William Shakespeare. The man. The myth. The legend. I don’t think there will ever be a bigger writer than him. From the way he crafted characters to his intriguing plots and brilliant worldbuilding, he is still the most talked about…
Big books. My biggest frenemy. I love them when the genre is thriller, but struggle to read them when it’s a classic or a historical fiction. Nonetheless, we can’t deny the magic classic novels hold. They are timeless, and the…
Every reader eventually searches for a story that feels a little dangerous. Dark fantasy provides that tension. It keeps the familiar structure of magic and adventure but fills it with questions about morality, survival, and truth. The worlds it builds…
If there is something I love doing on vacations, it’s sitting on the warm sand and reading till the sun sets and the lights fade. Listening to the waves crash against the shoreline as I turn the pages of a…
A few years ago, the Netflix hit TV show, The Haunting of Hill House, had everyone on a chokehold. It had all the right elements for success. Familial bond, love, complicated relationships, and, of course, supernatural horror. The show wasn’t…
There are nights when words feel useless, and yet a single poem finds its way through the dark. Poems about grief are like that. They arrive quietly, carrying the ache of others, and in that shared language, something begins to…
I recently went on a binge-watching spree and finished all the seven seasons of Gilmore Girls. As a heavy reader and literature lover, I was amazed at Rory’s reading list. Every episode seemed to include a literary reference or a…
Reading has quietly become one of the most effortless pleasures of modern life. With so many websites to download books for free, a new world of stories and study material opens up from any device you own, letting you read…
There are only a handful of books that gained internet fame overnight. It Ends With Us is one such book. The BookTok and Bookstagram girlies loved it and I picked it up just to see if it lives up to…
Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum. Every The Handmaid’s Tale novel or series fan knows the significance behind this pseudo-Latin phrase. It is kind of synonyms with smash the patriarchy. They are more than just words scratched on a closet wall. I’ll…