By Alex Houdeshell As I got my hands on each new installment of Holly Black’s Folk of the Air trilogy, I went through the exact same speed-reading, can’t-put-it-down-until-I’m-finished, suspense-filled experience. Starting with The Cruel Prince and ending with Queen of Nothing (released last November) Holly Black kept my eyes glued…
Month: March 2020
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6 Books to Get You Through Your Quarter Life Crisis
By Brenna Sarantides We all can agree that times are weird right now. In the midst of quarantining, existential dread is abundant. For those in their 20s, panic was already on the horizon. These conditions have merely exasperated the effects. On the brink of adulthood, many people find themselves questioning…
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What Quarantine Book You Should be Reading Based on Your Star Sign
By Jennie Fetzer It’s Monday, March 23, 2020, and the CDC has officially closed all non-essential businesses in the state of Connecticut. It has also been advised that we practice social distancing to stop the spread of COVID-19, better known as “Corona”. For many, this means hunkering down in our…
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The Ultimate Vacation for Book Lovers
By Lauren Ablondi-Olivo While most of us are perfectly content having a staycation at home with a good book, some of us bibliophiles want a little bit more adventure in our lives. And by adventure, I mean the ultimate bookworm fantasy: running our own bookstore. That’s exactly what The Open…
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Reading Recommendation: ‘Self Care in Uncertain Times’
By Danny Mitola I think we can all agree that we’re living in a strange moment in history right now. With the looming threat of COVID-19 hanging over everyone comes many challenges, from having to adjust to staying home all the time, to wondering where food will come from. A…
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5 Ficticious Books
By Kathryn O’Donnell Any media marathoner like me has been there before: You’re hooked on your newest movie, television show or book, and suddenly your favorite character mentions a book. Sometimes it’s a book they’re writing, like Jane Gloriana Villanueva’s first novel from the television series Jane the Virgin, and…
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Something Different: An Introduction to the ‘New Weird’
By Jordan Shaw If you’re looking for a novel experience (pun intended), then you’ve come to the right place. The term ‘New Weird’ refers to a genre related to science-fiction, fantasy, and horror that is built upon the subversion of trademark tropes and expectations in the genres it draws inspiration…
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What Is Creative Nonfiction?
By Alex Mika Last year, I enrolled in a course, as many irresponsible undergraduates do, not knowing what the hell I was getting myself into. It was called “Creative Writing: Poetry and Creative Nonfiction.” Poetry, I knew. Nonfiction, I knew. But creative nonfiction? It felt like a doublespeak term out…
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The New Adult Genre and What It Could Mean for Aspiring Writers
by Jose Paz Soldan “New Adult,” is a term first used in 2009 in a contest held by St. Martin’s Press, a publishing company looking for something new. Though the idea of the genre itself wasn’t new at the time, the publishing company still christened a genre that to this…
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Anna Coronina… or How Classic Books Would Change if the Main Character had Coronavirus
By Alyssa Grimaldi Part of the magic in reading emerges from the distinct ability of imagining yourself in the place of any protagonist. You can be Elizabeth Bennet at the ball with Mr. Darcy, Harry Potter fighting Voldemort, or Hamlet avenging his father’s untimely death. But what if characters from…