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
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
By Katie Heneghan, Senior Writer William P. Young’s “The Shack” is my personal favorite book, but also one of the most influential pieces of literature I’ve ever read. When my mom first suggested I read “The Shack” I passed it off as just another religious novel she wanted me to read, in hopes of inspiring my own personal experience with religion and faith. When a … Continue reading Book Nook: The Shack
By, Kelly Kennedy, Social Media Editor The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid is a New York Times bestseller and a historical fiction novel detailing the fabulous and scandalous life of Hollywood starlet Evelyn Hugo. An actress known for her beauty, many husbands and risky films, Evelyn decides to tell the story of her life at the age of 79 to a … Continue reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: An Inside Look at Life as a Woman In Hollywood
by Angelina Persaud, Staff Writer There has been one author who has dominated the mystery novel industry, even posthumously: Agatha Christie. Christie truly lived up to her mystery novelist status; so much so that her own life contained multiple instances of betrayal, heartbreak and her own mysterious vanishing in 1926. Christie was born in Torquay, United Kingdom in 1890. Her mother was a proponent in … Continue reading The Lady of Mystery: Agatha Christie
by Kyla Guilfoil, Asst. News Editor Before the title “Dune” garnered worldwide attention due to the upcoming film starring Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya, it was a novel that transformed the genre of science fiction. Frank Herbert wrote “Dune” in 1963, five years after traveling to the north end of the Oregon Dunes, where he was inspired to incorporate the powerful characteristics of its ecology into … Continue reading Dune: A Fascinating Exploration of Ecology and Religion
by Jilleen Barrett, A&E Editor & Managing Editor Who is the most powerful woman in the room? It’s you. Lydia Fenet convinced me this was true over the summer when I read her book, aptly titled “The Most Powerful Woman in the Room is You”. Entering the workplace is intimidating, especially for women as there continues to be a debate over where a woman’s place … Continue reading Book Nook: The Most Powerful Woman is You by Lydia Fenet
by Kyla Guilfoil, Asst. News Editor Sitting by my open window with the first fresh breezes of spring wafting over my winter bones, I dipped my toes into the indulgent, dazzling world of Californian writer Eve Babitz. Daughter of artists, Babitz grew up in the dry glamour of Los Angeles, lavishing in the 1960s as she entered ear- ly adulthood. Her collection of semi-fictionalized memoirs, … Continue reading “Eve Babitz: The Black Swan of Hollywood”
by Mariana Duque, Contributor Cassandra Clare has been entertaining readers since her debut in 2008 with “City of Bones,” the first installment of the Shadowhunter Chronicles. As one of her major fans, I had to jump on the bandwagon of her latest adventure following her infamous shadowhunter characters. “Chain of Gold”, her first installment of “The Last Hours” trilogy follows Cordelia Carstairs, a shadowhunter– a … Continue reading Rich Mysteries, Real World Parallels and More in “Chain of Gold”
