“The Winter Vault” is an expansive book of love, displacement, and grief, written in Anne Michaels’s distinctive poetic style. It is a dual-timeline historical novel, following a young grieving couple and their time spent in Canada (during the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway) and Egypt (during the building of the Aswam dam.)
Book Review: Tell Me Lies by Carola Lovering
“Tell Me Lies” follows Lucy Albright’s journey as a student at a small Californian college, miles away from her mother and her preppy life in Long Island. Amidst new friends and college parties, Lucy meets the enigmatic Stephen DeMarco. From there, her life dips into troubling territory.
Book Review: Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard by Tom Felton
“Beyond the Wand” is Tom Felton’s memoir of growing up as a child star of the famously beloved Harry Potter series (known for his exceptional role as Draco Malfoy), his close relationship and appreciation with his cast members, and his harsher adult years dealing and recovering from mental health problems.
Book Review: Stoner by John Williams
“Stoner” is a literary fiction novel, set at the end of the 19th century, that follows William Stoner’s life, a poor son of a Missouri farmer turned university scholar.
Book Review: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Set at the backdrop of the turn of the century, “My Year of Rest and Relaxation” follows a privileged narrator (thin, pretty, white, rich, you get the gist) who hibernates in a drug-induced state for a year in her paid-for Upper East Side apartment. On the surface, she has everything any girl wants. But through the cracks, we meet a character who’s deeply flawed and terribly, terribly alone.
Book Review: The Strength In Our Scars by Bianca Sparacino
“The Strength In Our Scars” is a collection of modern poetry in fragments focused on self-actualization and self-acceptance.
Book Review: The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
“The Hating Game” is a funny enemies-to-lovers office romance book, in which both parties are competing for the same job promotion.
Book Review: Stop Doing That Sh*t: End Self-Sabotage and Demand Your Life Back by Gary John Bishop
“Stop Doing That Sh*t” is a self-help book written in the no-nonsense modern way of blogger-style writing to help guide readers to overcome their self-sabotaging tendencies.
Book Review: Dune (Dune #1) by Frank Herbert
“Dune” follows the story of Paul Atreides, who is the heir to a noble family and sent to rule Arrakis, a barren sand planet that has a special spice called “melange.” But the house of Atreides is not the only faction that has their stakes to this melange.
