Posts published in “Book of the Week”

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki is a rare treat to read in a class at Stevens. I was delighted to read it in Queer Fiction this semester, taught by Assistant Professor Smaran Dayal.

I’m Thinking of Ending Things, by Iain Reid, is a strange book. Keeping in the spirit of Halloween and the spooky vibes of the month, this quick read will keep you engaged and entertained.

Nobody Knows My Name is an essay collection by James Baldwin that is phenomenal, and anyone even slightly interested should read it.

The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green is a collection of essays highlighting different observations Green makes about the world around him.

I, for one, am sick of science fiction. This is a bold claim for someone who attends an institute of technology, I know.

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer follows an unnamed biologist tasked to explore the mysterious “Area X,” which has been cut off from civilization, with a group of three other unnamed characters with different career backgrounds tasked with the job of studying and observing the tainted land.

Recently, I have had a problem where the book I’ve bought and the book I read are completely different. This is not an issue of thievery but rather an intriguing description of overpromising and underdelivering consistently.

We often take for granted the ubiquitous things that we assume everyone has. Access to clean drinking water, access to food, and access to a warm place to sleep are things we are aware of that not everyone has access to.

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” The line is infamous in English literature as Charles Dickens’ 1859 novel, A Tale of Two Cities, to frame the motif of duality throughout the seven monthly installments of the novel to-be.