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Book: The World According to Joan Didion Author: Evelyn McDonnell Genre: Biography, Feminist, Women's studies, Journalism, Memoir Published by: Harper Collins, HarperOne in 2023 Pages: 256 Recommended for: Every Book Nerd, Literature enthusiast, Classic Lover, Age Group above 15 Among Barnes & Nobels best books of 2023 Other books by the author: Rock She Wrote, Queens of Noise: The Real Story of Runaways, Army of She: Icelandic, Mamarama: A Memoir of Sex, Kids, and Rock n Roll, Stars don't Stand Still in the Sky.  Book Review:  I loved this book, every bit of it and I felt more in love with this amazing woman and writer- Joan Didion. I haven’t read any work of Didon to date, just watched a documentary on Netflix based on her- ‘The Center Will Not Hold’ and ever since I had a curiosity about reading her works. After reading this biography based on her life as a writer, wife, and mother my interest is highly piqued. This book is a beautiful and accurate insight into how Didi...

  Reading for me is like Breathing. I can’t live without it and need it more on the days I reach certain heights. I inhale it deeply on days I want to calm my inner thoughts and exhale slowly on days I want calmness around me. Reading for me is a continuous process. On days when I am not reading the ink on paper, I am scrolling through articles on the web, or captions on posts. On some days I read people, their actions & gestures. Somedays, I even try to read about nature, leaves & flowers, insects & birds, rains & storms, it just never stops. And when I read this much, without an end, I often forget when my personality merges with the characters, how I melt into grieving characters or humans, and how I dance around in happiness with them. Sometimes late at night I often wonder- ‘Who Am I’, Am I an amalgamation of tens of thousands of people and characters I have read over the years or am I a complete individual personality like no other ever? And then I think ab...