Wizarding School: Castelobruxo, BrazilPrompt: Read a book that was translated into your languageFormat: Audiobook (Libby - San Mateo Public Library) If there was a book I would need a hundred years to understand, it is this. This book is the epitome of all thing brilliant, bizarre, deeply sad, and exhilarating at the same time. I … Continue reading One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez – A Review

Wizarding School: Koldovstoretz, RussiaPrompt: Read a book related to a serpentFormat: Audiobook (Libby – San Mateo Public Library) I have not read a YA (Young Adult) book since I was a teenager and I picked this one up just to keep things diverse this year for the book challenge. While I am certain I will not be reading YA … Continue reading The Serpent King – A Review

Wizarding School: Uagadou, UgandaPrompt: Read a book where a character follows a dreamFormat: Audiobook (Libby - San Mateo Public Library) My tryst with picking up books that I should have read long ago but didn't, got me to pick up Of Mice and Men this year. I suppose many of you already know this heartbreaking story of George … Continue reading Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck – A Review

Wizarding School: Koldovstoretz, RussiaPrompt: Read a book tied to your rootsFormat: Kindle Set in Chennai, India, this book follows the lives of two bibliowomen - Neelambari Adigal and Kayalveli Anbuchelvan who own an antiquarian bookstore called Biblio in Adyar. The other protagonists of the book are collectors Nallathambi Whitehead and Arcot Templar, frenemies from the … Continue reading The Book Hunters of Katpadi by Praveen Sebastian: A Review

I have always been an avid reader, but mostly by just picking up books recommended by my favorite people, or about subjects and scenarios that interest me. While that is working quite well for me, this year in the beginning of this new decade, I decided to attempt a full-fledged reading challenge. Mainly because my … Continue reading My 2020 Reading Challenge