The Book Nook

by RIKKILYNN SHIELDS, Editor One of America’s most celebrated writers, Ernest Hemingway, lived an ideal life according to most: his life was full of adventure, he was married four times and most importantly, he was a very fine writer. The life of [...]

“The Bridge of San Luis Rey” by Thornton Wilder was published in 1927 and was a 1928 recipient of the Pulitzer Prize; the novel frequently thrown into high school courses or frequently forgotten is a little book that packs a big punch. The novel [...]

by HALEY BURNSIDE, Editor Following the success of the best-selling-novels turned blockbuster movies, The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns, John Green has published his sixth young adult fiction novel. Once again, Green captures adolescence in [...]

By Gillian Puma, Contributor Art Spiegelman is an American cartoonist known for writing graphic novels. Spiegelman uses his talent in his biographical novels known as “Maus”. Short for Mauschwitz (an alternative for Auschwitz), Maus is a tragic [...]

This summer I set out to do something I probably haven’t done in an extensive manner since middle school: summer reading. My goal was to read at least five books and I somehow surpassed it and ended up reading nine. I use the word “somehow” [...]

You might know Patricia Highsmith, even if you’ve never read one of her many novels. Highsmith’s work has been adapted again and again by filmmakers. From Alfred Hitchcock’s 1951 Strangers on a Train to the 2015 film Carol starring Cate [...]