Boulder by Eva Baltasar - 4.5/5

For a story that only has 105 pages, it sure packs a punch and will make you think a lot.

The story reminds me of a Filipino film called The Loved One. The concept of not knowing the person you love towards the end of the relationship scares me, on top of it there is a child at stake (not that I would want a child).

Dormancy in a relationship is definitely a slow killer.

Lie with Me by Philippe Besson - 6/5

People compare this with Call Me By Your Name or Brokeback Mountain, but this is hauntingly superior to the other two.

For barely 150-pages, the story packs a punch to your gut. It will take you to the journey of the writer's life beautifully across decades, then shatter your heart satisfyingly.

I have nothing else to say aside from the fact that time does not get any better in some cases and that I do not believe in the saying that things are better left unsaid as I do not want to live a life where regrets will slowly eat you alive like quicksand.

I want to be able to live and breathe at the same time.

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë - 4/5

I originally picked this up when I was 15 and shelved it because I couldn't understand it.

I'm now 28 and am picking it up because of a sorry excuse of a film adaptation that will be shown in cinemas this Valentines.

I walked in on this novel with the goal of being an informed hater and ended up finishing it and enjoyed myself.

This is not a love story, but rather a tragedy and a horror story combined with a touch of gossip-maxing.

The characters are toxic to each other and the only character that has some kind of sense is the second narrator, Nelly Dean (mother, by the way).

It felt like reading Keeping Up With The Kardashians but Gothic, 1800's, and 5 times more melodramatic.

Highly recommended if you want to dive into classics and you want to read high-quality mess.