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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea
A truly beautiful and thrilling fantasy that took my breath away. The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea is not only an exciting adventure, but also a heartfelt experience. The literal depth Axie Oh takes us with the main characters moved my heart in so many ways—I wanted to hug…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Ballad of Never After
Conflicted feelings, so much tension, and the slowest of slow-burns is what I would describe The Ballad of Never After by the wonderful author Stephanie Garber. Being the second book of the Trilogy, the middle, it contained the highest tension yet. While looking for reviews after reading the first book,…
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Continue reading →: TRAVEL LOG: I Went to Italy and it was Everything I Dreamed of
Italy is a place where a lot of the arts and poetry I admire resides. I’ve desperately wanted to visit soon but didn’t imagine it would be this soon. If I’m being honest, I wasn’t fully prepared. My emotions weren’t ready, but I had to remind myself of how much…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Never Let Me Go
The many awards winning novel Never Let Me Go by the British author Kazuo Ishiguro was a bittersweet and oddly nostalgic journey. There is this underlying dystopian feeling to it but not as dark. Felt this way only because of how accepting the characters are of their reality, although confused…
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Continue reading →: How I Got Over My Imposter Syndrom for Creativity and Everything Else
According to Google, Imposter Syndrome is “the subjective experience of perceived self-doubt in one’s abilities and accomplishments compared with others, despite evidence to suggest the contrary” it’s surprisingly more common than we think and as soon as I was aware of mine I did everything to break it. Through-out the…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Once Upon a Broken Heart
Once Upon a Broken Heart is the first book in a three-book series by the bestseller, accomplished author Stephanie Garber. Deeply immersive tragic romance fantasy about the search for one true love. You re-live the fairytales of your childhood but in a much more different setting and mature way. At…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Secret History
Donna Tartt is a remarkable author and undoubtedly one of the best when it comes to dark academic literature. Her writing in The Secret History is unapologetically poetical and, at the same time, literal. I don’t lie when I say, I just could Not put the book down and couldn’t…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: What You Are Looking For is in the Library
Inspiring and Incredibly relatable to the human experience. Losing one’s purpose is an inevitable consequence. The title of the book—What you are looking for is in the library is a literal translation of each character’s situation. Machiko Aoyama hints that literature might be the door leading to our inner child’s…
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Continue reading →: March 2024: Book Review
March 11th was the beginning of the month of Ramadan for Muslims this year and as one, of course I had fasted —and currently still fasting the month as well. I have also been taking advantage of the healthy aspects of the practice and hitting the GYM regularly. More quality…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Dune by Frank Herbert
Exasperating science-fiction story and worlds that sententiously immerses the reader in a world they have never experienced before. Fandoms of Star Wars and other Sci-Fi genre series would not regret reading Dune, that is if they have not already. Dune is a harmonious concourse between a heroic novel and a…
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