Sekar Writes
A Collection of Nonfiction Books Review and Personal Notes
Welcome!
Take a look around my blog, where I bring you book reviews filled with knowledges and favorite quotes. Alongside my literary explorations, I share personal stories and some side projects.
“Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.”
W.H. Auden, The Dyer’s Hand and Other Essays
Latest Book Reviews
Check out my nonfiction book reviews, featuring thoughts, summaries, and favorite quotes.
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Review: Strangers
in Book ReviewStrangers by Belle Burden is a raw memoir of marriage, grief, privilege, and the memories we leave behind.
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Review: Inside the Box
in Book ReviewHaving options feels exciting and constraints are what help us thrive among them. Inside The Box shows how limits shape clearer decisions.
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Review: Black Milk
in Book ReviewBlack Milk is a memoir about postpartum depression that somehow ends up asking the questions you have been afraid to ask yourself.
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Review: How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay
in Book ReviewHow to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay is full of practical tips and insights to manage both our head and her heart.
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Review: Free
in Book ReviewPart childhood memoir, part political awakening, Free is the book that moves you because it is about more than just Albania.
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Review: Change Your Questions, Change Your Life
in Book ReviewThe questions running in your head are shaping your life more than you think. Change Your Questions, Change Your Life is worth reading in the age of AI.
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Review: The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
in Book ReviewThe number of stupid people around you is higher than you think and the proof written in The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity is unsettling.
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Review: Things in Nature Merely Grow
in Book ReviewYiyun Li’s Things in Nature Merely Grow is a memoir about losing both her sons, written from the darkest place a parent can stand.
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Review: Nation of Stranger
in Book ReviewFeel like you don’t belong as the world falls apart? Nations of Strangers is the essential read on identity in a fractured world.
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Review: Fluent Forever
in Book ReviewFluent Forever teaches you how your brain actually stores memories and uses that science to help you learn any language in an effective way.
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Review: The Beginning Comes After the End
in Book ReviewThe world has been changing faster than most of us can keep up with, and The Beginning Comes After the End wants you to notice.
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Review and Summary: In Search of Now
in Book ReviewWhat does science say about the present moment? In Search of Now looks at time, perception, and how our brains build the feeling of “now.”
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Review: Flourish
in Book ReviewOur fast culture pulls attention away from what truly matters. Flourish reflects on a meaningful life that we should create together.
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Review and Summary: The Score
in Book ReviewWhat happens when numbers decide what matters in life? The Score reflects on value capture where meaning and learning turn into metrics.
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Review and Summary: Pedagogy of the Oppressed
in Book ReviewPedagogy of the Oppressed shows why learning should build critical thinking, voice, and humanity, not just careers.
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Review: Letters to Cristina
in Book ReviewLetters to Cristina is the personal story behind Paulo Freire’s ideas, how his life in Brazil shaped his vision of education and democracy.
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Review: Create Dangerously
in Book ReviewCreate Dangerously is an essay about art, freedom, and truth in hard times. It’s a challenging read that still critically urgent today.
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Review: Hyperpolitics
in Book ReviewAnton Jäger’s Hyperpolitics explores why politics today feels louder, faster, and more intense than ever, yet real change seems out of reach.
Browse Books by Genre
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- Climate Change (2)
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- Critical Thinking and Research Skills (15)
- Data and Statistics (8)
- Economics (6)
- Education and Learning (10)
- Essays (24)
- Evolutionary Biology (6)
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- Leadership and Career (8)
- Life Transitions (11)
- Linguistics (4)
- Literature (2)
- Luck and Chance (3)
- Mathematics (2)
- Mindfulness (3)
- Nature (21)
- Neuroscience (13)
- Poetry (15)
- Politics and Society (41)
- Productivity (25)
- Psychology and Behavioral Science (48)
- Science (44)
- Self-Development (77)
- Technology and AI (10)
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- Women's Studies (6)
- Writing (9)
Life in the Margins
Here’s what else you’ll find on this blog.
Reading Life
- About the novels I couldn’t put down and keep track of my reading journey.
Journaling
- Writing is how I make sense of things. Notes from my journal: observations, reflections, and the small things worth remembering.
Fresh Flower Care
- There’s something quietly grounding about tending to fresh flowers. Notes on keeping them beautiful and alive for longer.
Home Gardening
- Growing things at home with a lot of curiosity. Notes from my small gardening experiments.
Life in Helsinki, Finland
- Living in Helsinki has shaped how I read, think, and move through the world. A little window into daily life in the north.
Hi, I am Sekar!
My passion for reading (at least) one book a week fuels my love for books and drives me to share the insights with others.
With a background in medical science, I enjoy compiling and sharing the fascinating knowledge I gain along the way.
Feel free to reach out and join me in celebrating our shared love for books!
Books let us know we’re not the center of the universe; the universe has many centers.
Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie