I am the first to admit that I do not read a lot of nonfiction unless it is required for class, but that is something I am genuinely wanting to change. To that end, I have begun to find a true appreciation for memoirs over the course of this school year (not just because of…Continue Reading Book Review: Beyond the Wand by Tom Felton
National Library Week: Blough-Weis Staff Talk Classics
In celebration of National Library Week, I sent out a survey to the full-time staff members of our very own Blough-Weis Library to learn about their individual reading experiences with classic literature. I assume most (if not all) of us have had some experience reading classic literature, either from English courses of the past or…Continue Reading National Library Week: Blough-Weis Staff Talk Classics
Book Review: Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
I have no idea what made Ali Hazelwood wake up one day and decide that on top of having a PhD in neuroscience (which has led to her being a professor) she also wanted to write romance novels that have been climbing the best-sellers lists since her debut novel The Love Hypothesis was published in…Continue Reading Book Review: Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
Book Review: A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid is a YA fantasy following an eighteen-year-old girl on her quest to prove herself in a world that seems bent on holding her down. Effy Sayre has loved fairytales her whole life, but her misfortune at being born female keeps her from being able to follow her passion…Continue Reading Book Review: A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
Meet the Student Workers
As we reach the halfway point in our spring semester, the Blough-Weis Library wants to celebrate some of our fantastic student employees. Check these profiles for faces you may recognize and some new workers! Aubrey (Mars) Russell Aubrey is a first-year secondary education major with a concentration in English who began working at the library’s…Continue Reading Meet the Student Workers
Book Review: Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
The beginning of the fantasy series, Letters of Enchantment, Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross follows two rival journalists as they face the war that surrounds them and the fate it has in store. The gods are awake, and they are at war, a war that they keep pulling humans into—humans like Iris Winnow’s older brother….Continue Reading Book Review: Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
Spring Break Book Recs
That time of the semester has finally come ya’ll—Spring Break! A week with no classes and (hopefully) no homework. The weather has been smiling on us favorably, and we can at last do the one thing we’ve been wanting to do all semester—nothing. Or, if you’re like me, nothing but curling up with a good…Continue Reading Spring Break Book Recs
Women’s History Month: “Book a Week” Reading Challenge
In honor of Women’s History Month, I have curated two lists of titles for a “Book a Week” reading challenge (because I am indecisive and couldn’t pick just one theme). Here is my conglomeration of book recommendations featuring female protagonists that are historical in one way or another. Feel free to stick to one list…Continue Reading Women’s History Month: “Book a Week” Reading Challenge
Book Review: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Lovers of words and believers in imagination would, I hope, thoroughly enjoy the world and writing of Alix E. Harrow’s The Ten Thousand Doors of January. The story is told mainly from the point of view of seventeen-year-old January Scaller. The young, unique Miss Scaller has grown up in the beautiful mansion of the wealthy…Continue Reading Book Review: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Anti- Romance Book Recs
Not in the Valentine’s Day spirit? Sick of seeing romance books with their cutesy graphic covers and bright colors left and right? Want something a little different for your season of love? If you just aren’t feeling it and would prefer to avoid romantic tales, these books could help. If you want something wholesome without…Continue Reading Anti- Romance Book Recs
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