think about it: women are magic. without us where would you be? our bodies are strongholds, we hold the world in our hands on our shoulders, in our wombs. we are entire universes within a body, molecules of unadulterated power and strength. and yet you refuse to see us as equals. [...]
Category: books
TBR
So many books, so little time. This year I am going to try and be more organised so that I can finallyย work through my TBR list, when books are released I will also then add them to the list. At the moment, these are the books on my shelves that I need to get to [...]
i’ve never seen you so happy
POETRY REVIEW: WILD EMBERS BY NIKITA GILL
Poems of rebellion, fire and beauty Wild Embers by Nikita Gill is a firestorm of lovely prose, that at times, can be quietly powerful and other times, is an exhilaration of a pure unstoppable force. I will try and keep this review brief, only because I wholeheartedly believe that this is a poetry collection [...]
#LOVEOZYA REVIEW: TAKE THREE GIRLS BY CATH CROWLEY, FIONA WOOD & SIMMONE HOWELL
#LOVEOZYA I am going to be quite honest, I picked this book up because I saw the name 'Cath Crowley' and I had such a deep love affair with her previous young adult novel,ย Words in Deep Blue.ย I was quite surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. The main plotline centres upon the friendship [...]
prologue
she tried to hold on. she tried to fight it. her babyโs cries pushed her on. she couldnโt stop it. the pain ricocheted; the bullet ploughed on. something trickled down her arm; it pulsed, she bled Red.
REVIEW: MODERN CLASSIC BOOK PIC OF THE MONTH
The Myth of Sisyphus 'sin is not so much knowing as wanting to know'ย (p. 47). Have you ever read a book that leaves you utterly speechless? The words leave you in awe? Or complete and total confusion? This was that book. Albert Camus'ย The Myth of Sisyphus was written in 1942, during the worst of World [...]
i want to rip out my voice
I want to rip out my voice and throw it at you make you bleed from words unspoken. the more i scream the less you hear the more i hurt the less you care. i want to rip out my heart and squeeze it and let it rupture in front of your face. so you [...]
REVIEW: ORIGIN BY DAN BROWN
First and foremost, Edmund Kirsch reminds me of Tony Stark. Literally down to the personality type and the fashion choices. And Winston (AI) reminds me of JARVIS. I just really needed to get that out of the way. Moving onto the review portion of this post,ย Origin does not disappoint. Unlike the previous books, and maybe [...]
but i claw my way back up
gravity takes me down. ... ... ... ears ringing, silence abound. Getย Up.ย Get Up. Get Up. Get Up.ย a mantra a fighting chant, with that i claw my way back up. fingers gripping the ground a leverage i push against, grapple my way to standing. the light? (where is it?) i panic iย feel [...]