Jay Asher’s Thirteen Reasons Why is one of those books that stays with you long after you finish it.
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If you’ve ever been in love with someone who made you question your sanity but also make you feel there is no other love outside of them, then the book Beautiful Disaster will resonate with you. And even if you haven’t, it will make you believe that love, in all its imperfections, is still worth it.
The narrator starts by describing this character as if his mind is completely sane, making readers believe he had a valid reasons for what he did, but contrary to the narrator’s words, the character’s actions showed a different side of his “sanity.”
I love this comic. It’s one of my favorite comics I’ve ever read, and it’s my first time reading the work of Ram V, and now he’s a writer I’m looking out for.
William P. Young’s The Shack has had such a profound impact on me, and I knew immediately that this was a book I had to give a review on. It’s a powerful exploration of grief, faith, forgiveness, and healing.
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover follows Lily Bloom, a determined young woman who is working to build a new life away from her troubled childhood.
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell is unlike anything I’ve ever read before. Be warned, the author’s beautiful use of words and metaphors throughout the entirety of this book will have you invested not only mentally but emotionally, just like it had me.
It’s saddening yet so beautiful how, for just a moment, she was able to let her inner child explore such a delicacy.
Tobias Wolff’s “Bullet in the Brain” is an exquisitely crafted short story that delves into themes of cynicism, memory, and the ephemeral nature of life.
I feel like back then certain stories were more of mysteries, their thinking was so brilliant.
Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s Before the Coffee Gets Cold takes place in a bijou back-street Tokyo café that allows its customers to time travel only under a few unusual and specific conditions, the main one that follows the title being that when a person travels back into time, they must finish their coffee before it gets cold.
This first volume sets the emotional tone for the rest of the series while asking powerful questions: Can we really change fate? And if we can’t, is it even worth trying?
