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
I’m pleased today to announce #ReadingtheMeow2025, the now annual week-long celebration of cats and books. This event invites readers and bloggers to read books with cats in them and share th…| 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
My thanks to author Mary Poffenroth for a review copy of this book and additional materials via BookTasters. Fear is a natural emotion that all of us experience in a variety of situations and for a variety of reasons, one that can serve as a warning or assist us in other ways, yet it is…| 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
Wednesday, the 25th of June2025, 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 your TBR piles/mountains. Since early January 2023, Shelf Control has moved base here to Literary Potpourri. To participate, all you do is…| 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