Friendship rarely looks the same twice. It changes with age, distance, and the kind of honesty that builds over time. The best books on friendship capture that strange, beautiful balance of comfort and distance, the ways we grow into people…
When I first read Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s groundbreaking novella, One Hundred Years of Solitude, I didn’t quite get it. I was captivated by the fictional town of Macondo and the Buendía family. However, the timelines were confusing. At first, I…
“It’s a comic book convention. You know, it’s like pizza or particle accelerators — even the stinky ones are still pretty good”, says Sheldon in the show The Big Bang Theory. This perfectly sums up how devoted and passionate comic…
There are days when I get caught up in my own spiral of made-up situations, especially the romantic ones. And I am lost in my thoughts, this brings a slight smile to my face. And I am sure I am…
Inspiration comes in short, clunky bursts. Thus, poetry breaks from life are important and necessary. On the worst of days, I’ve found myself reaching out for a soft poem to lie in. Poetry by women feels ensconced in blankets of…
What’s common between a dishonest student, disinterested spouse, and a crafty con artist? They all cheat. Infidelity is a common problem in many relationships, even long-term ones. It’s a game of strategy and denial, of hearts and half-truths. The rules…
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…
For most of my adult life, I have struggled with procrastination. Whether it is finishing lessons for an exam or preparing a presentation for a meeting, I have never started it on time. Over years, I devoured some of the…
There’s a kind of honesty in teenage horror you don’t get anywhere else, and the best YA horror books understand that being scared and being alive sometimes feel the same. They give you haunted schools, cursed families, and endings that…
I’ve found that often times hope doesn’t appear as a grand idea; it shows up in a few honest words that sound a lot like truth. Poetry has a way of saying what we’ve felt all along but never named.…