Lindsey Buttel // Blog Writer Come October, everyone, even the more fearful population, is more prone to watching horror movies and reading horror novels. But with so many to choose from, how do you know that you are actually getting…
Category: Reviews
#myfavoritebook: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Megan Raible // Blog Writer We Were Liars by E. Lockhart Delacorte Press // January 1, 2014 242 pages We Were Liars is an artfully crafted thrill ride of a novel that cannot be put down. This is the kind…
Review: “The Harder They Come” Is Easy To Love
Madison Heim-Jinivisian // Blog Writer The Harder They Come by T.C. Boyle HarperCollins // March 31, 2015 400 Pages Barnes & Noble // HarperCollins The Harder They Come, T.C. Boyle’s latest novel, centers on a retired couple, Sten and Carolee, struggling…
Review: “Magonia” Redefines Young Adult Sick-Lit
Madeline Chambers // Blog Writer Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley HarperCollins // April 28, 2015 320 Pages Barnes & Noble // HarperCollins [This review contains spoilers.] Magonia begins by introducing Aza Ray and her unique disease that is…
Review: “99 Days” is a Summer You Won’t Want to Remember
Allyson Floridia ’16 // Blog Writer 99 Days by Katie Cotugno HarperCollins | April 21, 2015 384 pages Barnes & Noble | HarperCollins To say that I’m a fan of young-adult, coming-of-age novels is an understatement. I absolutely love them. And…
Review: “This House is Not For Sale” Shows What Goes Into Making a House
Courtney Burke // Blog Writer This House is Not For Sale by E.C. Osondu HarperCollins | February 3, 2015 192 pages Barnes & Noble | HarperCollins “When we asked Grandpa how the house we all called the Family House came…
Review: In “Dreaming Spies,” Mary Russell Unfortunately Forges the Way
Emily Mackenzie // Blog Writer Dreaming Spies by Laurie R. King Random House | February 17, 2015 352 pages Barnes & Noble | Random House When I first picked up Dreaming Spies, the concept was intriguing. The premise of the…
Review: “The Call” by Yannick Murphy
Ellen Duffer ’14 // Editorial Director I spent about an hour scouring the “newly released” section/shelf of my local library for anything with a synopsis that didn’t read like a Lifetime movie. Yannick Murphy’s third novel, The Call, not only…
Review: Humming & Strumming & Writing it Down in “Bright’s Passage”
Meaghan O’Brien // Blog Writer I’d call Josh Ritter a storyteller. I think he’d call himself a storyteller, too. He’s known and acclaimed for his singer-songwriter folk with a prosaic bent and, more recently, for his debut novel, Bright’s Passage.…
Review: “Divergent” by Veronica Roth
Janella Angeles // Blog Writer For anyone who is an avid fan of The Hunger Games trilogy or just loves a good helping of action-packed dystopia, Veronica Roth’s debut book Divergent definitely earns it place as one of the freshest…