At the beginning of this year someone asked me, “What did 2019 teach you?”. I thought about it. Last year was a brutal year for me; in a week I lost the person who I thought was going to be in my life forever, I lost one of my closest friends; I nearly dropped out of university because I failed an exam, which I found … Continue reading “Idiot” by Laura Clery: How rock bottom can be a springboard
I never thought this book would be for me when I read the title, The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater: Essays on Crafting, but I thought I would give it a go. I was going through a hard time when it felt like everything was beginning to fall apart and I was looking for something that could work as a distraction, as a retreat, from … Continue reading Alanna Okun is qualified to tell us how we’ll survive in “The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater”
Over the past six months I’ve noticed that my reading style has changed – the books I read now are totally different from the ones I usually read. Six months ago I was reading my usual dystopian future, romance, adventure novels. Now, I find myself drawn to stories like Dan Brown’s Angels & Demons, The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult and Dante’s Divine Comedy. Right now, … Continue reading “Prisoner of the Japanese: From Changi to Tokyo”: Tom Henling Wade’s moving memoir of survival and courage in the face of horror
Author of number one New York Times bestselling memoir, Wild, Cheryl Strayed has been touching our hearts and giving us hope in her writing and in her books for years. She has been giving advice with her bestselling book Tiny Beautiful Things and uses her own personal stories to help others through the hardships of their lives. People take comfort in her words and use them to … Continue reading “Be brave enough to break your own heart”
The greatest heroes in the world, and in life, are those that never give up. They stick it out, make the best of each situation and make it work. They sacrifice things in their life, in order to help others grow, and give up what they want because someone else needs it more. They work hard and overcome adversity. They fail for a moment, but … Continue reading “I am Malala. This is my story.”
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