“Quietly devastating.” This comment written on the back of the book could not be closer to the feeling left after finishing the book.
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.
To give you a scare for this spooky weekend, here lies Pet Sematary by Stephen King. Dr. Louis Creed takes a new job in Ludlow, Maine, and moves with his family.
One barren planet, one fierce storm, and one stranded astronaut with a hilarious sense of humor and resourcefulness. Mix these three together and say hello to your next must read science fiction novel—Andy Weir’s The Martian.
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
If you knew your time on earth was almost over, what wisdom would you choose to impart to the world? Randy Pausch, after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, pondered this thoughtful question in The Last Lecture.
On his first day of work, Cormac Reilly was sent out on a domestic disturbance call, only to find the body of Hilaria Blake in her rotting house, leaving behind her two kids, Jack Blake and Maude Blake.
We have all heard the legend of Achilles, but The Song Of Achilles allows us to dive into his story and discover details we never knew.
Lina‘s mother’s dying wish was for her to go to Italy and meet her father. In all her 16 years of life, he has never once tried to get in touch with either of them.
You may not notice it, but a significant portion of your life is run by habit. Which shoe did you tie first this morning?
No shame in it, I 100% walked past this book in a Barnes & Noble, stopped, turned around, and picked it up because of the aesthetic cover.