Cal Newport’s “Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World” discusses and tackles the issue of distractions caused by our cell phones, arguing that the low-quality leisure time we receive from the activities I mention (and more) are limiting the...
Ted Chiang's collection of speculative short stories, "Exhalation: Stories" makes readers rethink how they view the world. Chiang successfully takes common science fiction tropes like time travel, aliens, and artificial intelligence and transforms them into...
The Communist Party of the Khmer Rouge (CPK) took control of Cambodia on April 17, 1975. According to the Cambodia Tribunal Monitor, The Khmer Rouge created the state of Democratic Kampuchea in 1976 and ruled the country until January 1979. The party’s existence was...
"Educated" is not only a memoir of change but also one of great determination. Tara Westover was born to a survivalist Mormon family in the mountains of Idaho in 1986. Her father, Gene Westover, harbored a deep distrust of the government and sought a survivalist...
"Lost Stars" by Claudia Gray is a young adult novel that tells the story of Thane Kyrell and Ciena Ree. Set in the Star Wars universe, the two characters bond over their passion for flying. They both begin their training as cadets for the Galactic Empire, but when...
"Sea Prayer" by Khaled Hosseini is a letter from a father to his sleeping son as they await a boat at the break of dawn. Alongside the thousands of refugees, all searching the tide for a promise of a better life, the father whispers a tale of remembrance and hope to...
“Where There’s Smoke” by Sandra Brown is engaging, suspenseful, and a wonderfully fun read. “Where There’s Smoke” is about a doctor named Lara Mallory who decides to start up her medical practice in the small town of Eden Pass in Texas. Lara’s return to the small town...
Ami Polonsky’s debut book “Gracefully Grayson” is beautifully written, and is worthy of all readers. The book tells the story of sixth grader Grayson Sender. Grayson isn’t just any sixth grader, however. Grayson feels like a girl. On the inside, Grayson is a girl....
Anyone who has read a Stephen King novel can attest to the fact that they are, in a word, weird, but in a wonderful way. From supernatural horrors to grotesque realities, King captures every nightmare you never knew you had. For this reason, I was incredibly...
Let’s get one thing straight: Lisa Lutz is a phenomenal writer. With a nomination for the ALA Alex Award and Macavity Award for the Spellman Files series to boot, she dances with that show-don’t-tell poise few people can rival, an adroit pen in her pen to...
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