Category: Reviews
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Top 10 Cdrama Recommendations
Christmas Day, 2023. My birthday, and this list typed out in one sitting because that was the year C-dramas took over my evenings. Saathi had learned to stop asking when I was coming to bed. Forty minutes into “one more episode” is why. Three years and forty-odd dramas later, this is still the page I…
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The Golden Son by Shilpi Gowda – A well crafted story
The book has been on my desk for a few weeks now. I follow the author and her agent on Twitter and won an autographed copy in a giveaway. Waiting for my laptop to finish updating, I picked it up and started reading. Getting to bed well past midnight, the thing that struck me…
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What She Left Behind – Cross generational tale well told
I started What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman after dinner. I settled in, a throw over my lap, the baby monitor humming by my side. The story hooked me, reeled me in and kept the pace up. When the monitor awoke with angry cries, I pleaded with my spouse to pick her up.…
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Luckiest Girl Alive – Stellar writing and a taut story line
I pick my books the way I browse the grocery aisle. I scan, double back and pick things that call my name. I also scan the ingredient list carefully looking for markers that signal ‘that’s not for you’. I also hate to go shopping so I make sure I load my cart up when I…