My 2022 in Books + My Top 10 Reads of the Year & 2023 Bookish Resolutions

February 1, 2023.Reading time 16 minutes.

It’s that time of the year again (although a little bit late): for recaps and best-of lists! This post is about everything bookish in my 2022: reading stats, my top reads, and some 2023 resolutions.

Review: Writers & Lovers by Lily King

April 5, 2022.Reading time 13 minutes.

4.5/5☕| Lily King’s Writers & Lovers points out that no matter the age, we take time to grow into our own. That despite wherever we are in life at the moment, there will always be something to figure out and to work for.

Listed | My Best Reads of 2021

December 29, 2021.Reading time 42 minutes.

It’s that time of the year again: for recaps and best-of lists! I’ve listed down my favorites books I’ve read this 2021 – both fiction and non fiction.

Review: The Legal Briefs Series by Emma Chase

December 18, 2021.Reading time 22 minutes.

4.5/5☕ | The Legal Briefs Series cemented my love for legal romances. This series was definitely a surprise and it gave me one of my favorite rom-com books of all time.

Review: The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara

November 3, 2021.Reading time 15 minutes.

5/5☕ | The People in the Trees slowly morphed into this thing that I can’t stop thinking about. And now, I am convinced that each second of it was intentional. It reads as it feels: suffocating, fascinating, disturbing.

Review: 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

October 29, 2021.Reading time 9 minutes.

4/5☕ | There’s a very comforting element to 84, Charing Cross Road – the way it feels like the sort of story you read when you’re having a bad day: like a cup of hot chocolate or a warm blanket on a cold morning.

Non Fiction Round Up Episode 5: Trauma, Healing and Crying in Convenience Stores

September 23, 2021.Reading time 17 minutes.

Welcome to Episode 5 of my Non Fiction Round Up series – where I talk about all of the non fiction books I’ve read. I listed down additional 5 non fiction books that I was able to finish lately.

Review: First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami

August 29, 2021.Reading time 20 minutes.

4/5☕ | First Person Singular worked Murakami’s usual magic on me. And most times, while reading it, I wanted more. More moments. More stories. Just… more. (Includes story-by-story review)

Review: These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever

August 11, 2021.Reading time 13 minutes.

5/5☕ | This was obsession and compulsion and subtle cruelty – painted in the most breathtaking of ways through words. Micah Nemerever is a revelation.

Non Fiction Round Up Episode 4: Memoirs All The Way

August 1, 2021.Reading time 29 minutes.

Welcome to Episode 4 of my Non Fiction Round Up series – where I talk about all of the non fiction books I’ve read . I listed down additional 5 non fiction books that I was able to finish lately.