READ AND REVIEWED

YOU DESERVE EACH OTHER - Sarah Hogle I have one word to describe this book - cuteeeeeeee. It took me a while to pick this book up. I'd downloaded the online version months ago, but for reasons unknown I found it off putting. After some much needed self-persuasion to cure my reading slump, I gave it a try. But within a very short span of time, I fell right back into that massive black hole of a reading slump. I left the book to rot on my digital bookshelf. A few weeks later, I saw an Instagram reel recommending this book for a giggly reading experience. I immediately picked it back up and boy, was it good!  The plot revolves around the protagonist, Naomi, and her fiancé, Nicholas. There's no spark or real communication in their relationship prompting the characters to tolerate each other to fulfill familial obligations. Then Naomi hatches a plan - to torture beloved Nicky into calling off the wedding. What follows is hilariously entertaining as they prank each other and, in the ...

WOMAN AT POINT ZERO - Nawal El Saadawi This is a book that I thought I wouldn't like, but I ended up liking. It's the sort of book that I couldn't really have pictured reading, but it turned out to be a pleasant surprise. I stumbled upon it on Instagram while hunting for a short read and honestly, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have picked it up if it had had a summary. But despite a few complaints, it turned out to be a solid read! Based on true events, this book is a first account narrative of the protagonist, Firdaus, who had undergone torture and exploitation at the hands of every man in her life. She had been abused by several men, including her uncle, her husband who had been 40 years older than her, and even by the man who had offered her refuge. The book is on how the protagonist slowly develops an understanding on love, of the way in which the society functions and how men view women.  This feels like one of those feminist books that every MAN should read. I do...

 BETTER THAN THE MOVIES - Lynn Painter If I could sell my soul to read a book for the first time again, it’d be this one. After reading A LOT of rom coms over the years, this one is hands down the best! I love it so much that I’m at a loss for words. Shouldn't it be the opposite? This is the one book I've re-read a bazillion times and have never gotten bored of. It makes me laugh every single time. While rom coms often lean heavily on the romance, this one strikes the perfect balance between the 'rom' and the 'com'. And the ending? Oof! It makes me swoon. It's the perfect mix of enemies to lovers and fake dating tropes—super cute and endlessly funny. The protagonist fake dates her neighbor to get the charming and beloved golden boy, a boy that her late mother would definitely approve of. But oh! The more time she spends with her neighbor, the more she realizes he might be the perfect guy after all, turning the whole situation upside down. This book isn't...