Born A Crime by Trevor Noah is one of the most enjoyable books I’d ever gotten my hands on. I spotted it displayed at my favorite bookstore, and due to the fact that I am a Trevor Noah’s fan, I just had to grab it and make my purchase. The moment I started reading, it…
When I met Mr. Stroud over a decade ago at Blue Willow Bookshop in Houston, I was beyond happy. I remember begging my mom to take me to see him after school, and I rushed there still in my uniform, bringing the copy of my book for him to sign. I remember opening the book…
When I first laid eyes on the title of this book, there was but one question I wanted so desperately to know the answer to. Judging from the title, you already know it, ‘what exactly is the secret?’ or secrets? Initially, you are introduced to this proud patriarch that seems to be in control of…
I would not try to narrate these books to you because you can go on audible or perhaps even wiki and get the gist of them. However, one by one, I’ll say what I learnt and appreciated from reading bits and pieces of their lives. ‘Becoming’ by Michelle Obama “Failure is a feeling long before…
I finally got myself to read Rupi Kaur’s books, and I feel beyond inspired. Here are some of my favorites. I handpicked them for you so that you could glimpse through these and see what I saw. The raw desire to empower and encourage others to love themselves.
“It’s much easier to be brave if you don’t know everything.” Number the Stars by Lois Lowry talks about the struggle during the time when Nazis were occupying Denmark. This is a historical fiction work, and it could help us readers understand more of what the survivors went through and how they made it. In…
One of my closest friends told me that one of his favorite books was A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway. Considering we started a book club recently, we decided to read it together and discuss it as a group one fine morning at a Starbucks. I’ve read a couple of Hemingway’s, and I have only…
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