Sekar Writes
A Collection of (Mostly 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.
Latest Nonfiction Book Reviews
Check out my nonfiction book reviews, featuring thoughts, summaries, and favorite quotes.
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Review and Summary: Good for a Girl
Good for a Girl highlights the challenges female athletes face. It advocates for equality and fairness in the athletic world.
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Review and Summary: Up to Speed
Up to Speed is about why women often get left behind in sports science. From biases to period chats and everything in between.
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Review: Breaking Through, My Life in Science
Discover Katalin KarikĆ³’s inspiring journey from childhood dreams to Nobel recognition in the world of mRNA vaccine.
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Review and Summary: How Bad Do You Want It?
Diving into the power of mind over muscle and discover the synergy of mental and physical prowess with real-life tales of athletic endurance.
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Review and Summary: The Body
Explore the blending of science and humor, uncover the curiosities of our anatomy in this engaging read. Perfect for biology enthusiasts.
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Review and Summary: Master of Change
Master of Change introduces the concept of rugged flexibility, offering a captivating, structured blueprint for navigating change in life.
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Review and Summary: The 7 Deadly Sins of Psychology
Chris Chambers addresses research misconduct in psychology, offering pragmatic solutions to rectify these prevalent issues.
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Review and Summary: The Data Detective
Tim Harford presents a compelling set of rules to arm you against being deceived by statistics, navigate the numbers game like never before
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Review and Summary: Brain Rules for Baby
John Medina provides scientifically-backed insights on parenting and knowledge of what actually transpires inside a baby’s brain.
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Review and Summary: Burn
In ‘Burn, Pontzer introduces the concept of ‘constrained daily energy expenditure’ and the relationship of diet, energy intake, and output.
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Review and Summary: On Task
On Task is about the science of cognitive control, how our brain guides our duties, and why it sometimes falters.
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Review and Summary: Everything Is Obvious, Once You Know The Answer
Watts unveils common sense as a stealthy element in the vast landscape of our minds that we have to reevaluate our beliefs in common sense.
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Review and Summary: The Diabetes Code
Fung argues that we can treat type 2 diabetes without medication in two ways: diet and intermittent fasting.
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Review: Brain Rules
John Medina serves insights on “why” our brain works in a certain way, empowering us to harness its potential in our everyday lives.
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Review: The Motivation Myth
This book talks about motivation as outcome of personal accomplishments, and it does not necessarily have to be a significant achievement.
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Review and Summary: Four Thousand Weeks
Four Thousand Weeks invites us to embrace the present moment and pursue what truly brings us joy within our finite time.
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Review and Summary: Range
Range presents the fact that our modern lives demand a broader perspective and the need for connections across diverse domains.
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Review and Summary: Lost Connections
Lost Connections talks about the causes and cures for people with depression and anxiety related to one’s life circumstances.
Browse Nonfiction Books by Specific Genre
Have a specific book topic in mind?
Youāll likely find it in these categories!
- Biographies and Memoirs (32)
- Biology and Life Sciences (12)
- Child Development and Parenting (13)
- Climate Change (2)
- Cooking and Culinary (3)
- Critical Thinking and Research Skills (15)
- Data and Statistics (8)
- Economics (6)
- Education and Learning (10)
- Essays (26)
- Evolutionary Biology (6)
- Fitness and Human Performance (23)
- Health and Medicine (30)
- 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 (49)
- Science (44)
- Self-Development (78)
- Technology and AI (10)
- UI/UX (2)
- Women's Studies (6)
- Writing (9)
From Facts to Fiction
Nonfiction teaches me about the world, but fiction helps me feel it.
Every review comes with the quotes I saved ā maybe you’ll want to save them too.
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Review: Dream Count
Dream Count tells of four Nigerian women navigating love, loss, and betrayal. A premise with a promising start, but a finish that let me down.
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Review: The Things We Never Say
The Things We Never Say is Artie’s story, a history teacher asking if life is worth staying for. A light read, heavy with all we never say.
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Review: Yesteryear
Yesteryear follows a tradwife influencer pulled into the life she markets online. A bold take on gender and faith.
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Review: Audition
Audition by Katie Kitamura is a literary fiction about identity, performance, and the cost of the roles we play.
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Review: The Correspondent
One woman. Letters that say everything. Guilt, love, and grace hidden between every line and it is entirely yours to piece together.
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Review: The Names
A son. A name. A single moment that reshapes an entire family’s fate. The Names will make you take a look back at your own life differently.
Life in the Margins
Here’s what else you’ll find on this blog.
Reading Life
- Snapshots of my reading life: the habits, the tracking, and everything around the books.
Journaling
- Writing is how I make sense of things. A look at my journaling practice: how I do it, why I do it, and what it’s given me.
Fresh Flower Care
- There’s something grounding about tending to fresh flowers. My personal notes on keeping them beautiful and alive for longer.
Home Gardening
- Growing things at home with a lot of curiosity. A record of my small gardening experiments, wins and failures included.
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.
Medical science by training, curious about everything else. Here I share my hobbies and the things life teaches me.
Feel free to reach out and join me in celebrating books and all the small joys that make life fuller.
Books let us know we’re not the center of the universe; the universe has many centers.
Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie