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the precarious balance between work and play; meandering through october

what was your favorite book/ show/ movie/ song of october?

A Conversation with Sarena and Sasha Nanua; authors of our September kitaab - Sisters of the Snake

A conversation with Sarena and Sasha Nanua; the authors of our September kitaab, Sisters of the Snake! read on anvitascorner.substack.com or follow the link~ https://open.substack.com/pub/anvitascorner/p/a-conversation-with-sarena-and-sasha?r=1n4lh5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

south asian books to read this fall

if you enjoy south asian books, come join the book cluv$ for october, we’re reading saving face by @mansishahwrites 🩷

November Destination: Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

So excited to announce that our November travel destination is Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada and our kitaab #4 is Reasons We Break by @jdeowrites

The book comes out on November 4th, so we’ll start then!

synopsis:

In this contemporary romantic drama for young adults, the high-stakes gang politics of Breaking Bad meets the star-crossed romance of Romeo & Juliet.

To keep Rajan out of prison, Simran agrees to handle his former gang’s books—but when a gang war erupts, they must decide how much they’ll sacrifice for each other.

“A genre-defying masterpiece!” —Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times best-selling author of These Violent Delights

Last day of our October kitaab: Saving Face by Mansi Shah

I had such an insightful and motivating conversation with the author last week and I can't wait to share the interview with you guys soon!

August Travel Destination: Jaipur, Rajasthan

Excited to announce that our August travel destination is Jaipur, Rajasthan and our kitaab #1 is Love Craves Cardamom by @axshna!!

If you’re interested in reading this young adult contemporary romance book with us, please join us as a member on bindery as well as the discord server! (the l!nk is in our bi0)

reading schedule:

(schedule is just for guidance, you’re welcome to read at your own pace, the discussion forums on discord will always be open and available!)

📚💭: kaikeyi by vaishnavi patel

“After all, Kaikeyi isn’t about the legendary prince… it’s about the wicked stepmother.”

I had high expectations for this book and it met all of them and more!! What an amazing retelling! The last line of the book and its impact, I cannot you guys.

This Indian mythology book is the reimagining of one of the vilified stepmother from the Hindu epic, Ramayana, Kaikeyi. Growing up in an Indian household, I’ve heard the Hindu epic numerous times growing up, but I had always only heard of everything that happens after the events of this book, mainly the Ram- Ravana war and all. And even then I only knew the very basics. So when I started this book, I had no idea who Kaikeyi was or the things she had done (good and bad, according to the epic). So, I kind of just went into the story with limited knowledge and I would highly recommend reading it with little to no research, or just knowing about the events that occur after the events of this book because it’s almost better that way.

📚💭: tj powar has something to prove by jesmeen kaur deo

my new favorite book!!!! everyone go read it right now!!!!

swipe through my annotations if you need some convincing first but seriously do yourself a favor and go read it!!!

📚💭: the palace of illusions by chitra banerjee divakaruni

this was my first book by the author!! definitely not the last tho!

this one was a very highly anticipated read since it’s so popular and I enjoyed it a lot! i’m not well versed in the hindu epics so reading this retelling of mahabharat from draupadi’s perspective was really interesting and unique!