Bewitchingly Paranoid
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I post reviews about a lot of books, be it the books I buy or the books I receive. My writing style I keep it very simple and fun.
Bewitchingly Paranoid
2y ago
Here’s what Em and the Big Hoom is about: In a one-bedroom-hall-kitchen in Mahim, Bombay, through the last decades of the twentieth century, lived four love-battered Mendeses: mother, father, son and daughter. Between Em, the mother, driven frequently to hospital after her failed suicide attempts, and The Big Hoom, the father, trying to hold things ..read more
Bewitchingly Paranoid
2y ago
Here’s what Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts is about: Women warriors planned and led slave revolts on slave ships during the passage across the Atlantic. They fought their enslavers throughout the Americas. And then they were erased from history. In Wake Rebecca Hall, a historian, a granddaughter of slaves, and a woman haunted by ..read more
Bewitchingly Paranoid
2y ago
Here’s what Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts is about: Women warriors planned and led slave revolts on slave ships during the passage across the Atlantic. They fought their enslavers throughout the Americas. And then they were erased from history. In Wake Rebecca Hall, a historian, a granddaughter of slaves, and a woman haunted by ..read more
Bewitchingly Paranoid
2y ago
Here’s what The Secret Life of Debbie G. is about: It all started cos I wanted to mess with the Invincibles (the superbrats). #SorryNotSorry. But one thing led to another, and before I knew it, I was hitting out at everyone, even the Incredibles (the geeks) and the Invisibles (the losers). Seriously, my online persona ..read more
Bewitchingly Paranoid
2y ago
Here’s what Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd is about: Victor Alderheim has a lot to answer for. Not only has he heartlessly tricked his young ex-wife, Jenny, out of her art gallery inheritance, but he has also abandoned his son, Kevin, to die in the middle of the Kenyan savanna. It doesn’t occur to Victor that ..read more
Bewitchingly Paranoid
2y ago
Here’s what Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd is about: Victor Alderheim has a lot to answer for. Not only has he heartlessly tricked his young ex-wife, Jenny, out of her art gallery inheritance, but he has also abandoned his son, Kevin, to die in the middle of the Kenyan savanna. It doesn’t occur to Victor that ..read more
Bewitchingly Paranoid
3y ago
Bombay was the city everyone came to in the early decades of the nineteenth century: among them, the Goans and the Mangaloreans. Looking for safe harbour, livelihood, and a new place to call home. Communities congregated around churches and markets, sharing lord and land with the native East Indians. The young among them were nudged ..read more
Bewitchingly Paranoid
3y ago
Patriarchy asserts men are superior to women, Feminism clarifies women and men are equal, Queerness questions what constitutes male and female. Queerness isn’t only modern, Western or sexual, says mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik. Take a close look at the vast written and oral traditions in Hinduism, some over two thousand years old and you will find ..read more
Bewitchingly Paranoid
4y ago
‘If you don’t want a man dead, don’t bludgeon him over the head repeatedly.’ Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. But the corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life. Her people rely on the cold, driven ..read more
Bewitchingly Paranoid
4y ago
Wow, I am writing a blog after almost 2 years! Thank you so much to this book community for sticking around here with me. So, last month I read American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. I was supposed to buddy-read it with Mridu (@storypals), you can surely guess how that went. Anyhow, I did finish reading ..read more