Review: I’m Just A Person by Tig Notaro

One slow weekend day, I was watching Hannah Gadsby interviews on YouTube, as one does. Okay, it wasn't a weekend, but a weekday. And okay, it wasn't slow - I was actively procrastinating work by watching these videos. As one does. I rewatched one of my favourite interviews of Hannah's - her first one with...

Review: Anxious People and A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

For most people, A Man Called Ove is the book that introduces them to the creative genius that is Fredrik Backman. For me, however, this introduction was the book Anxious People, which I read (but did not write about) last year. Anxious People is a book that can very well be judged by its cover....

Review: Maybe You Should Talk To Someone

I have written more in the last year than ever before. And yet, the tragic collateral damage has been my reading. As someone who has failed at perhaps a bajillion diets so far, I am a strong believer in trying one more time. A new year seemed to be as good a milestone as any....

Review: The Cactus

The Cactus is the story of Susan Green - a bureaucrat in her mid-40s who has no time (or patience) for people and the many feelings and failings they come with. As a result, she is a single woman living in London with no friends, and limited contact with her family, save her aged mother....

Review: Untamed

#Untamed by @glennondoyle is the kind of book that makes you feel lucky it found you. I don't care if you're a man or a woman, a parent or not, single or married, divorced or widowed, working your dream job or still dreaming about your dream job - there WILL be a chapter of this book that will...

Review: Room

I have made a big show since I became a mom of telling anyone who recommends movies and books to me that I can no longer stomach dark thrillers the way I used to before I had my son. And then I go ahead and read Room (and watch Killing Eve), so you know that...

Review: The Ickabog

This one is less of a review and more of a public notice. For who am I, mere mortal, to review a book written by God Herself. Fellow Potterheads, unite. JKR has written another children's book, and it is called The Ickabog. You can pretty much stop reading here because true Potterheads don't need any more...

Review: Across the Line

Growing up in Delhi, my friends would all go to their hometowns or native villages during summer vacations, and I would often get asked the question, "Where are you from?" And I always replied, "Delhi". "Yes, but where are you from from? Like, originally." I never knew how to answer this question, or indeed what...

Review: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

I didn't know it was possible for a book to be touching, tragic, funny and extremely intelligent at the same time until I read EOICF. Gail Honeyman is a magician with the ability to make you laugh out loud and choke up with a lump in your throat, sometimes in the span of a single...

Review: Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows

I know what you're thinking. That title. That title is, at once, the best and the worst thing about this book, depending on the way you look at it. You might want to buy a brown paper cover, old school style, if you are wary of prying eyes judging you and your reading choices. Or...