Disclaimer, I’m over-excited today because I’m really looking forward to my upcoming session and I’m taking therapy again after One. Whole. Year. This post is all about channeling my energy as well as being nostalgic about the first time I walked in for therapy. I hope this helps you get an understanding of what you can expect as well as encourage you to take the first step if you’re somebody who is contemplating going for profession help. It’s been almost a year since I went for my last session. Over these five years, I’ve been constantly taking sessions and they’re not all with the same mental health professional. However, they…
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Book Review: A Woman Is No Man – Etaf Rum
Synopsis: PALESTINE, 1990 Seventeen-year-old Isra prefers reading books to entertaining suitors her father has chosen for her. Over the course of a week, the naive and dreamy girl finds herself quickly betrothed and married, and is soon living in Brooklyn. There Isra struggles to adapt to the expectations of her oppressive mother-in-law Fareeda and strange new husband Adam, a pressure that intensifies as she begins to have children – four daughters instead of the sons Fareeda tells Isra she must bear. BROOKLYN, 2008 Eighteen-year-old Deya, Isra’s oldest daughter, must meet with potential husbands at her grandmother Fareeda’s instance, though her only desire is to go to college. But her grandmother…
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Book Rating Policy
Reviewing books is an individual interaction and is usually different for everyone. Here is my personal reviewing framework that I refer to while conducting the book reviews. Ideally, this should help you understand my preferences and rating system better. Additionally, I would also like to help you comprehend that these reviews are not drafted on a discretionary basis. I have a consistent and specific process of reviewing; however, my views pertaining to each book are subjective to my personal taste. What I totally admire about a book might not suit your interests, and vice versa. And I would love to know your experience with the book, no matter how different…
