About Me - Updated 2022

I was raised, and live and work in the DC area. I am in healthcare and am passionate about public health and improving access to care. I got married during the pandemic and am lucky to have a very kind and supportive partner. My heart belongs to my adorable parakeets who inspired me to become a vegetarian. In addition to books and traveling, I also enjoy dancing (Bollywood and Zumba), Latin music, Hindi movies, K-dramas, and bad reality shows.

What kind of books do I like? All kinds but I am a sucker for historical fiction and mysteries!

I hope that this is a space where I can not only share my interests, but also introduce readers to new authors and other artists. I want to share their work to help them get feedback and exposure.

If you are interested in having your work featured on my blog, please email me at chaitime212@gmail.com.

In terms of providing feedback, please be kind! I want this to be a place where people feel comfortable sharing their work.

Book Review Policies:

I am open to receiving solicited Advance Reading Copies and Review Copies of Books.

I will not review the following: 

Books with explicit sexual content.

Otherwise offensive content (no rape, abuse, torture in explicit detail).

Excessively long books (maximum: 350 pages)

Foreign language books (I am sadly, only proficient in English. However, I can understand some Hindi. I am fine with a book with some terms in another language)

As I have a full time job, I cannot promise to agree to every review request. It also may take me some time to get back to you. If you do not hear from me within one month, please assume that I am unable to review your book at this time. My preference is for e-books, followed by print copies. For those of you who were waiting for a review for me before this blog went on hiatus, I am very sorry. Life got very busy for me and if you would like to re-submit your review request, please email me. 

Once I accept your request, I will read your book and review it. The time it will take to review your book depends on the length and my schedule, but should not take more than 2-3 weeks. I will give it a rating between 1-5 stars, as well as a review that I will post on my blog and on Amazon. I can also do interviews and feature your books on my page. If you are interested, I can sponsor book giveaways on my blog. I am interested in both fiction and nonfiction books. At this time I am only accepting 1 review request per month. 

Disclaimer: I cannot guarantee 100% positive reviews. My aim is to provide an unbiased, honest review of each book I read, but I will always be kind and respectful. I also reserve the right to refuse to review any book, if I so choose.  If you would like to post my review elsewhere (Amazon, Goodreads, etc.), please feel free, but you must provide a link to this blog.

Other Works:

Please feel free to submit any artwork, photos, music, films, poems, etc. that you would like me to feature on the blog. Please include a short paragraph about yourself and a link to your website if you have one!