I write because I read. I read because I write.
“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.” - Jhumpa Lahiri How's the situation in your country? With this I mean, in relation with this cruel pandemic. We are again in a lockdown and we have been for more than a year now Perks: I have more time to read.… Continue reading Introducing my summer TBR
Happy Tuesday, fellow TTT-ers! (I am not sure if there is really such thing, so please understand.) We are back to the weekly book-prompts hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl - Top Ten Tuesday with this week's topic being - Books I Loved that Made Me Want More Books Like Them. As she suggested, I… Continue reading 10 books that introduced me to new genres
Do you have fellow book lovers whom you call when you need book recommendations? I asked because The Artsy Reader’s Top Ten Tuesday this week is Books I Read Because Someone Recommended Them to Me . My answer to the question above is yes, I do have a handful! And here are the books they recommended! Great… Continue reading books i read because of recommendations
After a quick check on my Top Ten Tuesday tab, I've figured my last entry was June 7, 2016 (four years ago!!!) where I shared the 10 reasons why I love reading. I cannot believe that it has been that long ago as I still vividly have the joyful memory of revisiting the books I've… Continue reading 10 books i loved but never reviewed
Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family by Mitch Albom Chika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated Haiti in 2010. She spent her infancy in a landscape of extreme poverty, and when her mother died giving birth to a baby brother, Chika was brought… Continue reading 6 Lessons I Learned from Little Fighter, Chika Jeune (perhaps a book review)
Sesher Kobita, The Last Poem by Rabindranath Tagore, Anindita Mukhopadhyay (translated) — While my reading habit has remained quite erratic because of my job's schedule, I am still able to sneak some time to read and finish some good books (although I am so far from the 24 books in 2019 I set for myself in Goodreads!… Continue reading 5 Lines I Love: Sesher Kobita by Rabindranath Tagore
(Note: This tag is stolen from my dearie Jade. I am guilty beyond reasonable doubt; I am willing to pay the price of this crime. ^___^ ) It's a Monday morning and my work email is (surprisingly) quiet and empty. Perhaps like a little street in a province at 12:30 AM. So I decided to… Continue reading The Entertainer Book Tag
Binded but never blinded collection Of letter conniving to form words Of timeless wisdom freeing up minds Kept inside the dark room of ignorance. — 08.10.2018 ©2018 Rosemawrites@A Reading Writer. All Rights Reserved. Photo via Unsplash For dVerse: Celebrate with me today! I'm celebrating National Book Lovers Day!
I was gone for quite a long time, now I'm back with a big big big news about my second poetry collection: Between My Bleeding Lines Extended Edition! From last year's first edition with 100 poems, this new collection contains over 160 pieces and more are now in the hopeful part of the book, which… Continue reading NEW BOOK: Between My Bleeding Lines Extended Edition
A 59-year old widower. Grumpy. Trying and failing to kill himself, many times. Here's an odd, funny, yet utterly moving story. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman Rating: ❤❤❤❤❤ The first novel by the Swedish author Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove is a balance between heart wrenching and thought provoking lines as well as chuckle-inducing… Continue reading 5 Quotes Why I Love A Man Called Ove
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