Okay, yes, I have been telling myself for the past too-many-to-count years of my life that I would expand the scope of the books I read and resist my natural gravitation towards your average, teenager-geared, realistic fiction novel. But I couldn’t stay away from Normal People. How could I? Since it was published in 2018, Normal People …
Category: Book Reviews
VIBRANT, CANDID, AND POWERFUL: Becoming by Michelle Obama
Becoming means so much to me. It’s one of those books that wraps itself around you like a warm blanket, entrances every bit of you, and compels you to deeply treasure every word. Becoming does a great job of humanizing Michelle Obama and letting readers into her life. Very shortly after I began reading the book, …
HOLIDAY BREAK: ‘TIS THE SEASON FOR A GREAT BOOK
Holiday break is right around the corner! The holidays are one of my favorite times of year: I love spending time with family and friends, catching up on sleep — and reading great books! From futuristic sci-fi reads to culturally significant novels on a range of social issues, there are so many books to be …
FEAR. FRIENDSHIP. LOVE. LOSS. Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
John Green published Turtles All the Way Down following several major successes, including his sensational book-turned-movie, The Fault In Our Stars. Naturally, Turtles All the Way Down had big shoes to fill. And judging from reviews on Goodreads and discussions that I’ve had with my peers, I’ve reached the conclusion that most people believe Turtles All the Way Down falls short …
AN EXPOSÉ ON AMERICAN CULTURE: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
In America, being called “thin” is a complement; you don’t ask questions like “was it the black girl or the white girl?”; you say “I’m not sure” instead of “I don’t know”. These are the fine-grained, subtle nuances of American culture that Adichie reveals in her powerful and down-to-earth novel, Americanah. Americanah is a love story, but …
QUIRKY SATIRE: I Kill the Mockingbird by Paul Acampora
Paul Acampora’s I Kill a Mockingbird must make famous authors everywhere proud; something about its playful, teasing remarks seems like something out of The Fault in Our Stars, the novel pays homage to Harper Lee’s American classic, To Kill a Mockingbird, and the book’s three main characters, Lucy, Elena and Michael, are somewhat of a “Harry-Hermione-Ron” or “Percy-Annabeth-Grover” fixture from …