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.
Me, More or Less
These lists are pretty much describe me in a nutshell.
Latest Nonfiction Book Reviews
Check out my nonfiction book reviews, featuring thoughts, summaries, and favorite quotes.
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From Facts to Fiction
Nonfiction teaches me about the world, but fiction helps me feel it.
Every review comes with the quotes I saved.
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Review: The Safekeep
A Dutch home in 1961 turns tense when Isabel is forced to host her brother’s girlfriend. A story where desire and friction rise in every page.
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Review: The Island of Missing Trees
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak is a moving story of love, war, exile, and a fig tree that remembers what history tries to erase.
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Review: In Ascension
In Ascension follows a marine biologist as climate change, deep-sea research, and space exploration collide.
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Review: The Wedding People
A woman at her lowest checks into a hotel and unexpectedly walks into a wedding. The Wedding People shows how strangers pull her back.
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Review: The Forty Rules of Love
The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak tells a layered story of love, faith, and transformation across centuries.
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Review: There Are Rivers in the Sky
There Are Rivers in the Sky unfolds three characters living in different times and places, reveals how deeply they are connected by rivers.
Browse Nonfiction Books by Specific Genre
Have a specific book topic in mind?
You’ll likely find it in these categories!
Biographies and Memoirs (33) 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 (27) 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 (80) Technology and AI (10) UI/UX (2) Women's Studies (6) Writing (9)
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 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
- Looking after fresh flowers asks me to slow down and be present. Here are my personal notes on keeping them beautiful and alive for longer.
Home Gardening
- There’s something grounding about growing things at home. Follow along with my notes as I watch things grow, season by season.
Life in Helsinki, Finland
- Living in Helsinki has shaped how I read, think, and move through the world. A little window into my 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