My first time reading Jane Austen far exceeded expectations! What a funny, delightful story filled with believable quirky characters.

Modern fiction feels whittled down, simplified in comparison to the wandering conversations, philosophical musings and side characters in Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina.

1984 is often ranked as one of the most quintessential books in the dystopian genre. But while I was reading it, I couldn’t look past the main character’s attitude toward women. Eventually, I found myself questioning whether the attitude belonged to the character, or to the author himself.