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…
The city hums, glass towers shimmer, and two people meet each other like they already know the ending. That’s the pulse of billionaire romance novels. They promise luxury but deliver tension; polished rooms filled with unspoken rules, and hearts that…
Some stories aren’t meant for entertainment. They are written to outsmart you. There are books with plot twists that turn and spin your expectations to a point where you’re left staring at the final page thinking, “What just happened?” And…
In 2020, Colleen Hoover cast a spell on readers all over the world with her book, ‘It Ends With Us.’ While the book was originally published in 2016, it found an audience only during the pandemic. Readers started sharing emotional,…
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…
The Summer I Turned Pretty had everyone gravitating to their laptops/TVs for the past three months. Every Wednesday, audiences tuned into the show in their most comfortable pajamas, They would then perform a careful scrutiny of whether the show had…