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Book Nook: “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini

Laili Shahrestani, Editor-in-Chief Back in 2022 — my senior year of high school — I remember sitting in my AP literature class, listening to my teacher explain how we were reading a 400-page novel about war, invasion, monarchy and so on. I imagined it to be something similar to what you would read in history class: extremely heavy and extremely informational. While that remained true, … Continue reading Book Nook: “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini

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The Book Nook: The Open Boat

Marc Veldhuyzen, Contributor A boat sinks in the middle of the ocean. You and a small crew of three barely escape on a row boat.  You’re alone in an open boat at sea. No food, no fresh water and nothing but the consistent buoy of the ocean. This is a hopeless situation, and yet, you still struggle. You still desperately row your boat to try … Continue reading The Book Nook: The Open Boat

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Book Nook: The Power and the Glory

Marc Veldhuyzen, Contributor Do you hate yourself? Hopefully, no, and statistically the majority of the people reading this don’t. However, there always exists in every community the lowest experiences of human existence. You’re not alone, if your dice happened to land there. It’s not your fault either. One of the hard lessons of the school of life is that control is limited and often illusionary, … Continue reading Book Nook: The Power and the Glory

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Book Nook: Invisible Cities

Marc Veldhuyzen, Contributor It was one of those days where I had little to do and too much to think about, when I decided to do something rash and different to break the suffocating mundanity of my life. So I took a short walk down to the New York Public Library, picked out a random book from the shelf, found myself a secluded section of … Continue reading Book Nook: Invisible Cities

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Book Nook: Sunrise on the Reaping

Sunrise on The Reaping’s newly debuted cover. BLOG.BOOKSAMILLION/COURTESY Elizabeth Kalaj, Senior Writer On March 18, Suzanne Collins released her fifth book within “The Hunger Games” series, “Sunrise on the Reaping”. There was a large anticipation towards this release, being that Collins has said in the past that she “only writes when she has something to say”.  The story is told in first person point of … Continue reading Book Nook: Sunrise on the Reaping

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The Book Nook: Meditations

By Emmanouel Sofillas, Staff Writer As I read into the pages of Marcus Aurelius’s “Meditations,” I found myself on an unexpected journey—one that traversed the depths of the human mind and offered an exploration into philosophy. While this book was written millennia ago, it still has valuable knowledge that is impactful today.  Aurelius wrote this not as a book for public consumption, but rather as … Continue reading The Book Nook: Meditations

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Book Nook- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

By Karen Flores, Arts and Entertainment Editor When I was 13 years old, my aunt gave me a book for my birthday. It was Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. Little did I know this would be one of my favorite books of all time and that Lisa See would become one of my favorite authors as well. I have always had an interest in … Continue reading Book Nook- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

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Book Nook: The Joy Luck Club

By Lauren Raziano, Multimedia Editor ‘The Joy Luck Club’ by Amy Tan explores themes of cultural conflict of a group of women in San Francisco.  The four women who are a part of the Joy Luck Club are Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin, France Nuyen, Lisa Lu who get together to play Mahjong, a Chinese game played with rectangular pieces with the goal of collecting the … Continue reading Book Nook: The Joy Luck Club

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Book Nook: Come Visit the Midnight Library

By, Lauren Raziano, Copy Editor & Web Editor Matt Haig’s novel “The Midnight Library” begins with a quote from Sylvia Plath.  “I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations … Continue reading Book Nook: Come Visit the Midnight Library

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