Tag: romance

• Why Titanic (1997) Will Live Rent-Free in My Brain Forever

  

  (or: how a three-hour historical romance disaster movie emotionally imprinted on me at age nine and never let go. Yes, I see what I did there.) I just rewatched Titanic a few hours ago, which means I am currently emotionally compromised, spiritually damp, and operating on vibes alone. This is not a review. This is…

  Ashley Wilkes

  December 28, 2025

  movie

  books, disaster movie, film review, films, historical romance, history, james cameron, kate winslet, leonardo dicaprio, movie review, movies, period piece, review, romance, titanic, titanic 1997

• Why I’ll Never Apologize for Liking Romance Novels

  

  Let’s get one thing straight: I’m not ashamed of loving romance novels. Not even a little. Not even when people roll their eyes and act like reading about love, yearning, or – heaven forbid – happy endings is somehow intellectually inferior to the latest 800 page “sad man wanders through existential crisis and calls it…

  Ashley Wilkes

  November 5, 2025

  Uncategorized

  beverly jenkins, book-review, bookish, books, booktok, discussion post, fiction, hannah grace, reading, romance, romance novels