Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R.F. Kuang

Since finishing Babel and professing my undying love to it, I’ve spent much of my time conversing with other readers about exactly what I loved and why, as well as trying to convince a minority of readers that this is definitely worth the time and effort. (its a whopping 560 pages or 21 hours and…

Conversations On Love

Another favourite conversation was with sex educator Emily Nagoski as she dissects motivations and unstable connections. She explains why desire is “bullshit” and goes on to say “I think its partly to do with desire being an optimal state for capitalism. You have to keep wanting things so you can keep consuming

Pandora’s Jar by Natalie Haynes

It’s been a while since I last posted on my blog. I intentionally took time off during April for Ramadan, but I have no excuse for May, other than I’ve been doing lots of reading and not a lot of reviewing (Instagram reels are taking over my life!!!) As they say, “dwelling on the past…