A close look at the people in a therapists office – how your place either on the couch or across from it can determine how you advice and how you apply life lessons
In books
A Book for Booklovers
An unexpected purchase at a book store, a gift to myself that will help me get organized – I hope!
Book Review: Hourglass – Time, Memory, Marriage
A slim volume with beautiful observations and quotes, a working example of a well-written memoir, recommended read for memoir writers
The Year of Reading Internationally
What does an avid reader and a curious traveler do when forced to stay home due to Covid? Read, of course. And be transported.
The Problem With Audiobooks
I discovered the pleasure of audiobooks during the pandemic but I am still trying to figure out the most efficient way to write a review for them without handling the physical copy
Book Review: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
A simple story about the cumulative effects of patriarchy in South Korea that is both a social commentary and a hard-hitting dose of reality for women who live in such cultures
Book Review: The Stationery Shop of Tehran
A simple story of young love that begins in 1953 in Tehran sends ripples over six decades
Book Review: Black Milk: On Motherhood and Writing
An fascinating genre-busting book of Elif Shafak’s struggle with post-partum depression and her fierce desire to write
Book Review: The Heartsick Diaspora and Other Stories
An interesting take on the dilemma of the double diasporic community of Malaysian and Singaporean Chinese who migrate to the West.
Book Review: Read It Quick – Before The Coffee Gets Cold
A cup of coffee can transport you to the past. Are you ready?
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