<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Apurva Shukla's RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi there! You can find my blog, photographs and projects here]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me</link><generator>GatsbyJS</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:23:18 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[High Fidelity by Nick Hornby]]></title><description><![CDATA[I wasn’t expecting to like this book as much as I did. Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity follows the life of Rob, a man in his mid-thirties who…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/high-fidelity/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/high-fidelity/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:14:40 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ The Almanack of Naval Ravikant is structured with the thoughts of a “successful” investor and entreprenur. I write successful in…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:34:06 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is a tale which places you into the villages of East Nigeria nearing the end of the 19th century…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/things-fall-apart/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/things-fall-apart/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 06:51:16 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Graveyard of Lost and Broken Things]]></title><description><![CDATA[For over a year. I planned a walkababout. In a flash, I remember scribbling these lines down on my pocket journal. I want the sands of the…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/blog/the-graveyard-of-lost-and-broken-things/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/blog/the-graveyard-of-lost-and-broken-things/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:51:41 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Unmade Bed by Françoise Sagan]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I didn’t know what to expect when I picked this book up from my local library. At first, I was intrigued by the orchid on the…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-unmade-bed/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-unmade-bed/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 02:19:12 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Secret History by Donna Tartt]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I was recommended this book by a friend, and told to read it during winter. I brought it with me on my travels, and read it through…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-secret-history/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-secret-history/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 01:52:53 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Stranger by Albert Camus]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ The Stranger by Albert Camus was a provoking read, of a man who seemingly has lost the depth of emotion.

I wonder if his stoicism…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-stranger/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-stranger/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 01:49:41 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Women I Think About At Night by Mia Kankimäki]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ There was a point I thought I had lost this book while camping in Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, and I frantically tried searching for it…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-women-i-think-about-at-night/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-women-i-think-about-at-night/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 01:38:34 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Art of Travel by Alain De Botton]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I read the Art of Travel with rapidity to prepare me for a three month expedition I was about to embark on. I hoped to glean…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-art-of-travel/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-art-of-travel/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 01:33:55 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Terminal Boredom by Izumi Suzuki]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I picked up this book in a bookshop I returned to twice in Rio de Janeiro. It struck out to me with it’s yellow cover and interesting…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/terminal-boredom/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/terminal-boredom/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 01:33:55 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Outline by Rachel Cusk]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Outline by Rachel Cusk was experimental. It followed the author herself through a series of vignettes with friends and strangers…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/outline/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/outline/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 01:13:06 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Plague by Albert Camus]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I picked up this book in 2025, a couple years after COVID-19 ravaged across the world, grounding airplanes, locking borders…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-plague/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-plague/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 01:13:06 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Courage to be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I listened to The Courage to Be Disliked as I ran earlier this year, and it was a curious experience. I think listening to it was…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-courage-to-be-disliked/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-courage-to-be-disliked/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:50:02 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almond by Sohn Won-Pyung]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ I tried to like Almond, but I didn’t at all. I think it’s perhaps because it was hard to empathise with a character who has no feelings…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/almond/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/almond/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 13:41:06 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Nutmegs Curse by Amitav Ghosh]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ A lamp drops to the ground in 1621 in the Banda Islands situated in Indonesia, and with it triggers a massacre of the Bandanese…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-nutmegs-curse/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-nutmegs-curse/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 15:14:43 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Orbital by Samantha Harvey]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Orbital by Samantha Harvey reads like poetry, an offering unto our blue marble. I had the privilege of hearing her live during Sydney…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/orbital/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/orbital/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 11:53:46 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kokoro by Natsume Sōseki]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Kokoro by Natsume Sōseki begins like the stirring of a fugue, a story in which the unnamed narrator meets an enigmatic elder whom…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/kokoro/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/kokoro/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 14:02:05 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Normal People by Sally Rooney]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Normal People by Sally Rooney surprised me. In essence it had the characteristics of an simple and uncomplicated read, the kind…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/normal-people/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/normal-people/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2025 12:05:06 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walden by Henry David Thoreau]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Walden by Henry David Thoreau was a deeply moving read. Set in the mid 1800’s, at the height of America’s industrialisation, Thoreau…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/walden/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/walden/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:03:13 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Defining Decade: Why your Twenties matter - and how to make the most of them now by Meg Jay]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ The Defining Decade by Meg Jay is a reminder of living life intentionally, especially in the complex, and exciting era of your…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-defining-decade/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-defining-decade/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2025 03:20:22 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ The Power of Now was a deeply insightful read, that I got a lot out of. Flipping through it’s pages, the act of reading itself…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-power-of-now/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-power-of-now/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2024 09:31:39 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Housemaid by Freida McFadden]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ The Housemaid was a thriller in every sense of the word. I haven’t really experienced many books like this, where the pages seemed…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-housemaid/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-housemaid/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2024 09:29:02 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow is a read that attempts to span a lifetime.

It begins with Sam, crippled at a young age…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2024 09:25:45 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Cold Blood by Truman Capote]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ In Cold Blood by Truman Capote was a tale it feels you’d hear from a stranger at a bar, detailing a series of events that seem…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/in-cold-blood/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/in-cold-blood/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:57:36 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Midnight Library by Matt Haig]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Matt Haig’s Midnight Library is a fable following the afterlife of Nora struck in between life and death in a mysterious shrouded…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-midnight-library/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-midnight-library/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 22:20:18 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir is an unputdownable read, chronicling an audacious mission to save the world. I can’t reveal too…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/project-hail-mary/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/project-hail-mary/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2024 13:13:59 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ru by Kim Thúy]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Ru is a heart-wrenching tale of the aftermath of the Vietnam War, focusing on a family who were classified as bourgeois, but…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/ru/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/ru/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2024 13:12:49 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Butter by Asako Yuzuki]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I picked this book up because the cover looked so intriguing. Blood marks on a bright yellow page, with a black and white cow. Asako…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/butter/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/butter/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2024 13:12:26 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Maybe You Should Talk to Someone is one of those books that broadens your mind, because it revolves around understanding other…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/maybe-you-should-talk-to-someone/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/maybe-you-should-talk-to-someone/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2024 12:39:04 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Into the Lands of Vietnam]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vietnam is a magical land of vivid greenery, water buffaloes and mouth-watering food. I had the opportunity to visit Vietnam for 2 weeks in…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/blog/into-the-lands-of-vietnam/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/blog/into-the-lands-of-vietnam/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:11:14 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Man’s Search For Meaning by Victor E. Frankl is an effort to distil the importance of meaning in life, and provides guiding…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/mans-search-for-meaning/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/mans-search-for-meaning/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2024 13:28:10 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Camping at the Warrumbungles]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the weekend, I went on a 2 night camping trip with some mates to the Warrumbungle National Park, the site of Australia’s first…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/blog/camping-at-the-warrumbungles/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/blog/camping-at-the-warrumbungles/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 03:55:59 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ The Song of Achilles is a moving tale offering a new perspective on Homer’s The Iliad. It weaves through the origin of Achilles…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-song-of-achilles/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-song-of-achilles/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2024 09:53:19 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro is an intimate novel, exploring the boundaries of what makes us ‘human’.

We follow Klara, an…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/klara-and-the-sun/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/klara-and-the-sun/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2024 13:06:52 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vagabonding by Rolf Potts]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Vagabonding by Rolf Potts was an inspirational read recommended to me by a friend, who after suggesting it, went and applied some…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/vagabonding/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/vagabonding/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2024 13:01:26 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Everything I Know about Love by Dolly Alderton was a fascinating read of her life, navigating through relationships and friendships…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/everything-i-know-about-love/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/everything-i-know-about-love/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2024 12:45:09 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeing Other People by Diana Reid]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ In October, I had recently gone through the end of my first and only relationship, and it was one where I felt regret…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/seeing-other-people/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/seeing-other-people/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2024 09:35:33 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy transports you to a world where the air is sticky with overly ripe fruit, nestled in the…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/god-of-small-things/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/god-of-small-things/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2024 09:31:07 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homecoming by Elfie Shiosaki]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Homecoming was a touching multi-generational account of the lives of Elfie Shiosaki’s family.

Throughout the text, there was a…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/homecoming/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/homecoming/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2024 09:28:12 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stoner (A Novel) by John Williams]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Stoner was a beautiful novel, belonging to a genre called an academic novel, since its stage is a university campus.

William…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/stoner/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/stoner/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2023 05:55:18 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[4000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Four Thousand Weeks is in my opinion a must-read. It covers a breadth of topics, some of which I’ll detail below.

“Life, I knew…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/4000-weeks/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/4000-weeks/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2023 10:51:10 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Steve Jobs’ biography is an interesting insight into one of the most recognisable inventors of the 21st century. The book captures the…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/steve-jobs/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/steve-jobs/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2023 11:44:37 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before the coffee gets cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Kawaguchi’s Before the coffee gets cold is simple in its prose and storyline, but speaks volumes if you let it seep into you…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/before-the-coffee-gets-cold/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/before-the-coffee-gets-cold/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2023 09:40:20 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hiroshima by John Hersey]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ John Hersey’s Hiroshima was seminal in its coverage of the first ever nuclear weapon used against humanity. It details the lives…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/hiroshima/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/hiroshima/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jun 2023 12:40:58 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conversations on Love by Natasha Lunn]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I really enjoyed this book, and it had many kernels of wisdom, interwoven with a deeply personal story of Natasha’s experience of…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/conversations-on-love/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/conversations-on-love/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2023 07:36:37 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This book was heartbreaking, because over the space of a few hundred pages I got to know a lovely friend. I learnt about her life…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/diary-of-a-young-girl/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/diary-of-a-young-girl/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2023 11:29:13 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Growing up Queer in Australia edited by Benjamin Law]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I really enjoyed this collection of stories and experiences. The authenticity and vulnerability in some of these pieces were heart…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/growing-up-queer/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/growing-up-queer/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2023 09:48:40 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snowcrash]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Neal Stephenson paints a world where pizza delivery taxi’s have the backing of the Mafia, ensuring that they are delivered exactly…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/snowcrash/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/snowcrash/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2023 08:29:36 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Responsible Company by Yvon Chouinard & Vincent Stanley]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I think this book feels like a sketchpad—a group of people who fundamentally questioned what a company owes the world. It goes…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/a-responsible-company/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/a-responsible-company/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2023 02:27:32 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bookshelf]]></title><description><![CDATA[Howdy! I keep track of what I’ve read over the years on this page. March
 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
January]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/shelf/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/shelf/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2022 02:27:32 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shantaram]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Shantaram is an epic novel following the semi-fictional life of the author as he escapes from a drug fuelled stay at a maximum…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/shantaram/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/shantaram/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2022 04:52:43 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilized to Death: What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This book is a wake-up call to a lot of the warning signs we’ve been experiencing collectively as a species. Our modern way of…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/civilized-to-death/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/civilized-to-death/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2022 11:44:28 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greenlights]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Matthew McConaughey’s Greenlights is an excellent memoir of his action packed life, filled with reflection and wisdom. I really…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/greenlights/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/greenlights/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2022 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Death of Vivek Oji]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This was a heartfelt tale of acceptance that came too late.]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-death-of-vivek-oji/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-death-of-vivek-oji/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2022 03:13:41 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Breath Becomes Air]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ The tears came uncontrollably after reading the last few pages of this heart-rending account of Paul Kalanithi’s life and legacy.…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/when-breath-becomes-air/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/when-breath-becomes-air/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2022 11:31:21 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Cathy Park Hong’s Minor Feelings is a seminal essay in bringing to the light the experience of Asian Americans, and by extension…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/minor-feelings-an-asian-american-reckoning/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/minor-feelings-an-asian-american-reckoning/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2022 03:21:12 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fahrenheit 451]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Fahrenheit 451 is eerily prescient in its warnings. We follow Guy Montag, a firefighter in world turned upside down – where the…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/fahrenheit-451/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/fahrenheit-451/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2022 10:45:50 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breakfast of Champions]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Kurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions was a literary subversion, both in its wacky style and message. The sprinkles of sketched…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/breakfast-of-champions/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/breakfast-of-champions/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2022 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This is one of those books that changes your theory of being.

I cannot recommend this enough, this book should be on everyone’s…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/less-is-more/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/less-is-more/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2021 11:30:55 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Should All Be Feminists]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Great message!

My key take aways are that the lived experiences of people are real and valid - one cannot dismiss them and try…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/we-should-all-be-feminists/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/we-should-all-be-feminists/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2021 12:29:48 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why I selfhost?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What if I told you there was a way out from having your online movements tracked; precious personal data harvested; and locked in to feeding…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/blog/why-i-selfhost/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/blog/why-i-selfhost/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2021 04:54:01 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Wild Sheep Chase]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ A  is a beautiful novel. Murakami’s writing as always is expertly crafted and full of imagery that your…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/a-wild-sheep-chase/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/a-wild-sheep-chase/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dark Emu]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu is a fantastic achievement, not entirely for it’s content but for it’s power in reviving the national attention on…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/dark-emu/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/dark-emu/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2021 12:45:59 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking between the lines: how media is control.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the past few years, we’ve seen populism rise across the globe. Underpinning each of these movements is this gnawing feeling that the…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/blog/media-and-propaganda/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/blog/media-and-propaganda/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2021 09:42:58 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Death of Ivan Ilych]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ After reading other Russian literature I knew I was getting into another tough read, but suprisingly Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-death-of-ivan-ilych/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-death-of-ivan-ilych/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2021 05:39:33 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Master and Margarita]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita is a wonderful story weaving together the oppresive, homogenous era under the early years of…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-master-and-margarita/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-master-and-margarita/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2021 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cat's Cradle]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Cat’s Cradle was a witty novel detailing the absurdity of it all.]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/cats-cradle/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/cats-cradle/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 12:51:17 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pachinko]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko is a tale that lasts generations and sweeps us through Japan during the 20th century. It is a tale of…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/pachinko/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/pachinko/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Nickel Boys]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys is a story that should not exist. Heartbreakingly it does.

The story follows Elwood Curtis growing up…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-nickel-boys/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-nickel-boys/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ A great introduction to spirituality and meditation for a Western audience, best suited towards those who have been conditioned to…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/waking-up/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/waking-up/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2020 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Vuong is someone who uses words in a way that I haven’t seen before. His words are raw, loving, violent, kind, hurt, political, but…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/on-earth-were-briefly-gorgeous/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/on-earth-were-briefly-gorgeous/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 11:57:08 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ You’re complex, why can’t we think of strangers the same way? Throughout a series of case studies Gladwell attempts to answer why…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/talking-to-strangers/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/talking-to-strangers/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2020 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the current state of privacy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where are we? It’s 2020. The year so far has been nothing short of a global collapse of order, yet frighteningly the realities we’re facing…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/blog/current-state-privacy/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/blog/current-state-privacy/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2020 05:30:23 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ One of the most important books I’ve ever read. It has completely changed my relationship with sleep, and made me fall in love…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/why-we-sleep/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/why-we-sleep/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2020 11:54:09 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dune]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This book is indescribable.

The harsh worlds and realities that Herbert presents intertwined with a inter-galactic feudalism, a…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/dune/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/dune/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2020 13:51:31 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real Deal Bridge]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over a period of four months our game studio team at No Moss Co, led the development of Real Deal Bridge - a realtime multiplayer, cross…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/blog/real-deal-bridge/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/blog/real-deal-bridge/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2020 05:30:23 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Picture of Dorian Gray]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This novel had an immediate impact on me, and after reading through the introduction I was entranced by the themes in the book I…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-picture-of-dorian-gray/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-picture-of-dorian-gray/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2020 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[My first post]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m learning React & Gatsby’s framework all in one go in an effort to build my own personal website. I’m hoping for it to house my blog…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/blog/my-first-post/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/blog/my-first-post/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2020 09:39:23 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sirens of Titan]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This is my first Vonnegut novel, and my first words are “Wow!“.

The novel through its simplicity explores a whole range of themes,…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-sirens-of-titan/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-sirens-of-titan/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2020 12:32:45 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[What We Talk About When We Talk About Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ A poignant collection of stories. Carver presents in each page a message enriched with symbolism and metaphors which allow him to…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-love/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-love/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2020 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Handmaid's Tale]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ A vivid realisation of the tragedies that have befallen women in the past, compiled into a novel which aims to warn just how…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-handmaids-tale/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-handmaids-tale/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2019 03:35:51 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Killing Commendatore]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Killing Commendatore is a story about pain, the kind of pain that seizes you from the inside and makes it hard to breathe, the…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/killing-commendatore/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/killing-commendatore/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2019 00:27:37 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Digital Fortress]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Gripping read, breezed straight through it and kept me on my heels.

You can definitely see Dan Brown’s improvements over the next…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/digital-fortress/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/digital-fortress/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2019 09:52:06 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Mark has a very good story telling ability, conveying his learnings from Zen, Buddhism, and experience to a very easy to swallow…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-subtle-art-of-not-giving-a-fck/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-subtle-art-of-not-giving-a-fck/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2019 21:37:48 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[War and Peace]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This piece of work is an object that has consumed my past year.

It has been a long time of continual picking ups and putting downs…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/war-and-peace/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/war-and-peace/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2019 05:28:37 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This is an expertly crafted piece of work - detailing the formidable task of recounting and analysing all of human history. With…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/sapiens/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/sapiens/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2018 05:37:27 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the Light We Cannot See]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ One word to describe this novel: illuminating.

This story is rich in its atmosphere of history and emotion, tethering the frail…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/all-the-light-we-cannot-see/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/all-the-light-we-cannot-see/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2018 06:55:05 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men Without Women]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Expertly crafted, Murakami showcases the depths and width of his imagination and perspective. His writing reflects so much using…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/men-without-women/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/men-without-women/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2018 12:11:33 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Villa Incognito]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Even having read this book a while back, this conjures up memories of precarious tightropes, tanukis, and the unmistakable sound of…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/villa-incognito/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/villa-incognito/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:52:53 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Animal Farm]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ A fantastic allegory on the condition of power and its transcendence from humanity, to embody all of nature; twisting the beauty and…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/animal-farm/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/animal-farm/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2018 11:23:55 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Doll's House]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ My first real read of a spy thriller and if I care to say, it was quite the twist in the end! A hint of realism blending between the…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-dolls-house/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-dolls-house/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2018 07:43:23 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Remains of the Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Excellently written, Ishiguro delves into the frame of what could’ve been; painting a picture of a man who led his life based on his…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-remains-of-the-day/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-remains-of-the-day/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2018 07:41:29 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord of the Flies]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Thought provoking, revealing the hidden precipice of our human nature; animalistic and savage. Golding cleverly guides the audience…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/lord-of-the-flies/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/lord-of-the-flies/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2017 11:53:02 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hamlet]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ An intensely meaningful reflection over the nature of humanity and ontology.]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/hamlet/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/hamlet/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2017 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Unbearable Lightness of Being]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ circa 2019

This novel never fails to question how we live our lives. It explores many characters, with their equally many…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-unbearable-lightness-of-being/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-unbearable-lightness-of-being/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2017 10:39:14 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Melting the Snow on Hester Street]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ A timid little book filled with the overflowing riches and glamour of the golden age of Hollywood. It contains the decadence of this…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/melting-the-snow-on-hester-street/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/melting-the-snow-on-hester-street/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2017 00:32:16 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[All Quiet on the Western Front]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Spellbound, I was drawn in.

There’s honestly not much else to say than this novel is  greatest anti-war novel of all time; and…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/all-quiet-on-the-western-front/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/all-quiet-on-the-western-front/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2017 12:02:40 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sputnik Sweetheart]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Must I say anything?

Murakami once again dazzles with his stunning simplicity and expansive writing ability.

The novels’ looming…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/sputnik-sweetheart/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/sputnik-sweetheart/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2016 07:38:20 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Old Man and the Sea]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Alluring and mystical with its simplicity, but boundless and indefinable with its repercussions.

Hemmingway crafts a novel that…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-old-man-and-the-sea/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-old-man-and-the-sea/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2016 11:23:17 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catch-22]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Scintillating with acerb and wit, Heller entertains us wonderfully, beautifully, and unimaginably.

I can relate to the fellow…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/catch-22/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/catch-22/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:50:27 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lolita]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Undoubtedly the face of transgression; this spectacle of the inner workings of Humbert Humbert divulge humanity’s own insecurities…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/lolita/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/lolita/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2016 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Alchemist]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Ostensibly simple, yet dazzlingly rich; both in its witty didacticism and beautiful passages.

The Alchemist is a story of a boy…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-alchemist/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-alchemist/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2016 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Norwegian Wood]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ “Oh boy”

Utterly splendid.

Murakami does what no author in my opinion can compare to: write poetry about our meandering daily…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/norwegian-wood/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/norwegian-wood/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2016 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Time Machine]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Excellently crafted and although it stars Wells’s primordial writing ability: it thoroughly delivers the overall message. A very…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-time-machine/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-time-machine/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2016 21:09:17 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dark Places]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Dark, so very dark.

This novel captivates you from the first instance, compelling you into the world of ‘annihilation’ and utter…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/dark-places/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/dark-places/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2016 05:53:09 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memoirs of a Geisha]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ An absolute classic.

You get swept under his words like a wave, yet you’re for some reason - glad to be drowning in this story.]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/memoirs-of-a-geisha/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/memoirs-of-a-geisha/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2016 05:35:22 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Highways to a War]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Absolute vividness and beautiful prose allowing the reader to be fully immersed in the forgotten history of both the Vietnam War…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/highways-to-a-war/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/highways-to-a-war/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2016 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reading the Rape of Nanking is heartbreaking, to say the least; it is depressing. A complete sense of the lack of power is wrought…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-rape-of-nanking/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-rape-of-nanking/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2016 13:48:53 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lowest Heaven]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ As the range of the stories extended from genre to genre it is hard to judge the book justly, or on face value. Each of these short…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-lowest-heaven/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-lowest-heaven/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2016 17:25:45 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, #7)]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ A completely stunning ending to a sublimely fantastic epic saga! Completely loved it from the first book till the end, with King…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-dark-tower-the-dark-tower-7/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-dark-tower-the-dark-tower-7/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2015 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Journey to the Centre of the Earth]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Written in a time when scientific exploration was pushing the bounds of reality, Jules Verne conjures up the unfathomable of ideas…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/a-journey-to-the-centre-of-the-earth/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/a-journey-to-the-centre-of-the-earth/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2015 23:39:15 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower, #3)]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Whilst the story has been slowly progressing towards the climax of finding the Dark Tower, it has certainly not lost it’s beauty!

4…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-waste-lands-the-dark-tower-3/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-waste-lands-the-dark-tower-3/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2015 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Eerily sinister, yet exquisitely beautiful. One cannot explain via words the feelings Murakami struck with this remarkable story.…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/colorless-tsukuru-tazaki-and-his-years-of-pilgrimage/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/colorless-tsukuru-tazaki-and-his-years-of-pilgrimage/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2015 15:30:39 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower, #2)]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I loved every single second of the book!

While this book serves to continue the storyline, it does so wonderfully.]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-drawing-of-the-three-the-dark-tower-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-drawing-of-the-three-the-dark-tower-2/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2015 08:18:05 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Slowly building momentum in order to set the epic series!

Whilst starting as bland, King’s writing style instantly kicked up as his…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-gunslinger-the-dark-tower-1/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-gunslinger-the-dark-tower-1/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:02:21 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Girl on the Train]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 3.5/5

Fast-paced, thrilling, and creepy.

What else could you want?

Well, for one - likeable characters would be a move in the right…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-girl-on-the-train/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-girl-on-the-train/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2015 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Magic of Reality]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reality is often mundane to us, so much so that we tend to forget the true beauty of life and our world.

This short read really got…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-magic-of-reality/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-magic-of-reality/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2015 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ It was a great read I must say!

Packed with conspiracy and alternate history while remaining true to the facts of Lincoln’s life…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2015 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Escaping Daddy]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 3.5/5

As a reader I scoffed at moments that Maria made decisions that were obviously for the detriment of herself, but having realised…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/escaping-daddy/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/escaping-daddy/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2015 08:06:22 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sea of Tranquility]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I started reading this book based on a friend’s recommendation and a few chapters in I started to regret it.

For me, the…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-sea-of-tranquility/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-sea-of-tranquility/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2015 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ As soon as I flipped to the first page, I was enchanted.

I have no words, because it is just so superbly written with an excellent…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-shadow-of-the-wind/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-shadow-of-the-wind/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2015 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of Mice and Men]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ It was quite an interesting novella, it had a profound amount of detail in the lives of itinerant workers in the Great Depression…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/of-mice-and-men/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/of-mice-and-men/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2015 09:43:56 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The End Games]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I must say this book exceeded my expectations. I only read it because I found it at this bookstore at a place I was visiting, and it…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-end-games/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-end-games/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2015 05:46:39 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1)]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This book was fantastic.. The overall feel of the world the author wove together was excellent. However I think this was more of a…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/graceling/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/graceling/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2014 07:03:56 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[1984]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This book is an absolute classic! It is basically a dystopian novel where the main character (Winston Smith) lives in. It is set…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/1984/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/1984/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2014 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Silmarillion]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This book was a just a breeze to go through, I sat and read for hours on end because the book captivated me so much, the history of…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-silmarillion/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-silmarillion/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2014 10:13:49 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conduit (Emily Monroe #1)]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Fast paced, thrilling, and beautifully written.. What more can you ask for? Well I would say a bit more character development (I…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/conduit/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/conduit/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2014 12:08:09 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between Shades of Gray]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I really liked this book, especially the setting and the timeframe. It had good character development with Lina having flashbacks…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/between-shades-of-gray/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/between-shades-of-gray/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2014 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Champion (Legend, #3)]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I absolutely loved the ending of this series. It was just so good, but in my opinion the ending was a bit cliche, yet the author…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/champion-legend-3/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/champion-legend-3/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2014 22:56:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Book Thief]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I absolutely loved this book.. It was so emotional and descriptive of the hard times in the 1930’s and 40’s… Definitely in my top…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-book-thief/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-book-thief/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2014 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wolf of Wall Street (The Wolf of Wall Street, #1)]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Amazing book.. About the consequences of money and fame as well as the rising and downfall of a very smart man.]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-wolf-of-wall-street/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-wolf-of-wall-street/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2014 08:18:28 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last Sacrifice (Vampire Academy, #6)]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This series was incredible, and I loved all the twists and turns. But I was surprised to see that this particular book didn’t…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/last-sacrifice-vampire-academy-6/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/last-sacrifice-vampire-academy-6/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2014 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking for Alaska]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Amazing book, really explored my inner feelings. :D Recommend to everyone.]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/looking-for-alaska/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/looking-for-alaska/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:54:33 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This book was a huge success in many levels, with the superb plot and amazing vibe. I really was drawn into this book and couldn’t…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/mockingjay-the-hunger-games-3/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/mockingjay-the-hunger-games-3/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2014 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This book was amazing, I was thinking that the amount of pages the book offers wouldn’t be able to tell a good story but this…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/catching-fire-the-hunger-games-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/catching-fire-the-hunger-games-2/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Dec 2013 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lord of the Rings]]></title><description><![CDATA[⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This was an amazing journey for me, the entire storyline seemed amazingly well thought out. The characters were in depth, and…]]></description><link>https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-lord-of-the-rings/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://apurva-shukla.me/bookshelf/the-lord-of-the-rings/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2013 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>