Sekar Writes
A Collection of Nonfiction Books Review and Personal Notes
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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 side projects featuring health insights and intriguing data analysis.
“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: Mattering
in Book ReviewMattering explores what makes people feel valued and why that feeling can disappear, even in busy, successful lives.
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Review: Mother Mary Comes to Me
in Book ReviewMother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy is a memoir about motherhood, family, political injustice, and her most famous literary works.
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Review: Moonlight Elk
in Book ReviewMoonlight Elk is a nature-rooted memoir of Green’s life, inviting readers to reconnect with the overlooked beauty of the natural world.
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Review and Summary: Carbon
in Book ReviewCarbon explores how one element connects plants, insects, humans, and the climate crisis through a deeper, more human lens on our future.
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Review: Collaborating with the Enemy
in Book ReviewCollaborating with the Enemy unpacks idea of stretch collaboration and the choices that shape how we work with others.
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Review and Summary: Why The Poor Don’t Kill Us
in Book ReviewWhy the Poor Don’t Kill Us by Manu Joseph is examining poverty, power, and why inequality rarely leads to revolt.
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Review: Poetry Unbound
in Book ReviewNew to poetry and not sure where to start? Poetry Unbound is the perfect guide to help you discover the beauty and meaning behind every poem.
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Review and Summary: Embracing Alienation
in Book ReviewEmbracing Alienation explores outsiderhood across cultures and identities, suggesting alienation as a source of freedom and meaning.
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Review: The Rebel
in Book ReviewThe Rebel by Albert Camus explores rebellion, moral guilt, and violence in an absurd world where crime seeks justification.
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Review: For Small Creatures Such as We
in Book ReviewCan we find meaning without faith? Sasha Sagan explores rituals and wonder through a secular lens in For Small Creatures Such as We.
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Review: The Prince
in Book ReviewCurious why a 500-year-old book keeps resurfacing in global events? Machiavelli’s ideas in The Prince still shape power and politics today.
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Review: The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting
in Book ReviewEvanna Lynch shares a raw emotional story of eating disorder and healing that shows why perfection isn’t worth chasing.
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Review: The Art of Thief
in Book ReviewThe Art Thief tells the true story of a man who stole hundreds of artworks. Not for profit, but to admire them in secret at home.
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Review: A Velocity of Being
in Book ReviewWhy reading matters? A Velocity of Being is a collection of letters written by wonderful people about how reading shaped their lives.
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Review and Summary: Strong Ground
in Book ReviewBrené Brown’s Strong Ground explores vulnerability, values, and grounded leadership. Here’s my take and the insights that stood out most.
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Review: The Peace of Wild Things
in Book ReviewThe poems in The Peace of Wild Things beautifully frames our inner unrest with lyrical brilliance, deeply resonating with today’s anxieties.
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Review and Summary: The Explorer’s Gene
in Book ReviewIn The Explorer’s Gene, Hutchinson takes readers through science, history, and storytelling to uncover why we’re wired to seek the unknown.
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Review: Deborah Levy’s Living Autobiography
in Book ReviewDeborah Levy’s Living Autobiography trilogy is a poetic meditation on womanhood, writing, and self-reinvention through the decades.
“.. why I inhale books like oxygen: I’m grateful for my one life, but I’d prefer to live a thousand–and my favorite books allow me to experience more on the page than I ever could in my actual life.”
Anne Bogel, I’d Rather Be Reading
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Hi, I am Sekar!
My passion for reading one book a week fuels my love for books and drives me to share my 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