Here’s why you ought to read the only book written by Oscar Wilde which has unsettled generations with its simple honesty — The Picture of Dorian Gray is a classic gothic fiction published in 1890 about Dorian Gray who is a beautiful young man of the likes of Adonis and Narcissus who involuntarily sells his soul in exchange for eternal youth. …

I haven’t read a more powerful book, an artist’s bible — Lust for Life is a fictionalized biographical account of the life of one of the greatest painters that ever lived on this planet, Vincent van Gogh based on the many letters written by Vincent to his dearest brother Theo and some on-field research conducted by Irving Stone. He claims most…

It made me sob like a baby and chuckle like one too — People who have read this book would know that the title is not clickbait but just me being honest. This book gave me a hangover that lasted for about a week or two, and I seldom get book hangovers. A Man Called Ove is the first book written by Fredrick…

How Will I Ever Get Out of This Labyrinth? — Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure. — Oprah Winfrey Background I have been wanting to write about death for a long time. I have been very intrigued by the very idea of death ever since I was…

Sailing the seas of hope — A man can be destroyed but not defeated. Read it again and let that sink in, yes give it more time. I began the last year with Lust for Life by Irving Stone and ended it with The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway and I couldn’t have chosen…

I am an avid reader, and am all for a book containing wisdom of a man’s life but: Why is it that people-who-read (readers) think of themselves as superior to those who don’t (non-readers)? Why is it that, readers think they’re intellectually superior to non-readers when readers themselves are trying…

Rising out of Ashes — Is my foundation so fragile, that something something so insignificant as a storm is able to rattle me? I am walking down a lonely road as I write this, and with great courage, I had chosen this road not taken. Against all secure options, I chose the uncertainty of my…

My Take Hello, despite the absolute garbage that was ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ I still chose to waste my Dad’s hard-earned money to watch ‘Thor: Love & Thunder’ because I had hope from Marvel in some corner of my stupid heart. But I was so wrong, boy…so dead wrong…

A Confession to Make — Disclaimer: This one might not be very relevant to you, this is more of a personal blog, not selling anything but me having a heart-to-heart conversation with you. …