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Karisma
Sep 17, 2023
Ranking celebrity memoirs
**trigger warning - alcoholism, sexual assault, baby loss** Hi everyone! I hope you’re all well and that the month of September has been...
Karisma
Sep 3, 2023
I'm so glad Rory Gilmore failed
**spoilers throughout!** September means the beginning of autumn, and autumn means one thing: rewatching Gilmore Girls, the cosiest show...
Karisma
Aug 27, 2023
The Jacqueline Wilson books that traumatised me, part 2 & meeting my childhood hero
Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you’re all well. A few weeks ago I wrote an article titled The Jacqueline Wilson Books that traumatised me....
Karisma
Aug 20, 2023
I think I'm finally happy but don't tell anyone - Original Poem
Tennessee Williams' Notebooks were written between 1936-1981 and offer an extremely self-reflective and movingly emotive account of...
Karisma
Aug 13, 2023
The theme of childhood in 'In the Waiting Room' by Elizabeth Bishop
In Elizabeth Bishop: Her Poetics of Loss, Susan McCabe writes that Elizabeth Bishop’s life, particularly her childhood, ‘was...
Karisma
Aug 6, 2023
The best apps to support your mental health
I’m a firm believer that staying away from your phone is imperative to detox. At times when I have felt extremely overwhelmed and...
Karisma
Jul 30, 2023
'Lucky' is my favourite word
As of Tuesday, we’ll be eight months into the year. This means I only have to wait a month before decorating my bedroom with artificial...
Karisma
Jul 23, 2023
Recommending you a book based on your favourite Vault track on Speak Now (Taylor's Version)
I’m so happy Speak Now is out! When Taylor first announced she was re-recording her works all I could think about was reliving her eras....
Karisma
Jul 9, 2023
Paris Hilton's memoir is absolutely brilliant
**trigger warning - abuse** A lot of people are afraid to admit their investment in celebrity culture. They’ll observe the occasional...
Karisma
Jul 1, 2023
1 Year of Train of Thought & a Reintroduction to me
For years I tossed the idea around of writing a weekly blog and I allowed so many things to hold me back. At first, it was the name. The...
Karisma
Jun 25, 2023
Podcasts I've been loving lately
Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you’re well and that the month of June has been kind to you. June 25th means that Christmas Day is,...
Karisma
Jun 18, 2023
The Astronaut - Original Poem (Happy Father's Day)
My dad is my favourite person in the world. He’s my closest confidant, my best friend and my absolute superhero. We talk on the phone up...
Karisma
Jun 11, 2023
The Jacqueline Wilson books that traumatised me
**spoilers and trigger warning for loss and abuse** Hi everyone, Happy Summer! I usually dislike the weather warming up. I find British...
Karisma
Jun 4, 2023
Everything Will Be Okay - Original Poem
If you're a non-American Swiftie like myself you've probably spent the morning after every concert mourning the show you didn't get to...
Karisma
May 28, 2023
The sea in 'To the Lighthouse' by Virginia Woolf
I briefly discussed Virginia Woolf in my ‘Literary references in ‘folklore’ by Taylor Swift’ article a few weeks ago. In To the...
Karisma
May 21, 2023
Unpopular Harry Potter Opinions - part 2
My thoughts on J. K Rowling aside, I have mixed feelings about the upcoming Harry Potter reboot. It seems far too early to reboot the...
Karisma
May 14, 2023
The best gifts for book lovers
Hi everyone! I hope you’re all well. The last few weeks have been some of the busiest of my life. I’ve been travelling up and down the...
Karisma
May 7, 2023
The Lost Boy - Original Poem
**trigger warning - baby loss** In the week between Christmas and New Year's Eve last year I listened to Gary Barlow's autobiography on...
Karisma
Apr 30, 2023
The role of Blanche in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' by Tennessee Williams
I read and studied A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams when I was sixteen and, alongside The Importance of Being Earnest by...
Karisma
Apr 23, 2023
Ophelia - Original Poem
Something about the great William Shakespeare that has always resonated with me is the fact that nobody knows the day he was born....
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