Hi! I am Ditipriya. I breathe, read and write stories. Unfortunately, in just that order. So it is only right that I write about the stories I read to procrastinate writing my own stories.

If you’re interested in reading my ramblings on the books I love and hate, my rants about the important things and the mundane, and my occasional attempts at setting myself hard to achieve challenges, then this is the blog for you. If not anything else then I can at least promise you some good book recommendations!

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My Current Overambitious Challenge:

Join me as I attempt to do the #30TubeReads challenge (I came up with it myself) and read + review 30 books over the next month that I spot other Londoners read on the tube. I’ll keep updating how I’m getting along with the challenge over here:

  1. Black No More by George S. Schyuler

  2. The Salt Path by Raynor Winn

  3. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

  4. Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

  5. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  6. The End of Loneliness by Benedict Wells

  7. Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren

  8. The Perfect Wife by J. P. Delaney

  9. The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell

  10. The Illustrated Woman by Helen Mort

  11. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

  12. These Precious Days by Ann Patchett

  13. Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

  14. Tin Man by Sarah Winman

  15. Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo

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I read, write and breathe stories in that order. So it is only right that I write about the stories I read to avoid writing my own stories. Procrastination at its best!