Sometimes that life hits you hard, all you want to do is curl up wrapped in a blanket. Well, back in 2020, when Covid hit hard and everything one was panicking over paper toilet rolls. That’s when I was at my lowest lows. I spent my days away from the horrors that were constantly broadcasted over TV and the radio. It was all about numbers. And I just couldn’t stand it.
Amidst the chaos, I found back my love for reading. And that’s how I found the book that saved me. It was able to snap me away from reality and into a magical world where reality couldn’t get a hold of me. Yes, I know it’s escapism. But that moment when I was on the verge of falling into a deep depression, it was the warm blanket that soothe me back to health. During those three months of lockdown, I kept reading and reading. Hunger for escape. Yes, my love for imaginary worlds, the one I lost after routine sunk its ugly claws into me during college, it was back. The spark of awe and discovery was back.
The book wasn’t anything epic. But it was here at the right time to help me get through the difficult times. Ever since that moment, I’ll never look down on those books that others criticize that it’s cheesy or badly written. But it may save someone who really needed it to climb out of the pit they had sunk into.
And now the list of books that saved my life during my darkest hours:
A Court of Throne and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
The Binding by Bridget Collins
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
The indie list:
Ice Planet Barbarian series (spicy romance, r18) by Rudy Dixon
Vincent by Jonathan G. Meyer
Singularity Books 