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  • Women's History Month Books To Read 2021
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    Women’s History Month: Books That I Am Reading In March 2021

    “More than ever, I am aware of the need to support and celebrate each other. I like to believe I am part of a global support group network of 3.4 billion. Imagine: if you can fall back on the 3.5 billion sisters, and the many good men who are with us, what could we possibly not achieve?” – Nicole Kidman Women’s History Month is here and I can’t keep calm! I have always read books written by and about women. There is a sense of belonging and relatability that just feels so comfortable to me while reading them. I have learned so much from the life lessons of real and fictional…

  • My Book Reading TBR list of 2021
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    Reading Is My Superpower: Book List 2021

    My usual favorite reading spot in the Bay Area has been the main branch of the local San Francisco Public Library which has a six storied beautiful building filled with books and resources. I love sitting by the window overlooking the spectacular views of the Civic Center and City Hall. Or sip some coffee at my favorite coffee shops on a weekend afternoon in the Financial District when it is finally silent there. Or in the several gorgeous Indie bookstores that the Bay Area is home to. Or the sandy beaches filled with sunlight. Even the amazing parks and hiking trails around the Golden Gate have some cool reading spots…

  • Best Books Releasing Anticipated in 2021
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    21 Best Books Releasing in 2021

    “Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination and the journey. They are home.” – wrote Anna Quindlen, popular American novelist and journalist. This statement has been held true especially in the year 2020. Many readers have rediscovered their love for books and stories due to lockdown across the world. I struggled a little bit at the beginning of the pandemic due to the restlessness and stress of the unfolding threat. But slowly and surely I got back to reading and enjoying new genres and authors. So I made a list for myself to read some selected books that I ended up loving last…

  • Fall Autumn Books Reading List 2020
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    The New Normal: Fall Reading 2020

    2020 has been a roller coaster for everyone including me. Going through unexpected life changes and the lack of socializing took a toll on all our lives. When the pandemic hit, I was quarantined at home immediately starting in March to date. So needless to say, I am trying to figure out how to survive best in the new normal (as I am sure you are too). Reading Slump I went through several phases of reading in the last six months or so. First I started reading voraciously trying to utilize all the free time during my new quarantine experience. It was time for social and digital detox. Soon after…

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    Book Review: A Burning – A Raging Debut By Megha Majumdar

    “If the police didn’t help ordinary people like you and me, if the police watched them die, doesn’t that mean, I wrote on Facebook, that the government is also a terrorist?” Synopsis: Jivan is a Muslim girl from the slums, determined to move up in life, who is accused of executing a terrorist attack on a train because of a careless comment on Facebook. PT Sir is an opportunistic gym teacher who hitches his aspirations to a right-wing political party and finds that his own ascent becomes linked to Jivan’s fall. Lovely – an irresistible outcast whose exuberant voice and dreams of glory fill the novel with warmth and hope…

  • Quarantine Reading Hacks and Recommendations List Dreamy Nomad Blog
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    Quarantine Reading Hacks and Recommendations

    “Outside has everything. Whenever I think of a thing now like skis or fireworks or islands or elevators or yo-yos, I have to remember they’re real, they’re actually happening in Outside all together. It makes my head tired. And people too, firefighters, teachers, burglars, babies, saints, soccer players, and all sorts, they’re all really in Outside. I’m not there, though, me and Ma, we’re the only ones not there. Are we still real?” – Emma Donoghue, Room My Quarantine Journey Let me tell you, I am privileged. While the world has come to a standstill during this global pandemic, many are fighting for their lives, or working hard to save…

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    Book Review: Out For Some Bad Blood

    Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup In 2015, Vice President Joe Biden visited the Newark, California, laboratory of a hot new start-up making medical devices: Theranos. Biden saw rows of impressive-looking equipment — the company’s supposedly game-changing device for testing blood — and offered glowing praise for “the laboratory of the future.” The lab was a fake. The devices Biden saw weren’t close to being workable; they had been staged for the visit. Biden was not the only one conned. This is the story the prizewinning Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou tells virtually to perfection in “Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup”. He…