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  • For the College Soul | Simply Books

    Sometimes when you pick up a book and begin to read it, do you feel discouraged because you are no longer of high school age? You’re not young enough to receive a letter, battle monsters, go on an adventure or even fall in love? It is as if the only real time to be alive…

  • In Shadow and Bone | Book Review

    In Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo, We dive into the world of Ravka and explore the lives of the Grisha. The nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a sea of darkness crawling with monsters that feed on the flesh of the living. Alina Starkov is just a simple…

  • Alienated by Melissa Landers | Book Review

    In Alienated by Melissa Landers. We follow the story of top high school student Cara Sweeny as she is chosen to be the host to a exchange student from an alien race.  Two years ago, aliens made contact with Earth and now Cara will have to share a bathroom with one. The alien race of…

  • Hollow City by Ransom Riggs | Book Review

    Hollow City is Ransom Riggs’ sequel to Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Hollow City was a really wonderful book that is creepy, mysterious and thrilling and it has photographs that are usually found in antique fairs. The photographs being one of the key factors that makes this book and it’s predecessor so unique. These…

  • The Book Thief by Markus Zusak | Book Review

    There are many reasons why a book is special, for me the book has to have a way of making you see things in a way you have never even thought of before. Whether it is spiritually, intellectually, or mentally. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak hit the nail on mentally. The last book that…

  • The Blood of Olympus | Book Talk

        Warning: this review contains spoilers. The Blood of Olympus is the final installment in Rick Riordan’s series Heroes of Olympus. I have been following Rick Riordian’s Greek mythology series from its humble Percy Jackson and the Olympian beginnings. Year after year I have been following the stories of Percy and his fellow demigod…