Namaste Friends,
I love reading. The end. JK, haha
When I moved to California from India when I was 7, it was a huge culture shock. So many changes all at once. I remember one of my cousins took us to the library a month or two after the move and we got some books to read and she had given us an assignment, to write a one page summary of what we had read. I remember being lost in that book for about 2 hours. That’s really where my love for books started. I feel like books have given me places to go without having to travel, and it gave me my escape when I was stressed or was going through a hard time.
Before I moved to Jersey, I had boxes and boxes of books that I had read just sitting in our garage since we never had space for them. My dream growing up was to have a mini library and a reading nook. Currently, one of those two have happened(Reading nook), I’m working on the other. hehe. 🙂
Anyway, many of you asked for book recommendations so below are recs, my all-time top favs and the ones you all recommended. My goal every year now is 12 books, one for each month. You would think it’s not a lot until you put a full-time job, 2 toddlers, a blog, and just life into the mix.
2020 Reading List:
Currently Reading: Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows (and don’t judge a book by its title)
- Dear Girls by Ali Wong
- Well Met
Recommendations by YOU:
- Little Fires Everywhere
- The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
- The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
- The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
- Red White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuisten
- On Earth, You Are Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Voung
- I Liked My Life by Abby Fabiaschi
- Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
- The Unlikely Adventures of Shergill Sisters
- The Tattooist At Auschwitz
2019 Reading List:
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- On The Come Up by Angie Thomas
- The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory
- The Party by Robyn Harding
- I Owe You Own by Sophia Kinsella
- Girl, Stop Apologizing
- Exit West
2018 Reading List:
- Before We Visit the Goddess by Chitra Banerjee
- The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
- The Orphans Tale by Pam Jenoff
- Surprise Me by Sophie Kinsella
- Love & Hate and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
- The Forever Summer by Jamie Brenner
- All I Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin
- The 12 Step Plan by Erin Bradley
- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
My Top 4 ALL TIME Favorites:
- Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb
- The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
I hope you enjoy the blog post! Happy Reading!!! Until next time!
xoxo
Rashmi
