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Oof, guys. It’s been a long time since I read a romantic comedy which is how you know my life has been chaotic because usually, that’s all I read. However in the past year, I really wanted to

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I remember the first time I ever heard a slam poem piece; it was also the longest I had ever held my breath. I had been writing since I learned how to put pen to paper but slam… slam poetry is

Am I allowed to give this book a gold rating just because it allowed me to trade our current political reality for a female president with trendy and relatable kids for 400 pages?? As much as I try

MINI REVIEW If you’re also missing art museums like me, “The Museum of Modern Love” is your next read. “The Museum of Modern Love” revolves around Arky Levin, a film composer who is pulling

As a lover of rom-coms my bookshelf is filled with the stories that made my heart flutter – no matter how cheesy. Yet, most of these stories were of characters who looked nothing like me. So

Meera and I have ventured into this incredible community of people who live and breathe literature. While I used to get most of my recommendations from search engines and looking at my suggested

Recently, I’ve been trying to find a “work-life balance.” You know that thing that influencers are always talking about? When life gets busy, instead of embarking on a novel, I choose a book of

As a result of a (self-imposed) cap on books I would buy per month, I had waited weeks to get this book at the library; I can confirm that the wait was worth it. Anytime I read a book by a South