Review: “Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar” by Cheryl Strayed
I found this book quite a unique book out of everything I read this year, primarily because of its format. Tiny Beautiful Things is a collection of letters sent to Sugar (Cheryl Strayed) on Dear Sugar columns published on The Rumpus.net.
Review: “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” A Short Story by Ursula K. Le Guin
What is Omelas? Where is Omelas? It is not a real place that exists. According to the author Ursula K. Le Guin, Omelas is a Utopian society or a fairytale town where “the happiness is based on discrimination of what is necessary.”
3 Books By Authors Who Died By Suicide
Many great authors took their own lives because of depression or of an illness. These are the top 3 books I read this year, written by an author who committed suicide.
Review: “I, Pencil” Essay by Leonard E. Read
“I, Pencil: My Family Tree As Told to Leonard E. Read” is an exciting parable I have come across this year. This essay was written by Leonard Read, the founder of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), in 1998, from a pencil’s point of view
Review: “The Bell Jar” novel by Sylvia Plath — “To The Person In The Bell Jar”
In the novel, the bell jar represents the imprisonment of emotions, despair, and mental illnesses. Sylvia Plath committed suicide in her apartment less than a month after the publication of Bell Jar, her only novel.
Top 10 Most Anticipated New Book Releases of September 2021
September is already around the corner, and there are a lot of wonderful books coming out! I figured these are the top 10 that would be the most anticipated for September. Check it out and let me know if I’ve missed a book you’re anticipating.
7 Amazing Books by Women in Translation – #WITMonth 2021
August is Women in Translation Month, a month celebrating female authors worldwide whose works have been translated from various languages into English.
Woman authors book upon becoming literate at the age of 70
Aya Başoğlu, a 71-year-old mother of nine, has written a book detailing all of her life events over the course of a year.
Paul McCartney’s latest book will include never-before-seen Beatles lyrics
The biography, which was announced earlier this year, is scheduled to be released on November 2.
Review: “The Year Of The Hare” by Arto Paasilinna– Off The Grid With A Friend
When I began reading this book, I imagined it would be an off-the-grid adventure. I assumed it would be a lighthearted story about a man bonding with a wild animal.