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    Finding Comfort and Connection with Days at the Morisaki Bookshop — Reading After-Thoughts :)

    When I picked up Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, I was craving something light — a fiction that didn’t need me to intensely analysis the passages or use my intellectual muscles too much. After being deeply immersed in Sanjay Gupta’s Keep Sharp, which is a science-driven guide to protecting your brain from cognitive decline, I needed a gentler read. And this book turned out to be exactly that: a soothing, binge-worthy read that pulls you into short bursts of life and literature. Blurb Hidden in Jimbocho, Tokyo, is a booklover’s paradise. On a quiet corner in an old wooden building lies a shop filled with hundreds of second-hand books. Twenty-five-year-old Takako has never liked…

  • Book Annotations and Quotes,  Books and Reading Life

    Must-Read Quotes from The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

    Some books carve themselves onto your soul. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese is one such book. It’s a multi-generational story set against the backdrop of Kerala, where the novel brings together themes of family and culture with an unparalleled depth of emotion and intellect. As I flipped through its 720-pages, I found myself pausing repeatedly to highlight passages that felt really poetic. And if you know me, you know that I love quotes and I love poetry. These quotes don’t just reflect back on the plot; they also highlight truths about our existence, our identity, and our shared human experiences. In this blog post, I’m sharing some of…