Everyday is a Day to Rock it!

You, my darling, are beautiful but you are not the centre of the universe. Your sorrows are real, Your grief and pain too, But honey the world will not stop for you.

It will not bat an eye when you are on your knees, bleeding. It will not hold its breath, During your suffering.

But darling don’t despair Dig those heels in and stand tall! Champion your case, Keep hope alive. Believe in you, that’s…

These are my confessions…

I haven’t been able to write anything new lately. It’s been a mixture of laziness, procrastination and intense amounts of self-doubt. The doubt tends to be debilitating where even when I have an idea, I won’t allow myself to start writing it until it is fully formed. But honestly, this has never been my method. I usually start writing whatever comes to mind and just go…

Why people like me shouldn’t have super powers!

In recent years, I’ve watched tons of superhero movies and I’ve been wondering what would I be like if I had special abilities. Not that I’m cynical or anything, but I think there are very good reasons why God made me this ordinary. Here are some that I was able to come up with: (more…)

The Hate U Gave by Angie Thomas – A Review

Genre: Amazingly Diverse and Important YA Rating: 4/5 Synopsis: The Hate U Give follows the life of sixteen-year-old African-American Starr, who is the sole witness to the murder of her friend at the hand of a White police officer. Starr must come to terms with her loss; while reconciling her two worlds i.e. the prep school she attends and the “ghetto” neighbourhood she grows up in; and hopes to…

New Year’s Resolutions

The sweetest lie, “I will change at the stroke of midnight” But we all know Resolutions I couldn’t keep in July Are resolutions I won’t keep in January Yet, I still believe I can Cinderella my way into the New Year Just need to find fairy godmother

The end of the year is upon us… Some will say “Hooray!” Others will Boo, I’m just like “Meh!” Anyway, I thought this would be a great time to have a consolidated look at all the books that I’ve read this year. Plus, I like making graphs and pie charts and analysing things. Win-win!!! Firstly, I will go through my top 5 favourite books that I read in 2017. This is a very subjective list, and some…

My Name in Books Tag

Hi, I thought I’d do something different today. I saw this tag on Thrice Read, and it seemed like a lot of fun. I invite you all to try it if you’d like. Here goes nothing… T – Turtles All the Way Down by John Green John Green’s newest novel since The Fault in Our Stars. It’s been on my mind lately, so it was an obvious choice. I’ve just started reading it, so excited.   E – Everything Everything…

I believe in the magic of names, and mine means “The one we love” My name suggests that an encounter with me might change your life, One interaction with yours truly will render you unmistakably in love.   A name passed down through the generations of my family, How do I live up to playfully wisdom of my great-aunt? Or the ‘take on the world’ charm of my aunt? The living legends of my name’s…

Some infinities are bigger than others, but this is the most beautiful of them all

Once upon a time, I had believed that if you could list all the things you loved about someone, you didn’t really love them, least not completely. Because in my quite feeble understanding, Love shouldn’t or rather couldn’t be quantified. Love is this abstract concept, an immeasurable force, much like infinity. We created a scale simply to ease our vast ignorance to its majesty. So if you ever…