Resh Susan

Jan 2, 2025 | thebooksatchel.com | Resh Susan

Aren’t the lists featuring the best books of 2024 exciting? I wait for them and always add a big stack of books to my TBR (to be read) piles after scouring the internet for everyone’s favorite books. Here are some standouts of the year for me. Hope you enjoy them if you haven’t picked them up yet.  Best Books of 2024I had favorite book this year and that’s Airplane Mode by Shahnaz Habib, which made me think, laugh, underline.

Apr 7, 2024 | thebooksatchel.com | Resh Susan

Korean dramas of 2023 had binge-worthy revenge plots, big weddings and secret contracts. It was refreshing to see a trend of time travel slipping into family dramas, corporate dramas and even rom-coms. Here are the best Korean dramas of 2023. Best Korean dramas of 20232023 was a great year for K-dramas with a healthy mix of comfort watches, intense family dramas, romance and a generous dose of time travel. Which one are you watching first?

Mar 13, 2024 | reshsusan.substack.com | Mona Awad |Resh Susan

Dear Reader,How are you? I have two different introductions written to this letter—one wishing you a new year, and another about Feb being the season of love, and today I don’t think I want to rewrite a March intro. Today is alright; there’s internet, which was in short supply for a while, the sky is cloudy (which I like best). Probably my first takeaway of 2024 is how we are dependent on the internet. What do we do when the connection is patchy or worse, if there is no internet available? (gulp).

Feb 1, 2024 | thebooksatchel.com | Resh Susan

Hello my dear friends! I had an amazing reading year in 2023 and it was very difficult to choose ten (I ended up with twelve) favourite books. This best books of 2023 list comes late, but I hope these fantastic titles make up for the wait. In this reading list you will find an elderly woman who investigates crimes by luring her suspects with big food spreads, dragons and riders, a queer nun who teaches in a private school and more.

Dec 19, 2023 | reshsusan.substack.com | Resh Susan

Dear Reader,How are you? Earlier this month I asked you to send in your very specific book requests. Sending this special edition letter to you, right in time for the holiday season. I have tried to accommodate as many requests as possible. This year I noticed there’s an uptick on the number of book requests centered on marriage. I’ve combined some of the similar requests. I noticed I have far too many fake-dating recommendations. Biased, aren’t I?