babel by r.f. kuang – a book review || an analysis on colonialism and history featuring cool magic

Babel (Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution) completely blew my mind away.

I read Babel a really long time ago, while I was knee deep in my dark academia phase, and it was utterly phenomenal. There’s no doubt that R.F. Kuang is a masterful storyteller, as clearly exhibited by The Poppy War trilogy ( which you should definitely read if you haven’t yet !!! ) but Babel took a completely different route than what I expected.

one year blogiversary q&a || i’m extremely late but oh well

Are we going to ignore the fact that it’s been more than 4 months since my blogiversary?

Yes. Yes we are.

if we were villains by m.l. rio – book review || dark academia, shakespearean societies, and a new favorite.

*clears throat* As always, I find it a never-ending need to explain my absence from this blog, but rest assured this time I think I’m here to stay for good.

Asian Book Recommendations 101 || a list of amazing and diverse reads you should check out!!!

I love seeing representation in books.

Now I don’t really talk a lot about my heritage on here, *cough* mainly because I’m not that connected with it *cough* , but I absolutely adore it when I see diverse representation in media. I do indeed have those Asian roots embedded in me (specifically Indian) and growing up I didn’t exactly see myself in the characters I read about.

Unpopular Opinions Book Tag || ft. Suhani’s controversial thoughts on your favorite books!!

I’ve decided to crawl out from the heaps of blankets and unfinished books I’m currently drowning in, as it is once again time for my monthly reviving of this abandoned blog

Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag || PLUS EXCITING NEWS!

It has indeed been a while since I’ve done a tag, almost eight months to be exact??? BUT THIS IS A TAG I HAVE BEEN WAITING TO DO FOR THE LONGEST TIME.

We’re already halfway through 2022 which is INSANE to believe, and you know what’s even crazier?

*drumroll please*

SUHANI CREATED A BOOKSTAGRAM ACCOUNT!!

Recommending books based on your zodiac sign (!!) || yea um I don’t know a thing about zodiac signs oops..

book recommendations based on your zodiac sign from someone who doesn’t know a thing about zodiac signs!

We’re haul in this together || A Book Haul!! <3

Guess who impulsively bought books again?!

The past two months have resulted in me buying a lot of books, because apparently I love to double up my TBR pile, and today I thought I’d show them to you guys! Most of these are second hand cause I’m broke as ever and second hand books will always be my savior.

Best and Worst Reads of 2021

I think 2021 was a pretty great reading year for me. My reading became a lot more diverse and I discovered a lot of my favourite books this year. Also, of course, I started this blog, and when interacting with others I’ve read picked up some great reads. I also read quite a few books which I may or may not have hated, so today I thought maybe I could write this post compiling some of my most memorable reads of 2021.

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare – Book Review

Can you believe it? Am I actually posting regularly-ish for once?(ahem by the time this is posted I’m not at all on schedule) This post was made possible because of me not studying for my exam – which is in like a day and I am NOT prepared and I may be having an internal breakdown, but oh well. Anyways I recently read Clockwork Angel and I’m obsessseeeddddd, so without further ado let us get onto my thoughts