“All pleasure in life is gone. The joy of eating went a long time ago, of course, but now there is not even joy in starving.” -Scarlett Thomas, Oligarchy After Lydia Millet praised the book in a recent New York Times article, describing it as “a study in obsessiveness”, I immediately ordered Oligarchy by Scarlett …
“In America today, having documents is not enough. Look at how many people with papers are struggling. Look at how even some Americans are suffering. They were born in this country. They have American passports, and yet they are sleeping on the street, going to bed hungry, losing their jobs and houses every day in …
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“If someone asks you how you are, you are meant to say FINE. You are not meant to say that you cried yourself to sleep last night because you hadn’t spoken to another person for two consecutive days. FINE is what you say.” Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine Eleanor Oliphant is adamantly unchanging …
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“My only ambition now was to live as well as the Italians” Bella Figura, Kamin Mohammadi A couple months ago, I walked into a Hudson store in the Port Authority bus terminal desperately searching for something to read on the commute home. After browsing for a little while, I gravitated to a beautiful book cover …
“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond” – C.S. Lewis Neil Gaiman has cemented himself as a great voice in children’s literature through iconic characters such as Coraline. I recently decided to …
“I didn’t know you this morning, and now I don’t remember not knowing you” Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also A Star I first heard about The Sun Is Also a Star about one year ago after having read Nicola Yoon’s other novel, Everything, Everything. Flash forward to last week, I saw a trailer for …
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“One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls” Kabul by Saib-e-Tabrizi (Hosseini 172) For my very first review I’ve decided to talk about Khaled Hosseini’s novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns. This was an easy choice for a review since it is one …
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Hello! My name is Brianna, and I am creating a blog for fellow book lovers and avid readers. I am currently 22 years old, and I live in NJ. The reason I’m making this blog is because I’ve reached a somewhat stagnant phase of my life, and I figure it might be a good idea …
