THE JESSICA JOURNALS

It is typically hard for a story so short to captivate its reader, but I truly did fall under Kafka’s spell through his novella, The Metamorphosis . The novella follows a travelling salesman named Gregor Samsa, who wakes up one morning to find he has inexplicably turned into a gigantic cockroach. Following this, he struggles to acclimate to his new body, and to sound human when he speaks. But, despite these issues, Gregor’s main concern is the possibility that he won’t be abl

I find it fitting that my birthday (October 17th) sits right in the middle of Autumn. As a nostalgic, sentimental person, I always end up reminiscing during this time of year, when the leaves are falling and the nights are long, when the sky scowls above me, its great big clouds reminding me of sadness, of the past, of what I have lost. A few years ago, I wrote a poem for one of my university modules and submitted it as one of my assessment pieces. I wrote it one night spur

This September we read Ottessa Moshfegh's controversial 2018 novel, My Year of Rest and Relaxation.

Upon picking up Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, I expected it to be much of what it was: a relatively slow paced, rather beautiful, magical...

Let's talk about Piranesi by Susanna Clarke for our August Book Club.

Welcome to our monthly Book Club, where we will post both of our reviews of the book we have been reading over the month. For July, we enjoyed the gothic classic, Rebecca!

Welcome to our monthly Book Club, where we will post both of our reviews of the book we have been reading over the month. For July, we enjoyed the gothic classic, Rebecca!