The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon follows four different narrators in the divided world of East and West.
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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.
Anna is perfectly happy in Atlanta; she has a loyal best friend and a crush who is just starting to like her back.
In 1947 during the aftermath of World War II, American girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and about to be thrown out of her family.
“Quietly devastating.” This comment written on the back of the book could not be closer to the feeling left after finishing the book.
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.