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 and Summary: The Dawn of Mind
in Book ReviewThe Dawn of Mind explores the idea that all life is conscious, beyond just brains. Ready to rethink consciousness?
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Review and Summary: Wintering
in Book ReviewWintering sees tough times as seasons to embrace, not just survive. Its poetic take offers a new way to look at life’s challenges.
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Review and Summary: The Resistance Training Revolution
in Book ReviewBuild fitness routine with The Resistance Training Revolution, offering guidance on resistance training, intuitive eating, and home workouts.
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Review and Summary: An Immense World
in Book ReviewEver wondered how animals see, hear, or feel the world? An Immense World takes you on a journey through their unique senses.
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Review and Summary: Raised to Obey
in Book ReviewIs education a path to empowerment or control? Raised to Obey questions the true purpose behind today’s systems.
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Review and Summary: Braiding Sweetgrass
in Book ReviewBraiding Sweetgrass beautifully weaves science with indigenous wisdom, offering powerful insights into our connection with nature.
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Review: The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World
in Book ReviewA collection of Graber’s essays discussing topics that people usually ignore and unconsciously significantly affect our life.
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Review and Summary: How To Make The Best Coffee At Home
in Book ReviewLearn coffee-making tips and perfect your brewing style. Ideal book for beginners bringing café-quality coffee home.
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Review and Summary: Most Likely to Succeed
in Book ReviewA book revealing how schools focus on memorizing over real-world skills, urging more creativity, problem-solving, and a passion for learning.
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Review and Summary: What Money Can’t Buy
in Book ReviewReconsider what should remain untouched by money as What Money Can’t Buy explores how market values are infiltrating our lives.
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Review and Summary: The Happiness Cure
in Book ReviewFind out why our brains focus on survival in The Happiness Cure and get simple tips for feeling better daily.
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Review: Catastrophe Ethics
in Book ReviewA book to help you face moral challenges, live true to your values, and create hope through integrity and collective action.
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Review and Summary: What Happened to You?
in Book ReviewHow do our experiences shape who we are? “What Happened to You?” shifts the focus from blame to deeper understanding.
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Review and Summary: The Body Keeps the Score
in Book ReviewTrauma leaves marks beyond memory. The Body Keeps the Score reveals how it shapes our bodies and minds, urging us to face its impact.
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Review and Summary: Entangled Life
in Book ReviewStep into the wild world of fungi with Entangled Life. Discover nature’s secret networkers, recyclers, and mind-benders.
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Review and Summary: Hope for Cynics
in Book ReviewCan a cynic find a spark of hope? Zaki’s science-backed journey might just surprise you and turn cynicism into belief in human kindness.
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Review and Summary: Meditations for Mortals
in Book ReviewEmbrace life’s unpredictability and shift from control to acceptance for a more meaningful, fulfilling life with Meditations for Mortals.
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Review and Summary: Lenses of Humanity
in Book ReviewLenses of Humanity offers tools for personal growth and empathy, guiding readers toward a more inclusive world.
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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.
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Books let us know we’re not the center of the universe; the universe has many centers.
Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie