The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe Rating: 4.5/5 As you may now by now, I am a huge historical fiction fan. I often read books about the French Resistance, but when I found this one, the title intrigued me. It is a beautiful narration of a girl who is a prisoner in Auschwitz and …
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Lessons I Learned Through Heartbreak
Don’t ever let anyone define you as a person. This sounds like such an “easy” thing to remember yet when we are experiencing heartbreak, at least in my experience, we often allow the experience to change the way we view ourselves. It is easy to believe you are hard to love or not worth someone’s …
Love, Games, and You
There is a saying in my culture that translates to “good luck in games, back luck in love” and vice-versa, implying that those who have good luck in one department tend to have bad luck in the other. I was never one to believe in this kind of superstitions– but do you remember how I’d …
Unshared Poetry: “Unlearn You”
Like I said before, there are some poems that are meant to heal us (the writers). These are the kind of poems that may never leave my journal. Sometimes I write to help others through my own experiences but some other times I simply write to understand what I am feeling. Writing is my own …
Sharing Your Writing Online: Advice
I started sharing my writing on Instagram a couple of years ago, during 2019. Since then, I have tried different aesthetics and styles. Even though I am not an expert on this topic, I think I have had enough experience to share some of the helpful advice I was given or I learned throughout this …
Sharing Some of My “Unshared Poetry”
One of my first blog posts was about “unshared poetry”– the poems we write for ourselves without the desire or need to share them. In my opinion, these poems help us heal (the writer, not the reader). However, today, I will be sharing some of my own personal “unshared poetry.” I consider that enough time …
Twenty-One Things I Learned At Twenty-One
<< Inspired by Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton>> You can spend hours, days, and months planning the perfect life. You can plan at what age you would like to graduate, when you would get married, how long it would take you to find your dream job, and around what time you would …
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Behind The Scenes of One of The Poems In My Book: “Tangible Gone Abstract”
Most of the times, I let my poems do the talking. I am merely a medium for words to come alive. Yet today I choose to tell you, or perhaps even explain, how one of the poems in my book came to be. Several poems I write are based on my emotions yet the concrete …
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Tips To Build a Productive Writing Routine
As a writer, I go through phases. Some days, I think of poems almost involuntarily. Some others, I sit down and stare at a blank page for long minutes before coming up with a line or two that I may not even be proud of. During the years, I have tried coming up with a …
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Books To Help You Heal From Heartbreak
I have been recommending a lot of books based on genre or occasion, and this time I have decided to share some of my favorite books to heal from heartbreak – of any kind. Everything About Love by Dolly Alderton As you will see, I will be sharing books of different genres. In this case, …