Literature
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Women Who Run With Wolves
I first saw this book on a TikTok where a woman was raving about how this WWRWW changed her life. I should have done my own research. Maybe I misunderstood the title. I had thought this would be a literary analysis of “wild women” in literature, but instead I got feminist manifesto that felt… cheesy…
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The Princess Bride
S. Morgenstern’s Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure Pure Story. That’s what this novel is. It’s True Love and High Adventure packaged in a slightly offensive, witty, and just fun story. Admittedly, before starting this book, this story was already sentimental to me. For one, I had already seen the movie, which I…
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The Silent Patient
Alicia Berenson shoots her husband five times in the face and never speaks again. That is until she is put in the care of Theo Faber, a psychotherapist dedicated to solving the mystery of her self-imposed muteness. The Silent Patient is a mystery novel told from the perspective of Theo, and I was truly conflicted…
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The Fifth Season
The Fifth Season is a fantasy novel set in the “Stillness” during a post-apocalyptic era. I hesitate to say “post” as it seems this “Father Earth” is always on the precipice of destruction.
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Neverwhere
Despite being 400 pages, “Neverwhere” is fast-paced and captivating. I finished it in two days! I appreciated that there weren’t pages full of exposition, rather I was placed into a fantasy world that didn’t offer much explanations to its peculiarities and yet, I still understood it.
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When the Elephants Dance
I can’t say I “thoroughly enjoyed” this book, as it’s not a light read by any means– and can you truly enjoy a book about war? But I will say that the writing is beautiful, the characters memorable, the stories dear, and no matter how many more books I’ll read, I will always remember this…
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The Book of Jon
Sikelianos’s writing is poignant and unsentimental all at once. And with a single thread, she skillfully weaves together poems, prose, snapshots and photographs of her brilliant, loving, heroine addicted and failing father.
Via Justine De fant 