Summer Reading is Killing Book Lovers
To read or to swim? That is the question. Assigned summer reading is outdated and unnecessary. Read this article to find out why.
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5 YA Books on Magic to Read on Your Way Back to Hogwarts
The train ride to Hogwarts is a long one, so when you finally run out of chocolate frogs (or Galleons for that matter), I have five YA books all for you.
Music Monday: ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’
The perfect soundtrack for your back-to-school-approved reading, ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’.
New Books to Read Under Your Desk
So, we’re back to school. Some of us, anyway. Regardless of when you go back, you’re going to need something to read under your desk when you’re supposed to be learning. Here are some new releases to get excited about. Scavenge the Stars Release: January 7th Amaya has been imprisoned on a debtor’s ship for years. When she saves a drowning stranger, she thinks it will lead only to longer internment. The man she saved, though, has the resources to help her, and offers her a new life. Surrounded even as she is by opulence, all she can think …
Literary Canon Update
Have you ever been given a reading list that’s written, translated, and selected exclusively by and for men? Odds are you’ve rarely seen any that aren’t. If you want to appreciate the cannon while also living in a world where women exist, this is the list for you. These books and translations are some of the best and most lauded of all time, and yes, they’re by women. It was, I must confess, a little hard to compile. The Odyssey was first translated by a woman only in 2017! But don’t despair. It’s all here for the taking. The …