Reading the Meow is an annual week-long celebration of cats and books (or rather cats in books) which invites anyone interested to read books of their choice with cats in them and share their thoug…| Literary Potpourri
3 posts published by mallikabooks during October 2025| Literary Potpourri
Today, we have the third part of Emma @WordsandPeace and my discussion on The Hopkins Manuscript by R. C. Sherriff, a scifi novel dealing with a cataclysm and its aftermath which have completely changed what the earth looks and works like. We talk about chapters 10-14 (Find our chat on the Foreword-Chapter 4 here and…| Literary Potpourri
It’s midmonth and time for Emma@WordsandPeace and I to pick up our buddy-read for the month. For October 2025, we’re stepping away from one of our Tove Jansson reads to instead pick up a common boo…| Literary Potpourri
5 posts published by mallikabooks during September 2025| Literary Potpourri
4th October 2025, the first Saturday of the month which means it’s time for Six Degrees of Separation–one of my favourite memes to participate in. Six Degrees of Separation is a monthly meme hosted by Kate at Books are My Favourite and Best. Inspired by the concept of ‘six degrees of separation’, originally set out…| Literary Potpourri
I received a review copy of this book from the author via Booktasters for which my thanks. A book that celebrates friendship and teamwork, and shows how while sometimes these can be set off by impe…| Literary Potpourri
Today I’m back with Part III of Emma@WordsandPeace and my discussion of Notes from an Island (1996) by Tove Jansson, her memoir/journal of the nearly 3 decades that she and her partner Tuulikki Pietila lived on the small island of Klovharun. Here we share our thoughts on chapters 5 and 6. (Find part I of…| Literary Potpourri
Emma@WordsandPeace and I are back with another buddyread—this month we’re reading Tove Jansson again, after Rushdie last month but this time, a nonfiction work, Notes from an Island which brings together her and her partner Tuulikki Pietila’s experiences living on a small island on their own—both memoir of and tribute to what was a much…| Literary Potpourri
Wednesday, the 10th of September 2025, and time for Shelf Control once again! Shelf Control is a weekly feature created by Lisa at Bookshelf Fantasies and celebrates the books waiting to be read on…| Literary Potpourri
It’s always a pleasure to visit the fictional Sussex village of Abbeymead to go on another sleuthing adventure with our amateur (do we still call them amateur, on this, their twelfth case?) d…| Literary Potpourri
3 posts published by mallikabooks during August 2025| Literary Potpourri
Today I’m back with part III of Emma @WordsandPeace and my discussion of Salman Rushdie’s Haroun and the Sea of Stories (1990). This magical-realism/fantasy novel is rich with allusions, references, satire and wordplay making every ‘morsel’ very enjoyable. Here’s our discussion of Chapters 7-9. (Find previous parts here: Chapters 1-3 and Chapters 4-6) Chapter 7:…| Literary Potpourri
I’m back today with another buddy-read post with Emma @WordsandPeace. This month, we’ve taken a break from our Tove Jansson reads to explore a different title, author Salman Rushdie’s children’s novel, Haroun and the Sea of Stories (1990). As always, we will be posting our discussion in four parts, one and three here on this…| Literary Potpourri
Wednesday, the 6th of August 2025, and time for Shelf Control once again! Shelf Control is a weekly feature created by Lisa at Bookshelf Fantasies, and celebrates the books waiting to be read on yo…| Literary Potpourri
10 posts published by mallikabooks during May 2025| Literary Potpourri
The sweet (or sometime even harsh) notes of birdsong, the fragrance and colours of flowers around which bees buzz collecting nectar, delicate butterflies fluttering about, insects with iridescent c…| Literary Potpourri
It’s the 8th of June 2025 which means tomorrow we kick off #ReadingtheMeow2025, a week celebrating cats and books. In case you missed the announcement post, from 9-15 June 2025, anyone who…| Literary Potpourri
Today’s post is the first part of Emma @WordsandPeace and my buddy read of The Summer Book by Tove Jansson, covering the first six chapters. Opening thoughts MALLIKA: First published in 1972, The S…| Literary Potpourri
