Fairy Tale by Stephen King is delightful! It lives up to its title. It’s a fight of good versus evil and a teenager, and his dog, caught up in it all. Without giving away any spoilers, it’s a wonderful book with a fairy tale ending, with magic, craftiness and a curse waiting to be lifted. I felt transported into an animated fantasy movie. And I loved the illustrations at the beginning of every chapter related to something you would read about in the following pages.

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. This has generated so much hype and I had great expectations from this book. But I really struggled to finish it. I like the plot. It’s very fast paced given the nature of the story - a mission to save humanity, crazy science experiments, meeting with an unexpected spacefarer - but I didn't grow any attachment towards the protagonist. Reading his story of how he came to be all alone in space made me think he lacked a lot of self-awareness which felt off-putting. Crisis after crisis, after a certain point, it was one too many, I couldn't follow the narrative, and the engineering solutions seemed far-fetched. Tried hard but no choice except to abandon this one.