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Books I want to read : Second Book haul of 2021

What books did you buy recently?

I went in for a very mixed selection under various genres ranging from Memoirs, self-help, LGBT romances, fantasy, short stories, and thrillers.

Variety is the spice of life they say.

This is my attempt at getting the best that life has to offer.



Books I want to read next



This book is a story about what it’s like to travel that stage and course through the unknown territory of high school.

A fascinating world of first dates, melodramas in the family, of finding new friends, of sex, drugs, and the spooky horror picture show.

Of those wild and tragic roller-coaster days known as growing up.

June is LGBTQ History Month and I was recommended this book for this month by a fellow bookstagrammer.

I’ve seen the book on so many lists for a classic YA and have also seen it on many people’s favorite list. So I’m intrigued and hopefully won’t get disappointed.


Tara grew up with her family preparing for the End of Days.  But, according to the government, she didn’t exist.

Tara had never been registered for a birth certificate. She had no school records because she had never set foot in a classroom, and no medical records existed because her father didn’t believe in hospitals.

As she grew older her father became more extreme and her brother more vehement and violent.

Tara realized she had to leave home. In doing so she discovered both the revolutionary power of education and the price she had to pay for it.

Another book that comes recommended, and reviewed, and loved by many. I haven’t read many memoirs other than Becoming, Night, and Karukku. So hoping this turns out to be an exceptional read.


An emotional short story collection that focuses on the intimate lives and interpersonal relationships of Black girls and women.

Milk Blood Heat is a shining debut novel. One that I'm sure will be much appreciated by readers who enjoy lyrical prose.

Supposedly 2021 is the year of short stories and short story collections. And this book has a very interesting blurb.


A girl looking for love, a man who seems perfect, and a wife who just won’t stay buried.

Jane is a dog-walker and she meets Eddie when she arrives in town. Eddie is single, handsome, and rich. Perfect for Jane and he loves in a beautiful mansion.

For Jane, it’s a dream come true and Eddie offers himself up. But what Jane doesn’t know about Eddie is that he’s keeping a terrible secret about his beloved, but now dead wife.

The blurb got my attention and I was stuck on it. This book was number one on my reading list for books published in 2021. Mystery and Thrillers are my favorite genre and I had to pick this one that has been a recommended read for the genre in 2021.


An imposing hotel, isolated in the Swiss Alps is not the place Elin Warner wants to be. But she’s taken time off from her job as a detective, so when she receives a surprise invitation from her estranged brother to attend his engagement she cannot refuse.

Arriving in the middle of the storm Elin immediately feels on edge. Though it’s artistic something about the hotel, recently converted from a deserted sanatorium, makes her anxious, as does her brother.

And when they wake the following morning to find that his fiancée has vanished without a trace. With the storm access to and from the hotel is cut off and guests begin to panic.

Had to pick in my favorite genre – thrillers. And what better book than one that’s trending currently from recent releases. I always wanted to read a Gothic thriller.


In Memoirs of a Geisha, we enter a world where appearances are vital; where a girl's celibacy is sold to the highest bidder; where women are tutored to captivate and bewitch the most influential men; and where love is overridden as an illusion.

Also adapted into a movie now, this book was touted to be a sensation when it came out in 2005.

I was intrigued by this new feminine side and want to know more of these uniquely suspenseful fellow beings.




I want this book because I think it’s essential we regain control of our health, wellbeing, and happiness.

This is not a time-management strategy, but a precise discipline you apply every time you are faced with a decision.

By forcing us to play more selective criteria for what is essential, the pursuit of less allows us to regain control of our choices so we can make the highest possible contribution towards the things that matter.

 If you feel overworked and underutilized or busy but not productive or you’re forever moving without getting anywhere you need to become an essentialist.


A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret. Linus Baker is tasked with determining whether six children belonging to an orphanage are capable of bringing about the end of days. Once on the island, Baker encounters secret after secret that will change his life forever.

A book I have yet to read a negative review about. Those who’ve read this book cannot stop talking about it. It has themes of fantasy, magic, YA, humor mystery, LGBT, Adult romances and is contemporary fiction. It’s the first book on my to-read list.

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What if I told you that in today’s world more than intelligence you need the ability to rethink and unlearn things? The author believes that if knowledge is power then knowing what we don’t know is wisdom.

THINK Again appeals to us to let go of our beliefs that are no longer serving us well and value mental flexibility, modesty, and curiosity over foolish consistency.

Supposedly the best nonfiction book of 2021. How could I miss it?


The Push is an addictive, gripping, and besetting read that asks what happens when women are not accepted. What if motherhood isn’t everything you hoped for but everything you always dreaded?

Lauded to be an intense, absorbing, and visceral read by other authors who write in this genre, The Push is said to explore the darkest nooks of motherhood.

I always love exploring the dynamics of complex relationships.


The Bell Jar recounts the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under—maybe for the last time.

A great deal of the novel is about the expectations of others for Esther as well as expectations Esther has for others.

When I read The Midnight Library and Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, I found this book on the number one position for recommended book to read on Goodreads. And since I loved those two books I decided to try this one too.


This book by the author won the coveted Pulitzer Prize, won the Pen/Hemingway award. It was also the winner of the New Yorker Prize for the best first book.

This book traverses the lives of Indians in deportation – of people navigating between the stern traditions they’ve acquired and the baffling new world they must encounter every day.

Whether set in Boston or Bengal these sublimely understated stories, sprinkled with humor and subtle detail, speak eloquently to anyone who has ever felt the longing of exile or the emotional confusion of an outsider.

I’ve heard great things about the author but never had the opportunity to read her work. So I decided to start with this short story collection.


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