Category: Library

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  Stories Taught Me to Ignore Red Flags. Here’s What I’m Doing About It.

  The year is 2015. I’m watching Twilight for the first time. And my life is changed forever. Maybe it was… Read more.

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  Should I Be Worried How Relatable “The Bell Jar” Is?

  Sylvia Plath’s masterpiece is the emo girl’s Bible. Tumblr girls unite: if you’re on the brink, this is the book… Read more.

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  My Obsession with Gothic Horror

  Just as “some houses are born bad,” some books are born captivating, relatable, and strikingly spooky. “…Whatever walked there, walked… Read more.

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  The Bog Wife: Family Duty & Expectations

  I was in Barnes & Noble, thinking, I really don’t need another book. Do I? As I wrestled with myself,… Read more.

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  WUTHERING HEIGHTS: Rereading It 10 Years Later

  Above: Photo from my Wuthering-Heights-inspired self-portrait-photoshoot To be honest, I don’t remember how old I was when I read Wuthering… Read more.

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  this book saved my life: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

  It’s been two years since I stumbled into a Barnes & Noble and bought this book as a gift for… Read more.

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  House of Roots & Ruin // My First 1 Star in a While…

  I read the first book in this series, House of Salt & Sorrows, a couple years ago and I LOVED… Read more.

• The Little Mermaid: The Books That Made Me

  During my middle school years, my mother made friends with an elderly French woman who lived down the street, Mrs.… Read more.

• The Books That Made Me

  I read a novel the other day about lessons a writer learned from her favorite books as a child. I… Read more.

• FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD // 3 Bachelors Chasing Down a Vain Farmer-ess

  This unassuming novel was lying on the top shelf of my mom’s guest room for many years. It took moving… Read more.