When the Book Closes is a space for reflection — for the moment after finishing a book, when its ideas, emotions, and questions continue to echo.

I’ve always been a reader who lingers. I tend to mourn the endings of books I feel deeply connected to, carrying their weight with me long after the final page. Here, I reflect on both what a book is about and what it leaves behind — the realizations it sparks, the questions it raises, and the quiet shifts that follow.

These reflections are personal rather than academic, written as conversations rather than critiques. They explore stories through lived experience, allowing meaning to emerge naturally in the aftermath of reading.

This space exists for readers who linger too — who find themselves changed, unsettled, or quietly moved when a book closes, and who want a place to sit with that feeling a little longer.