By Sarah Sinovich There is this old saying that stories and poetry are to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. By whatever means of any media/art, like a good story or a good poem, it must be either/or (disturbing or comfortable), but a captivating story that truly forces you to ponder life is the true […]

By Isabelle Konopacki “Book Banning is the most widespread form of censorship in the United States, with children’s literacy being the primary target,” said Susan L. Webb the student-teacher supervisor at  Middle Tennessee State University  Recently, parents, lawmakers, teachers, and school board officials are challenging books at an extremely fast rate. This has been worrying […]

By Sophia Hayden The Night Circus– Erin Morgenstern  Taking the top spot is The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Simply put, The Night Circus is magic in a book. Morgenstern crafts a stunningly intricate world in which we follow the pupils of powerful magicians – Prospero the Enchanter and Mr. A.H – Celia Bowen and […]

By Cass Norville An American mythologist, Joseph Campbell, once said that “a hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” Marissa Meyer, an American author, wrote a novel, Renegades, about people dedicating their lives to something greater. But her novel doesn’t necessarily focus on the heroes. In her […]

By Elisa Reamer Do you love reading? Do you find it hard to find new books to read? This list is for you! This is a top 10 list of my favorite books. These are in no particular order because I can’t pick which ones are better than others. I hope you choose at least […]

By Lauren Burnham One of my favorite things in the world are books. Stories that come alive in my brain give me the shivers. The characters stay in my mind for a very long time after I’ve finished the book. My good friend, Nora, has been writing ever since I met her. She writes about […]

By Lauren Burnham Let me first start off by saying that there is nothing wrong with the Romance genre. A good love story gets me right in the heart. However, every love story has a time and a place, and shoving it into a fantasy narrative, or a sci-fi thriller is decidedly neither. “For every […]