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
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
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
A lot of behind-the-scenes work goes into keeping the Blough-Weis Library running smoothly. One service that not many students know about is our institutional repository, which librarians Ryan Ake and Brianne Dort recently presented at the ExLibris Northeast User Group Conference. For those unfamiliar, Endeavor is Susquehanna’s institutional repository that hosts, preserves, and showcases the…Continue Reading Preserving Scholarly Works: A Look at SU’s Repository
Many of our student workers sought employment at the library for one reason: books! A love of literature permeates throughout our student employees with some of them even sharing favorite books or favorite authors. Wondering if your literary twin is hiding somewhere on campus? Check out these student worker profiles to find out! Frankenstein by:…Continue Reading Meet the Student Workers and Their Favorite Books
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the precursor to the bestselling Hunger Games trilogy, takes place during the tenth annual Hunger Games. Coriolanus Snow, at this point only eighteen years old, is fighting to rebuild his family’s crumbling legacy by becoming one of the newest additions to the Games, a mentor to one of the…Continue Reading Book Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is written in the form of a letter from the novel’s narrator, Little Dog, to his mother, Rose. Little Dog’s letter travels back through his memories and experiences growing up in Hartford, Connecticut as both queer and Vietnamese. His mother is grappling with the effects of a traumatic childhood in…Continue Reading Book Review: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
To celebrate the new year, we’ve created a 24-book reading challenge that includes poetry collections, translated works, classics, memoirs, and more. If you’re looking to explore different forms and genres of writing in the new year, our list is the perfect start! All but two of these books are available through our library or the…Continue Reading 2024 Reading Challenge
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 you ask a student if they’ve ever pirated a textbook, you’ll probably get some reluctant responses. Some may deny it, while others would avoid the question entirely. “What are you a cop,” they’d say. These aren’t unreasonable responses considering the act of pirating textbooks is illegal. However, Haley Dittbrenner ’25 and Rob Sieczkiewicz, Director…Continue Reading The Ethics of Textbook Piracy
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