized that we don’t even know the right vocabulary to discuss it. Both of us were going on about itContinueContinue reading “Ants Among Elephants – A Review”
Nicknames
My husband calls me Cookie and I call him Boo. Anyone who knows my husband and I in real life would have a hard time believing that we have such ‘cute’ nicknames for each other. We used to be so anti-cute when it came to our relationship that even our close friends didn’t know we were dating for the longest time. I can’t pin-point when we gave each other these nicknames. But I remember how it happened and it’s quite dumb.
The Writer
For someone who had always wanted to be a writer, she was very reluctant about taking up the apprentice job. She had applied along with her friends when they had seen the advertisement. “It’s a great learning opportunity!” they’d said. He was a bestselling author with a broken right hand. He needed someone to type his next book, ‘Adrenaline’. She was not a fan of his work. But the job paid well and he’d picked her from thousands of applicants.