INTRODUCTION I’m angry at the romance genre. That’s quite a blanket statement, but for the most part, it’s true. In recent times, the romance genre has lowered women’s standards. Authors like Colleen Hoover influence people to believe that abuse is love (see It Ends With Us). Abusers can be forgiven and even loved again….Continue Reading Book Review: My Dark Vanessa
Immigrant stories are more important now than ever. My great grandmother Ona came to the states from Lithuania in the early 20th century. While I’m quite disconnected to my personal history, families face the horrible injustices of immigration as you read this review. The time to be educated was…Continue Reading Book Review: The Lies They Told by Ellen Marie Wiseman
INTRODUCTION With three declining grandparents, I tend not to read books with elderly main characters (hence why I don’t touch A Man Called Ove). It’s too close to home for me to enjoy the reading experience. My grandparents are everything to me and reading a book about elderly people going through loneliness, grief, and…Continue Reading Book Review: The Correspondent
[Spoilers for Tinkerbell and the Secret of the Wings] INTRO If you were anything like me, the Tinkerbell/Pixie Hollow movies were a girlhood staple. The first one was released straight to DVD in 2008 when I was four years old. For Halloween, I was Rosetta- complete with a pink turtleneck under my costume (Mom’s…Continue Reading Book Review: Wings of Starlight by Allison Saft
Last week was Banned Books Week, and to honor it, SLAC held Banned Books Trivia on October 7th. Now, you may be asking yourself what exactly is SLAC and what happened at their trivia night? Well, you are in luck, because here I am going to be sharing everything about SLAC, a recap of Banned…Continue Reading Introducing SLAC: A Recap of Their Banned Books Trivia
Every year, Banned Books Week reminds us how powerful stories can be, they have enough power to challenge the way people think, make readers feel seen, and sometimes even make others uncomfortable. For me, one of those books is The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. It’s not just a book I read…Continue Reading Book Review: Perks of Being A Wallflower
Book synopses copied from publishers’ website Frankenstein, Mary Shelley Scientist Victor Frankenstein learns how to create life, but his discovery goes quickly awry when he creates a monster larger and stronger than an ordinary man. As the monster uses its power to destroy everything Victor loves, the young scientist is forced to embark on a…Continue Reading 6 Spooky Books to Read this Fall Break
This year, from October 5th to October 11th, we are celebrating Banned Books Week. Banned Books Week is a week dedicated to highlighting the free and open access to information through the books that we read. This year’s theme is “Censorship Is So 1984 – Read for Your Rights.” Having been the president of a…Continue Reading Best Books to Read to Celebrate Banned Books Week 2025!
With the first few days of October upon us, I’m sure everyone’s minds have immediately jumped to fall festivities and everything pumpkin flavored, but many of us are glossing over one of the biggest library events of the year: Banned Books Week. Taking place Oct. 5-11, this week is an annual campaign designed to spread…Continue Reading The Elements of Censorship: A Periodic Table of Banned Books
INTRODUCTION My favorite books tend to be those that show women thriving in male-dominated fields. I picked up Atmosphere because I saw an Instagram Reel of a woman sobbing her eyes out and I decided, yes, I need that catharsis in my life. Especially with my senior year of college starting in a few…Continue Reading Book Review: Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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