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"The reviews on the back cover described it as “intellectually playful,” but besides a few meta-textual nods, like “Edwin St. John. Andrew,” a character named after the author, there’s nothing all that clever." - Arts & Entertainment Editor / Al Harmon

Navigating the seas of critique: A candid evaluation of “Sea of Tranquility”

Owen O'Brien February 7, 2024

Reading is back. Long considered a medium near death, cast aside in the age of video games, binge-watching, and cell phones, people have begun to rediscover the simple joy of reading a book.  It’s...

"You could never keep stare long enough but needed to keep staring to find out why you couldn't," from the story Call Me By Your Name. — Arts & Entertainment Editor / Al Harmon

“Call Me by Your Name” by André Aciman: An exploration of obsessive infatuation

Al Harmon October 23, 2023

I have been putting off reading for a while and have just now started getting through my never-ending TBR (to be read) list. But after putting it off for months, I eventually read a book that I had been...

Lisa Taddeo's novel "Animal" dives into themes of female rage and cycles of abuse. - Copy Editor / Daniela Garofalo

Lisa Taddeo’s “Animal” delves into themes of female rage and cycles of abuse

Daniela Garofalo November 16, 2022

Lisa Taddeo’s novel, “Animal,” is a compilation of your darkest, truest and most impulsive thoughts typed onto 321 pages for the world to read. Taddeo’s main character, Joan, doesn’t hold anything...

"I don’t think that anyone could ask for a better man, and I think many readers hate that book boyfriends aren’t actual people in real life. Thank you Colleen Hoover for giving us readers unrealistic expectations for men." - Art & Entertainment Editor / Al Harmon.

Colleen Hoover’s “It Starts With Us”: A heart-wrenching journey of love & healing

Morgan Reitzel October 25, 2022

The novel “It Starts With Us,” the sequel to the sensational novel “It Ends With Us,” written by New York Times best-selling author Colleen Hoover, was released on Oct. 18, 2022. “It Starts...

Features intern Jack Trabucco reviews the riveting dystopian novel, "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman. - Photo via BarnesAndNoble.com

Trabucco: “Scythe” Asks Readers to Subvert their AI Opinions, and Does a Great Job Doing so

Jack Trabucco March 23, 2022

I vividly remember being the first kid in my sixth-grade class to read “The Hunger Games” and tell everyone what a great book it was.  That book, its sequels and its legacy in the films became...

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