All Good Things Come to an End

by Ikhlas // 14 July, 2011 // 1 Comment

One day in December 2000, I received a gift for Eid. My mom had a habit of leaving us little gift bags, filled with board games and books and goodies, by our bedroom doors the night before Eid. As I clutched my blanket with my henna-covered hands, I saw a shadow move outside my door. The next morning as I ripped through my goodies bag, I found the usual

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Fashion at the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 World Premier in London

by Ikhlas // 8 July, 2011 // 3 Comments

Photo by Dave Hogan/Getty Images

So this is going to be a commentary on two of my favourite things: fashion and Harry Potter. "Do those even go together?" you ask sarcastically. Why yes, yes they do. Here's a

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Waiting on Wednesday {2}

by Ikhlas // 6 July, 2011 // No Comments

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Silence (Hush, Hush, #3)

This week's anticipated title: Silence Author: Becca Fitzpatrick Release Date: October 4th, 2011 Summary: The noise between Patch and Nora is gone. They've overcome the secrets riddled in Patch's dark past...bridged two irreconcilable worlds...faced heart-wrenching tests of betrayal, loyalty and trust...and all for a

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The Edward

by Ikhlas // 3 July, 2011 // 2 Comments

Since every YA book out right now has the Edward hero, I figured I'd do a post about all the Edwards. Oh come on, you know the guy...don't you? Other than the requisite things about Edward from Twilight, the Edward archetype falls into the following pitfalls:

He's hot. Like scorching hot. Like he will melt your eyeballs out of your eye-sockets

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I’ll take “Capital L for Literature” for 500

by Ikhlas // 30 June, 2011 // 5 Comments

When I was in university, I met this girl who asked me what my favourite book was. I promptly replied, "Harry Potter". She wrinkled her nose and said, "No, I meant Literature. Like real books." As an English major (and maybe even a University student) the assumption that I had to read and love Literature was constantly foisted upon me. And while I love and

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