Literature & Book Reviews

  • The Murder of a Masterpiece: Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights”

    It’s a feral, agonising and aesthetic film. But it’s not Wuthering Heights. I’m on my third read of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, having first read it when I was fourteen. I didn’t fall in love with the novel and its flawless complexities until I was seventeen, because at fourteen I didn’t fully understand the novel.…

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  • Love is in the Pen #1 – Jennette McCurdy’s ‘Half His Age’

    Welcome to Love is in the Pen, my new literature and book review series! I grew up watching Jennette McCurdy almost every day and I fell in love with her Nickelodeon character, Sam Puckett, instantly. It was only upon the release of her incredible and raw 2022 memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died, that I…

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  • Reading wrapped: my highlights of 2025

    As an English literature student and bookish baddie, I couldn’t resist but begin my 2026 blogging with a reading wrapped. According to GoodReads, I’ve read 19 books and 5,421 pages in 2025. Not a great score, and leaving the year quite far behind my reading challenge, which was 30 books. I’m setting myself the same…

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