Literature
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Mexican Gothic
If Fall of the House of Usher were a song, this would be the remixed version ft. Bad Bunny and written by someone high on shrooms. And you know what? I’m about it.
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Year of the Reaper
The world building is beautifully crafted (familiar but new and not overly complicated). I personally love historical fiction and even more so when it’s fantasy, so I had no problem placing myself in the setting of this novel, which is set during the Black Plague.
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Stories
There are books that can just be enjoyed on their own and then there are books that are meant to be discussed. Carver’s collection of short stories are the latter for me. He uses tightly woven dialogue and basic repetition to create a melody that is heavy and haunting despite its simplicity. His writing is…
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The Lost Apothecary
There are books that grip me so tightly, I find myself revisiting them like I would an old friend. & Then there are books that are so dull, I use them as door stops. The Lost Apothecary is perfectly in the middle— meaning perfectly average.
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Daughter of the Moon Goddess
Daughter of the Moon Goddess is a Young Adult fantasy novel that draws inspiration from the legend of Chang’e, the Chinese moon goddess, who was exiled on the Moon.
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The Sandman Vol. I: Preludes and Nocturnes
BUT NONE OF THAT MATTERS. This novel is not about complexity and twisted plots. Its story, its world, and its characters are far more strange, beguiling and wondrous to worry about all that.
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Returning a Borrowed Tongue
.In many ways, this anthology is a gift to me and no matter how many more collections I will read, I know without a doubt, I will always revisit this one and take something new from its words each time.
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FAQ: My Master’s Program Part I
& to me, those are my favorite moments because they taught me that even in the midst of all this underlying fear and palpable stress, that we could still find the energy to laugh and have a good time. Those moments really convinced me that no matter what happens, it’ll all be okay.
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Don’t Date A Girl Who Reads
A girl who reads will know if you’ve really read Pride and Prejudice or if you’ve lazily googled the summary on SparkNotes. She won’t be impressed by the way you understand the symbolism in Animal farm because it’s already painfully obvious. She knows Romeo isn’t a figure of love and that Gatsby didn’t need Daisy,…
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“How Do You Know You’re A Writer?”
Sometimes the words fall through the tips of my fingers with the same excruciating slowness as that of the leaves of a hibiscus detaching itself from its stem.
Via Justine De fant 