Time travel is a book category I hold close to my heart. There’s something in stories that intertwine love and the bending of time that truly tugs at the deepest corners of my nostalgic soul. Its wistful, aching, magical-- the kind of longing that makes anything feel possible. The ache of love[...]
From the first line, The Time Traveler’s Wife tells us what kind of story it is. It's not just about time travel or even love, but about waiting. About the kind of ache that lingers in silence while you wait. It’s hard being left behind. I wait for Henry, not knowing where he is, wonderi[...]
My final dark academia read for May and… I still don’t know what I just read. Bunny by Mona Awad was a fever dream in every sense. It’s part satire, part horror, part MFA cult fantasy nightmare; it's unstable, so feminine and pink, and completely feral. It made me laugh, cringe, spiral, an[...]
Gothic literature has always held a special place in my heart. Some of my all-time favorite classics are gothic, and in my head, dark academia has always felt like a modern parallel. Gothic lit is moody and haunting. It lingers in that space between beauty and dread. Dark academia just takes tha[...]
Have I been obsessed (more than usual) with Pride and Prejudice lately? Yes, absolutely. With the 20th anniversary of the 2005 film just passing this April, paired with the endless edits of Elizabeth and Darcy floating around social media, my brain has been deep in all things Austen. So when I w[...]
Some movies just stay with you. They settle somewhere deep inside and refuse to leave, growing more special with every passing year and every rewatch. For me, Pride and Prejudice (2005) is one of those rare, forever films. The music, the longing, the sweeping one-shot scenes where the camera[...]