Book review: “My Evil Mother: A Short Story”

This is undoubtedly the first ever short story by Margaret Atwood that I read, and I was totally captivated. There is always something about Atwood’s writing that makes her works very enthralling, despite how seemingly normal the topic is. Although I must say this short story is nowhere near the level that some of her

Book review: “Christmas Stories”

What more can I say? When it comes to Christmas stories, Charles Dickens is THE BEST! I love how he didn’t use his stories to preach anything. On the contrary, through his masterful story-telling, he gracefully inserted into these stories the life lessons and parables that he wanted to convey to readers. He let us

Book review: “The Raven and Other Tales”

This collection of 20 poems and tales from the master of horror Edgar Allan Poe is definitely the ideal read for Halloween! I have read many tales in this collection before, including Poe’s famous stories “The Tell-Tale Heart”, “The Pit and the Pendulum”, “The Black Cat”, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, “The Masque

Book review: “Grimm’s Fairy Tales”

Look what the lockdown due to the surges in COVID-19 cases where I live has brought me to. This week, I treated myself to a trip down memory lane with this “Grimm’s Fairy Tales” collection. I grew up being exposed to books from an early age, and fairy tales were my first experience with stories.

Book review: “Selected Stories by Edgar Allan Poe “

What a terrifying, bone-chilling and spine-tingling journey into the darkest pit of horror with the master of this genre, Edgar Allan Poe! I’ve known him and his stories ever since I read their retold versions in Oxford Bookworms Library, and I was so thrilled to read the original versions of “The Fall of the House