Welcome to Jui's Diaries!

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Hello! I'm Jui Shah, student studying in grade 10. 


I have a passion for writing and I created this lifestyle blog to pursue it. My blog is inspired by Meghan Markle's blog, The Tig. I love reading books and travelling, so expect to see a lot of book reviews (and ramblings) and travel diaries here! ;)

Though I am no expert, I have developed a newfound interest in photography, and I will use the pictures clicked by me to adorn this little blog of mine. 

Let me start off by saying that I adore books. I fell in love with reading at the age of four, and haven't looked back since. I read a variety of genres: crime, fantasy, humour, horror, mythology, friendship- you name it. 

I read the Harry Potter books when I was nine, and I have become unhealthily obsessed with the Wizarding World ever since. Every time I re-read, I laugh loudly when Peeves torments Umbridge, cheer when Ron and Hermione finally (finally!) get together and cry when Harry looks into the Mirror of Erised. I am very passionate about the characters I love, and often get triggered whenever someone mixes up the books and the films. All in all, your average, slightly deranged Potterhead who hasn't gotten over the fact that the books are over :).

Other books I love include the Percy Jackson series, Agatha Christie's crime novels (particularly the ones featuring the ingenious and quirky Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot) and the great Indian epic, The Mahabharata.

I read so much to the point that my mom threatens to throw away my books if I don't stop reading fiction and open my textbooks, so my blog will be filled with little-known facts about different books and authors, and shoutouts to some criminally underrated books (Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen, anyone?)

You can breath a sigh of relief now, my ramblings are over :P. I hope you enjoy my blog!


~Jui

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