reemLetter to 12 year old me9 years ago, for some university competition or another, we were asked to write a letter to our 12 year old selves. The judges read our…Jan 7, 2019Jan 7, 2019
reemMiss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust — Nathaneal WestMiss Lonelyhearts ended sooner than I liked. I kind of wanted it to go on forever, for the way it was written like a vulgar but curious…Dec 20, 2018Dec 20, 2018
reemBeneath the Wheel — Hermann Hesse (book review)“As far as teachers are concerned, they define young geniuses as those who are bad, disrespectful, smoke at fourteen, fall in love at…Dec 20, 2018Dec 20, 2018
reemThe Call of the Wild/ White Fang/ The Scarlet Plague — Jack London (book review)Jack London is slowly becoming one of my favourite writers, despite his questionable morality. I started reading Martin Eden (a perfect…Dec 20, 2018Dec 20, 2018
reemAriel — Sylvia Plath (book review)Ah, Sylvia, Sylvia, Sylvia. How achingly beautiful you are as you take us through your heart. This is my first reading of Ariel but I’ve…Dec 20, 2018Dec 20, 2018
reemTravels with Charley: In Search of America — John Steinbeck (book review)As much as I wanted this book to “end already!” I must give it to Steinbeck because he could write the most boring ass book and make me…Dec 20, 2018Dec 20, 2018
reemThe Road to Los Angeles — John Fante (book review)The first half of this book was torture to read. Everything Arturo did or said was cringe-worthy and the way they treated their mother was…Dec 20, 2018Dec 20, 2018
reemLetters to a Young Poet — Rainer Maria Rilke (book revie“It is the same everywhere; but that is no reason for anxiety or depression; if there is no communion between other people and yourself…Dec 20, 2018Dec 20, 2018
reemSteppenwolf — Hermann Hesse (book review)Brilliant, brilliant Hesse! He hits the exact chords for me in this book. Books, intellect, solitude, relationships, obsession with dead…Dec 20, 2018Dec 20, 2018
reemBeer in the Snooker Club — Waguih Ghali (book review)Before anything in the Middle East there was the Egyptian dream. Country clubs where the rich played crochet, lavish receptions and…Dec 18, 2018Dec 18, 2018