Parichita Singh

The Rosie Project: A Book Review

Hello to my readers. And welcome to another book review post. Today I bring to you a book that made me smile (after rolling my eyes multiple times). The book is called The Rosie Project. I purchased this book way back in hard copy. I shifted from Mumbai to Delhi and the book was packed in the book rack, never to see the light of the day till I realized I have 85 unread books (I was crazy enough…

My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time: A Book Review

There are things we always keep for ourselves, and this blog is one of those things. I might not be a regular, but I still love it. It still is my space. Today I want to talk about a book (surprise, no surprise! :D) This is the first book review post of 2021 with not a lot of promise because past two years have taught me that actions speak louder than words. Book Name: My Dirty Little Book of…

Top Ten Tuesday: 2021 Goals

Days ago, if you back to blog, there would be links to Top Ten Tuesday. It is a bookish meme where we share a list of 10 as per the topic. These days, it is hosted by That Artsy Girl. Then, past few years happened. I underwent through A LOT of changes. Things took backseat. Today, I missed those lists, so I went back to find if the meme was still active, and I was so happy to see that it is…

Monday Musing 11.01.2020– Bookish Miracles in Real Life

Today is the second Monday of the month. I am writing my Monday Motivation again, and hence this needs special mention. Two weeks in a row, you see! Anyway, I want to talk about my miracle today. I finished my first book of the year– The Midnight Library, which is the story of how Nora Seeds finds will to live her life. She is helped in this quest for will to live by her school librarian, Mrs.…

WELCOME TO 2021: Monday Musing dated 04.01.2021

It has been almost a year since I wrote here. But that is not really surprising. What is more surprising is my last post of 2019. I came here to update my blog and to check on stuff that is happening, and I read my post of 2019 again. I am now wondering how naïve I was a year ago. Let me explain. It was an emotionally challenging year as I had a brush with that feeling of “extreme loneliness”…

Book#1 of 2020: The Collected Works of A.J. Fikry

The Collected Works of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

A.J. Fikry owns a failing bookshop. His wife has just died, in tragic circumstances. His rare and valuable first edition has been stolen. His life is a wreck.

Amelia is a book rep, with a big heart, and a lonely life.

Maya is the baby left on A.J.’s bookshop floor with a note.

What happens in the bookshop that changes the lives of these…

U=US(South) from Gone With the Wind

U was a difficult letter for me. I almost gave up on writing for U because I couldn’t find a book which described such a place. But then, I realized that USA starts from “U” too, and there definitely is a book which had made me aware about US and the civil war is “Gone With the Wind”. I have talked a lot about this book already in my past posts, so I am not going to explain the virtue of the book…

T=Tamil Nadu of Poonachi

For T, I want to talk about Tamil Nadu from a book called Poonachi. This is state which I have seen quite closely because of various visits in different parts of the state. Most of these visits were official. Only a few personal visits have been to Tamil Nadu. Poonachi is a book which I read very recently. I got this book as a part of the Prime program and wanted to see what is so special about…

This post is the proof that I am not ready to give up. I might not be consistent, but I am determined. And I am going to finish all the alphabets

I am writing about today’s alphabets, and rest of the alphabets I will catch up slowly and steadily. Please cheer for me as I fight for my time to write.

“S” is such a common letter that it can represent millions of things. When I started…

Update and a small Hold

I haven’t forgotten that I am supposed to be posting for A to Z. This is a one week’s break. My brother is getting married tomorrow, and I am a bit busy. I know I should have scheduled the posts and all, but life has its own plans.

Please bear with me for a week and then I would have caught up the past and the present.

J= J&K from Ministry of Utmost Happiness

J was a conflicting choice for me. Let me tell you first that I am going to talk about Jammu & Kashmir from Ministry of Utmost Happiness today. I have a friend who dislikes the author Arundhati Roy so much that he is not ready to give any of her books a chance. We had had a dirty shouting match about the left-right political ideologies, and since then, I have been very afraid of talking about…

I= Ireland of Nora Roberts

Have you ever visited the place in your dreams and imagination so much so that you feel that you will recognize it just on sight? Ireland is that place for me. I know I am running late, and “I” was supposed to cover “I” yesterday, but better late than never, right? (And I’m truly sorry, but I was healing.)

I equals Ireland, the Ireland I saw while reading Nora Roberts. I know people think of…

H=Hogwarts from Harry Potter Series

Hogwarts does not need any introduction. If you have ever read Harry Potter or maybe even watched any of the movie, you would remember Hogwarts. So, this is going to be a short post.

When I first read about Hogwarts, the best thing for me about the school was the sense of discovery. There are so many rooms, so much of magic in those halls that even teachers and guardians did not know what…

G= Guernsey of “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society”

I am running very late today. I missed yesterday and want to make up for that as well as today. So this is going to be a short post.

For G, I want to cover Guernsey from Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society. There are a lot of things which are good in that book, but I think the place itself deserves a mention. This is not only the story of a town, but whole place recovering from…

F= France of Laura Florand Books

I was in a mood to not write today, but since I am challenging myself to take the control of my writing and life, here I am, writing just 40 minutes before the day is about to end.

For F, I had a choice between Florence and France. Florence is one particular place well covered in Dan Brown’s books. But then, which is closer to me? I was still deciding till the morning when I went, in my…