Audiobooks I read recently

So below are few books i kept myself with since January:

Pachinko
A book about a Korean family that moved to Japan during world war era. I loved the description of Korean culture in the book . I also learnt more on how asian cultures are all about honour and self respect. And of course the love towards white rice ;)

Little fires everywhere
This is a weird book and I am still trying to wrap my head around it. The protagonist does not fit in the persona of an African American woman. They are not known for being discreet :) for the right reasons. I feel its a Asian story replicated into an African American one. The description of the white family is absolutely true. I liked the story and I could relate to the part of being a mother and yearning for motherhood :)

Anne of Green Gables
This is a beautiful story of an orphan girl who grew up in PEI. I listened to the book and watched the netflix series too and loved both. My interest is this book began when i visited PEI. To this day i don't know how i missed this amazing story when i grew up.

The Shape of family
This is a story of an Indian american family that reels under the tragic death of their younger kid. The elder sister feels guilty of not being to save her younger brother and goes through a journey of forgiving herself. Beautifully narrated.

Next year in Havana
This is a story of a Cuban American woman who goes back to Cuba to learn more about her grandmother's life and end up falling for family friend's grandson. Again beautifully narrated. I found the narrative was very sombre, introspective and passionate in a very different way.

Orange is the new Black review

So far this is the only thing in Netflix I am hooked on to after Good Wife. Yes I prefer series with female protagonists.  What I really like about this series is that it doesn't revolve around Piper Chapman although the season 1 is more about her.

Its a good story on how different individuals react and cope up with being locked up. It also resonates with the rest of us to look beyond the things that lock us up and try to change the things we can. In season 6 I like the way Piper starts to lobby kick ball just to enjoy some time under the sun. Also just being in love changes the whole equation of being locked up for Piper. In season 6 after Piper meets Alex, prison life doesn't seem to bother her because she has something to look forward to.

Another character I liked is Maria Ruiz. Her character transforms from a vulnerable mother to a hopeless inmate to a riot instigator. Season 6 shows her dabbling with becoming religious as a means to obtain salvation only to go back being bitter after realizing that she cannot forgive. I liked this part where they talked boldly about religion and spirituality as a means to escape from reality. Also that forgiving is never easy. This show boldly touches on a lot of subjects from racism to commercialization of prisons to lesbianism.