This review contains minor spoilers. Reader discretion is advised.
The Obsession by Jesse Q. Sutanto is a young adult fiction book based on a truly messed-up love story. With all of the plots the characters...
Pretend She's Here by Luanne Rice follows the kidnapping of main character Emily. When Emily’s best friend Lizzie Porter dies of cancer, Emily struggles to accept that she’s really gone, and Emily...
This review contains minor spoilers from Girl in Pieces. It also contains mentions of self harm. Reader discretion is advised.
Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow is a dark, painfully real story about...
Melia Sloss, Copy and Design Editor
• January 18, 2022
Six of Crows, written by Leigh Burdago in 2015, is a YA fantasy and thriller that follows the journey of six teenagers attempting a dangerous heist to receive a hefty pay.
After reading the description...
I read The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho over the span of about two weeks for AP English Literature. I don’t blame this class for this assigned novel whatsoever — it was actually a choice novel. I’ve...
Of all the books I own by Darcey Coats, Voices in the Snow has to be my new favorite. I read this thriller novel over my 2021 summer break and it immediately found its way to the top of my favorites list....
I’ve read A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray a couple times throughout the few years I’ve had the physical copy of the book. With each read, my understanding and appreciation of the plot line...
Since my previously posted Truly Devious trilogy review, I have become even more invested in the world of true crime and suspense mystery media. I’m a major fan of Maureen Johnson’s work in Truly Devious,...
I’ve always preferred consistently reading an author’s stand-alone works over actual series themselves. But after I read — and was not especially impressed by — How to Stop Time by Matt Haig, I...
Reading Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusuf Salaam was an intense experience.
Punching the Air follows Amal Shahid, who is convicted of a violent crime he didn’t commit at sixteen. An artist and...
I consider myself a newbie murder mystery novel and forensic documentary enthusiast. I’ll admit it’s becoming a small obsession. Maybe a pretty substantial obsession, actually. But murder mysteries...
Black History Month was originally proposed by Black educators and the Black United Students at Kent State University and became nationally recognized in 1976. It is celebrated in the month of February...
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