You’ve looked up magical realism in the past before. Sifted through some of the best magical realism books. All you’ve wanted is magic closer to home. Yet, all of these books have left your head spinning. Like mistaking the tip…
In the summer of 4th grade, long before halloween books were introduced to me, I remember being forced to watch The Grudge. This should have starved off all the energy I would need for all tales of horror, but then…
I listened to stories about loss before I’d read about them. Devastation falls short of grief, incredibly so with books on miscarriage. If all this grief is displaced love that has no place to go, reading its statistics feels cold…
Younger man older woman romance books were once a niche trope. Given preference for partners in a mixed-gender relationship, it is always the men who turn out to be older than the women: only 14% couples have an older woman…
Romance tropes always have me sighing wistfully. Collecting book-boyfriends has never been more glamorous than this. I picked up a random romance novel on whim circa 2012, and it has been difficult to shrug off since. As I became an…
The other evening, I walked out of the room with my cut nails wrapped up in a piece of newspaper to throw away. My father was concerned. He was angry with me for cutting my nails after sunset. When I…
Mysteries and thrillers always beckon. During my middle-school days, Agatha Christie’s novels were a rage. Palatable, they were a go-to choice, especially books like ‘And Then There Were None.’ While there were a lot of options one could choose from,…
I distinctly remember the evening I accompanied my uncle to the railway station. It marked the day I would step into the fantastical world of Hogwarts. I was 10, and Platform 9 ¾ had yet to come into sight. Tightly…
Why am I still single? Sometimes being single is a choice. Other times, you’ve had experiences that led you to such a conclusion. Sadly, your weekend plans either involve bouts of speed dating or watching reality TV shows that tease…
Reading an article regarding the facts about Cleopatra may take you back to your social-science class in primary school. Or that afternoon when you had decided to flip through the unbelievably heavy Encyclopedia. If it wasn’t Tutankhamun’s ascension to the…