Book Review: The State of Affairs- Esther Perel 5⭐

Esther Perel on her own is the total gem! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Her wisdom and compassion shine through every page. I adore how she tells stories, giving every perspective a voice. The book isn't justifying infidelity, but diving deep into the why and offering paths to heal, whether it's to rebuild together or go separate ways. Her …

Browser – 2nd handed bookstore

“Reading can take you places you have never been before.” - Dr. Seuss Books & bookstores hunting continue out of Auckland. Not only this magnificent shelf is IG photobomb (there’re two girls spending a good amount of time posing before me) but this full wall of treasures is almost a dream come true. However, only …

Book Review: The Outsider / The Stranger 4⭐

"The Outsider (The Stranger) " by Albert Camus The Stranger was published in French as L’Étranger in 1942, as The Outsider in England & as The Stranger in the United States. The book followed the narrative of a Frenchman named Meursault, his lack of emotions / grief from his mother's recent death was later used …

Book Review: This Side of Paradise 2.5⭐

"This Side of Paradise" by F. Scott Fitzgerald First F Scott's novel, a rather short and semi-enjoyable read (less than 6 hours), a glimpse of background information about his own life and psyche, not exactly a page turner though. More than half way in then I saw the familiarity of melancholic and depressing style - …

Reading Challenge 2020

Full list of the 26 books I have read in 2020 (alphabetical order) My top 3 of read would be: I'll be gone in the darkHow Do We Know We're Doing It RightThe Kite Runner & The Outsider (Stephen King) Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell Call Me Evie by J.P. …

Book Review: Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know

"Talking to strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know "by Malcolm Gladwell Let's get something straight - "Talking to strangers" is neither a step by step guide that holds your hands and dissect a stranger's brain nor teaching you to become a human lie detector. Zillions of thoughts flush through my …

📚 Recommendation & Current Read

📚 Recommendation 1984 by George Orwell A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Born a Crime by Trevor Noah The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Stop Missing Your Life: The Power of Being Present – to …

Book Review: This Is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay

I for one hate going to hospital because (more than) half the time I'd end up staying overnight. Wait time is always agonizing yet I often lack the patience, forgetting how the medical professionals are working their asses off (mostly overtime too) while I moan about having nothing to do. Thankfully I'm a bit of …

Live Without

I cannot live without .... BOOKS I can refrain myself from buying more (and MOREEEE books) but not entering a bookstore is pretty much killing me, literally. Theatre is my favorite form of art. However, growing up, I didn't really have anyone to play with. My parents introduced me to books at a young age …

❤ The Alchemist

I LOVE books, I fall in love with words every now & then, a good plot, an interesting character or repeat a few favorite quotes in my head over & over.  But this time, I am in love with a story. It's never just about the choice of words but the way a story is …