I was told I had to write something spooky since it is Halloween, but I am not the biggest fan of horror or thrillers, which I think makes me a poor candidate to write the Book of the Week.
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.
A Million Little Pieces is a book I was lent by a close friend at Stevens. It came to me at a time when I felt like I was in the trenches, and maybe that was why it made it so enthralling to me.
As any person in college will naturally feel inclined to do sometimes, I went back this past week and rewatched all of the original Hunger Games movies.
These days, I’m not looking for a multi-book series or a 500-page commitment. I want a quick novel that grabs me from the first page.
(Disclaimer: This reflection has a lot of little spoilers here and there, but I think it is important for the context of the writing.
As a Chemical Biology major, I picked up Bonnie Garmus’ Lessons in Chemistry expecting a story about science. I didn’t expect it to be a story about loss, or one of the most encouraging books I’ve read in a long time.
Back in high school, I came across this book by Jodi Picoult called The Book of Two Ways, and it remained on my “to-be-read” list until the day I came across it again at Symposia Community Bookstore and thought I’d finally give it a read.
Richard Carlson’s Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff… and It’s All Small Stuff is the perfect book to kick off a brand-new school year.
The Possession by Annie Ernoux is a short novella about an all-consuming jealousy the narrator feels about her ex-husband’s new partner.
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado is a memoir about her abusive marriage written through the lens of the horror genre.