New TV series to watch? Yes, please! We all know John Green’s previous novels that were adapted into films. You might remember Hazel (Shailene Woodley) and Gus’s (Ansel Elgort) journey in The Fault In Our Stars, or maybe Q Jacobsen (Nat Wolff) in search for Margo Roth Spiegelman (Cara Delevigne) in Paper Towns. Thankfully, the
Lindsay Cummings and Victoria Scott are both successful authors with a thriving fan base. Scott is well-known for her popular Dante Walker Trilogy. Her latest book, “Violet Grenade,” was a refreshing change from the usual tropes Young Adult writers rely on — it’s a psychological thriller that focuses on a runaway named Domino, who has
Anger from a woman has always been seen and caricatured as a destructive force that spawns nothing but ugliness and uncivilised behaviour. A woman’s rage, however justified it may be, has no place in this so-called ‘civilised’ society. An angry woman has always been thought of as too loud, too angry or too proud to
Warning: Spoilers Ahead! If you haven’t already read (or listened to) Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, stop and do so right now. It’s a beautiful story about different families and how their dynamics evolve due to both internal and external factors. It’s simple, yet complex thanks to the realistic, multi-dimensional characters — and it
In conjunction to Waterstones, Penguin will mark International Women’s Day by opening up a pop-up shop store in East London, selling literature that has been produced only by female authors. The pop-up shop called Like a Woman will be open from March 5-9 on Rivington Street in Shoreditch to mark International Women’s Day and the
If you’re anything like me, you’ll love a good book, and obviously, a good bookshop. I’ve had the opportunity on a few occasions to browse the beautiful bookstores of London, but with another trip to the capital ahead of me, I thought that I’d outline all of the marvelous places there are to go to!
Aria Williams The Book That Will Read You Khalil Saadiq. A name that holds an infinite amount of meaning, substance, and light in my life. It was this picture that gave me a taste of how remarkable of a person Khalil was before I even got the opportunity to meet him. He was gallantly in the forefront alongside his
When it was first published in the mid-19th century, Uncle Tom’s Cabin was an instant success, gaining worldwide acclaim for its groundbreaking stance on slavery and becoming the best-selling novel of the century. Even now, 165 years later, it retains popularity and acknowledgment among critics and readers alike. But when placed in a more modern
Katniss, Peeta, and Gale. Bella, Edward, and Jacob. These are two well-known examples of the famous love triangle trope in Young Adult (YA) literature. It is hard to pick up a YA book these days that doesn’t contain a love triangle and the genre gets a lot of flack for it. Many readers claim love
When a reading slump comes around, all people who love reading begin to hate it. It’s the point where all of your motivation to read new books at your usual hungry pace dissapears. You’ll be lucky if you can even get 20 pages of a book in your schedule. Unfortunately, every advant reader has been
None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio is an important book that deserves to be talked about more. Published in 2015, it deals with heavy topics I had personally never seen discussed in a book. This novel tells the compelling story of Kristin Lattimer, who lives a seemingly normal and healthy life. She is homecoming
It’s hard to find other people around you who have the same or similar interests. For me, my heart goes out to reading and writing, and I hardly ever have someone to discuss it with. I have one friend who is a big reader, and she even writes for another magazine, but we are very