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Who am I to judge a book written out of tortured life experience? I recently read Heather Morris’s “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” which is based on the experiences of Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew who survived the Holocaust. I never write book reviews, unless it’s fiction and is horribly well written or the opposite. Ha! The book …

Have you ever got a book hangover? I am having one as I write this blog post. Maybe it is normal, to feel melodramatic and thoughtful, to scrutinize some aspects of the book and the fates of its characters. Maybe a soulful book is supposed to make you suffer from a kind of withdrawal. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak could make anyon…

It's late at night. My eyes felt drained and heavy. Shutting the laptop wasn't a choice, the work kept piling and it was almost never-ending. I decided to take a power nap. Sleep seemed more important and I felt my pillow could pull all my stress away. As I started slipping into a nice deep snooze, I heard a jolt near my cup…

I am someone who mastered the art of tree climbing. My cousins and I could have got into the circus if we pursued it! Laugh, all you want. But yes, we were quite the daredevils. 2020 started badly, but it ended beautifully for me personally. Reason?- I hopped on a zip line. What is a zip line, you may ask? It's nothing big, jus…