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Congratulations to Han Kang for Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature!

Congratulations to Han Kang for Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature!

by McKenzie Lynn Tozan

Happy Friday, readers, writers, and shark fans! We're very excited to share that the results are in for the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, and the winner is none other than the incredible Human Acts author, Han Kang. The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2024 is awarded...

A Unique & YA-Friendly Look at Cancer Treatment & Remission, Race & Privilege, & Living Life to the Fullest

A Unique & YA-Friendly Look at Cancer Treatment & Remission, Race & Privilege, & Living Life to the Fullest

by McKenzie Lynn Tozan

Few of us understand how privileged we are until we are put face-to-face with a dire situation, like seeing a house fire where the family loses everything they own. Though middle-schoolers and twin sisters, Taylor and Mackenzie, had their own struggles with a year of...

Cheerful Novel or Morose Tale? A Book Review of Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘Klara and the Sun’

Cheerful Novel or Morose Tale? A Book Review of Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘Klara and the Sun’

by Krystina Quintana

Content Warnings: Terminal illness, death of a child, grief and loss depiction In Loneliness, We Find Friendship Terminal illness in oneself and those we love can bring out the worst in people and the best in others. Death can be a catalyst for some, a reminder that...

Unrealistic Friendship or Relatable Story? A Review of Sally Rooney’s ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You’

Unrealistic Friendship or Relatable Story? A Review of Sally Rooney’s ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You’

by Krystina Quintana

Content Warning: Mental Health, Depression, Self-Harm The Balancing Act of Life In many people’s experience, especially those discovering themselves in their 20s and 30s, life can seem lonely as you explore what it means to be human. While some delve into careers,...

Haunted By What-Ifs, Alternate Realities, & Multiverses In Matt Haig’s ‘The Midnight Library’

Haunted By What-Ifs, Alternate Realities, & Multiverses In Matt Haig’s ‘The Midnight Library’

by Krystina Quintana

Content Warning: Suicide, drugs, overdose Our Perpetual Negative Self-Talk Have you ever felt like nothing seems to be going right, no matter how hard you try? Maybe you feel like you're not where you're supposed to be in life. Or perhaps you always feel stuck when...

The Surrealist and Bodily Nature of Grief: Reading Kristin Bair O’Keeffe’s ‘The Art of Floating’

The Surrealist and Bodily Nature of Grief: Reading Kristin Bair O’Keeffe’s ‘The Art of Floating’

by McKenzie Lynn Tozan

Even when you read regularly, it takes time to find something truly great; but every once in a while, there will be a book, a poem, a story, that truly turns you on your heel, holds you in place, and keeps you loving, recommending and discussing that piece for months....

We’ll Never Know What We’re Leaving Behind: Reading ‘Swimming Lessons’ by Claire Fuller

We’ll Never Know What We’re Leaving Behind: Reading ‘Swimming Lessons’ by Claire Fuller

by McKenzie Lynn Tozan

I’ll be honest: I’ve spent the last two days trying to let this book go (or rather, to pry its hooks out of me). This book is all at once startling and overwhelming, beautifully composed, and thieving (as ‘haunting’ in this case is not a strong enough word). I flipped...

‘Gone Girl’ Meets ‘Little Fires Everywhere’ In Jean Hanff Korelitz’s ‘The Plot’

‘Gone Girl’ Meets ‘Little Fires Everywhere’ In Jean Hanff Korelitz’s ‘The Plot’

by McKenzie Lynn Tozan

Happy Friday, readers and shark fans! Here is Jean Hanff Korelitz’s THE PLOT, which bears incredible ties to LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE and GONE GIRL in a dark academic thriller.

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