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: 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.
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Review: The Story of a Heart
in Book ReviewTwo children are connected by a life-saving heart transplant in this true story about organ donation and the bond between grief and hope.
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Review and Summary: Art Cure
in Book ReviewArt Cure is a science-backed book that explains why creativity might be the missing key to your well-being.
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Review and Summary: Technofeudalism
in Book ReviewHas capitalism already been replaced by something more powerful? Technofeudalism explores how cloud capital crisis reshaped our economy.
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Review and Summary: How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division
in Book ReviewElif Shafak explores echo chambers, collective narcissism, education, and the crisis of meaning shaping our uncertain world today.
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Review: The Road to Wigan Pier
in Book ReviewThe Road to Wigan Pier takes us deep into 1930s industrial England, marked by coal dust, overcrowded homes, and mass unemployment.
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Review and Summary: The Other Side of Change
in Book ReviewThe Other Side of Change explores how we deal with loss, identity shifts, and unexpected change through real-life stories and psychology.
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Review and Summary: The Way of Excellence
in Book ReviewAs AI and automation reshape the world, this book explores why human excellence remains our greatest competitive advantage.
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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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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