There is something about cooler nights and falling leaves that makes reading feel even better. The world slows down a little, and you want stories that match the season. Without a stack of cozy autumn books ready, the days can…
Me Before You is one of the books that came into my life when I needed it the most. It made me chuckle and cry at the same time while teaching that love isn’t always about holding on. It is…
I breathe literature and I have gone through extreme lengths to honor it. Words are not just ink on paper. They are air, rhythm, and pulse, pulling me up when I was down, keeping me afloat when the tides tried…
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…
I stumbled onto Camus by accident, opening The Stranger and being seized at once by its first line: “Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don’t know.” It felt brutally cold, yet strangely liberating. I read on, and soon after…
There’s a special kind of thrill that comes from sinking into murder mystery books for young adults; the kind where you promise yourself “just one more chapter” and suddenly it’s 2 AM! These stories aren’t just about solving crimes; they’re…
Books on how to be a nicer person show us that becoming a better person does not have to look grand. We often see huge gestures and commitments being made, but the truth is, sometimes kindness shows up in small…
A friend of mine recently opened up to me and shared that she was asexual and that’s when it dawned on me that I knew very little about what asexuality is. I knew all about other sexual orientations but not…
As a poet and literature student, I am ashamed to admit that I got introduced to Emily Dickinson a little late in life. For years, her name was floating in the periphery of my reading list but I never read…