As 2023 comes to a close, we’ve gathered a list of 16 of our faculty’s most memorable reads this year! From fiction novels to memoirs, comics to essay collections, this list includes a diverse set of recommendations from our library staff. Each featured staff member was also kind enough to provide some background on the…Continue Reading Staff Top Reads of 2023
When it comes to Hispanic Heritage Month, you almost always see Mexican Gothic, written by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, on a to-be-read list. Personally, I loved the dark, fantastical story that Moreno-Garcia spun, so I thought for this Hispanic Heritage Month I would read her newest release The Daughter of Doctor Moreau. This reimagining of The Island…Continue Reading Hispanic Heritage Month Book Review: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
When transgender TikToker Dylan Mulvaney began rising to fame, transgender actress Laverne Cox shared one piece of advice with her: “Keep things for yourself.” This mantra proves to be at the heart of Elliot Page’s emotionally charged and strikingly honest memoir Pageboy, where the Oscar-nominated actor chronicles his journey from Hollywood to self-discovery. Page’s stream-of-conscious…Continue Reading A Conversation With Elliot Page: A Review of “Pageboy”
Summer always passes so quickly, and with many people going away, us readers always look for a great book to read on the plane, the beach, or by the campfire. Here are just a few books we’re hoping to read this summer. Our SU community can read these titles and many more with Libby, and…Continue Reading Summer Readings Recs? Yes, please!
Our newest student writer, Gabriella Escobar, reminds you why this fantasy novel by Kazuo Ishiguro should be on your TBR list, if it isn’t already….Continue Reading The Buried Giant: A Contemplative Journey of Mortality
“There may be beauty in my blackness and dignity in the struggle of my people, but I won’t allow my son to live a life of diminished possibility. I see a constellation of opportunity that those of my ilk rarely travel to. I see my Nigel at the center of those stars.This reraises the question…Continue Reading We Cast A Shadow
“It was only as we began to wind slowly down the drive, while I kept one eye out for a fleeting child among the trees, that I found myself replaying Maddie’s final remark, wondering if she had really said what I thought I’d heard.For the thing she had called over her shoulder seemed almost too…Continue Reading The Turn of the Key
The Fifth Season begins with two cataclysms, one global and one personal, and a quest. In the first, the Earth’s single, planet-spanning continent is shaken by a tectonic event which wipes out cities and fills the skies with ash. In the second, a young boy is murdered by his father, sending the boy’s mother, Essun,…Continue Reading The Fifth Season
While Lois’ story inspires readers to try something new in their lives, it also makes it clear that no journey will ever be like hers. Robin Sloan’s writing has improved so much since Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore. I was impressed by the depth and stylistic choices he made in Sourdough. For example, there’s the lovely…Continue Reading Sourdough
when the space program kicks into gear after the meteorite disaster, the program’s leaders assume that only men can be astronauts. Elma York challenges this assumption, determined to become the first “lady astronaut” Imagine if a meteorite were to destroy the place you live, killing nearly everyone you know and love, but you survive because…Continue Reading The Calculating Stars
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