The world is a place of noise and chaos. People talking over each other. Horns blaring in a twisted line of traffic. Construction works drowning out the sound of your own thoughts. How do we even survive this bedlam? How can we hear ourselves speak if the words are instantly snatched from our lips? The [...]
One of my main resolutions of 2018 was to read more classics. Now I know that it sounds absolutely cliched, especially considering how this goal has been cropping up in every yearly resolution while never showing any inclination to do anything about it. However, something has changed this year. I guess you could say that [...]
After a whole week of binge-watching The Great British Bake-Off and Chef's Table, I can safely say that my diet is officially cancelled! I just find these shows and documentaries so interesting to watch, and not to mention extremely appetising! I also love it when food is mentioned in a book. Reading about food in [...]
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald Memories... Despite the sweltering heat, the sweat dripping down our backs and the clothes sticking to parts [...]
Now that Spring is almost over I thought I'd share with you some of the things that I've been loving recently. Spring was absolutely exceptional. I got to travel to London, read some amazing books, discover new coffeeshops and eat some great food! So grab a cup of coffee and some snacks because this post [...]
“They say you cannot love two people equally at once,” she said. “And perhaps for others that is so. But you and Will—you are not like two ordinary people, two people who might have been jealous of each other, or who would have imagined my love for one of them diminished by my love of [...]
Historical fiction books are the closest things we have to a time machine. It is incredible to think that these ink-stained pages could transport us to another time and place, allow us to meet different people and experience events that we've only read about in textbooks. I especially love books set during the Second World [...]
