The Cat in the Hat is trite and derived, But the truth, my friend, is it’s the worst book for bedtime, deprived.
Posts published in “Book of the Week”
Book of the Week is an Opinion culture column created by Keenan Yates ‘23 used to give weekly book recommendations in the form of short blurbs and reviews.
In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote, follows a real historical crime from the 20th century. In 1959, the Clutter family was brutally murdered in Kansas.
I, among many others, have a deep love for fairytales. They were the earliest stories I can recall my parents reading to me.
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson is a high stakes high fantasy novel about revenge and revolution. After being sentenced to die by the Lord Ruler, our protagonist, Kelsier, swears revenge and seeks to destroy both the Lord Ruler and his entire kingdom.
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh is so commonly listed under standard lists of edgy or dark fiction recommendations that when I first picked it up a couple of years ago, I thought there was no way I would enjoy it.
The Broken Wings by Kahlil Gibran is a poetic classic love story from the early 1900s. It is a short book, under 150 pages, about a love between a doomed couple.
It is great to be back at school after winter break. I personally had a wonderful time spending time with my family and friends during the holiday season.
Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan, is a short fiction book about a coal merchant’s difficult few weeks leading up to Christmas.
I recently picked up Masters of Death by Olivie Blake as some light reading over Thanksgiving break. I’d been meaning to read something just for my own enjoyment recently, and I wanted something that was at least a little unfamiliar to me.
Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut, is one of the most interesting and unique novels to come out in the 20th century.