Character Playlist: Leah Burke
Amanda Leah Burke definitely deserves her own playlist (check out my Simon one here!), especially since I just finished Leah on the Offbeat. I’ll hopefully get a review out for it…
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Review: And She Was
As Dara begins making preparations to pursue her dream of becoming a career tennis player, she goes digging around in her mom’s room in order to find her birth certificate…
Review: The Dangerous Art of Blending In
“I’ve squeezed as many bookcases in this tiny space as possible. Being surrounded by books and magazines makes me feel calm. It makes the room seemed wrapped in a layer…
Books for Campus Pride Month
Though Pride isn’t officially until June, April is when a lot of college campuses celebrate Pride–mostly due to the fact the majority of students aren’t there in June. With the…
Representation Matters
The movie Love, Simon was released this past weekend, to an overwhelmingly positive reception. Not only did it receive 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, people took to Twitter, exclaiming how much…
Character Playlist: Simon Spier
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda is a book I probably read about a year ago, and the movie just came out this weekend. The movie really hit it out…
Review: They Both Die at the End
“No matter how we choose to live, we both die at the end.” -Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End Both Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio receive a call…
Review: Middlesex
“Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.” -Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex Calliope Stephanides has an intricate and complex family history, traveling from Mount Olympus in Greece to…
Review: More Than This
“A book…it’s a world all on its own too. A world made of words where you live for a while.” -Patrick Ness, More Than This Seth Wearing drowns in the…
Review: Things I Should Have Known
“It’s like people have a place in their brain for normal, and they have a place in their brain for something obviously wrong, but they can’t deal with something just…