There’s something incredibly magical about stories told through letters, diaries, and/or interviews—it feels so personal, like you’re spying into someone’s world. Whether you love classic literature, rom-coms, or classic horror, there’s an epistolary novel (and its film adaptation!) for e[...]
On a recent doom-scroll through TikTok I read someone pose the question "Does it have an ending?" about a post on the series Normal People. The creator of said post replied "What a loaded question" and I have been stuck thinking about that exchange nonstop. It’s such a painfully accurate resp[...]
This week's Thrifty Lit haul was an exciting one for me. There’s something magical about browsing secondhand shelves, never quite knowing what you’ll find, and this time, I struck gold. Not only did I finally get my hands on a book I’ve been relentlessly scanning and scanning thrift store[...]
I was so excited to not only read 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society' but to first find it in my thrift store travels. I watched the film years ago, when it was released on Netflix. I noticed it was adapted from a book so, I made a mental note to one day read the book. I fell ha[...]
Happy mani-Monday! So, have you also been listening to Taylor Swift's latest album (correction: double album) "The Tortured Poets Department," otherwise known as TTPD? It's been on a constant loop since I woke Friday morning. Per usual, I have my favorite songs that I overplay wayyy more than ot[...]
I just finished reading 'Outlander', and now I'm sharing my favorite changes made to season one. Today, we're talking all about Episode 104: The Gathering and its corresponding chapter. "The Gathering" takes us deeper into the heart and soul of Castle Leoch, where the complex web of plots and polit[...]