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Nov 10, 20232 min read
Breaking Down the Madness: A Review of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
#oneflewoverthecukoosnest #bookreview #4stars Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a testament to human independence. Through...


Sep 4, 20232 min read
A Review of Citizen: A Voice Heard
#5stars #bookreview #Citizen I only picked up Citizen by Claudia Rankine in my third week at CSSSA. Both Meg and Rosa had both...


Sep 2, 20232 min read
A Review of Beasts of a Little Land: A Dive into Fate
#bookreview #3stars #beastsofalittleland Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim is a book about the relationship between a character and...


Jun 27, 20233 min read
A Review of Skinship: A Story of Reminiscence
#bookreview #skinship #4stars In Skinship, a collection of short stories, author Yoon Choi compiles several stories of Korean immigrants...


Jun 27, 20233 min read
A Review of The Great Gatsby: The Epitome of the American Dream
"Anything can happen now that we’ve slid over this bridge. . .anything at all" - F. Scott Fitzergerald #bookreview #thegreatgatsby...


Feb 23, 20232 min read
A Review of The Chryalids: What is a person?
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #chrysalids #bookreview #fiction The Chrysalids by John Wyndham is a novella about outcasts in an oppressive society....


Feb 20, 20232 min read
A Review of Sapiens: A Simple History of Us
#bookreview #sapiens Two years ago, I picked up the Sapiens mostly out of curiosity and the constant recommendation from my father. At...


Dec 11, 20222 min read
A Review of The Piano Lesson: A Story of Family History
#bookreview #thepianolesson The Piano Lesson by August Wilson is a Pulitzer-Prize winning play about a conflict between family members...


Nov 19, 20223 min read
A Review of The Nickel Boys: An Exploration of Humanity
#bookreview #5stars #thenickelboys “To forbid the thought of escape, even that slightest butterfly thought of escape, was to murder one's...


Sep 4, 20224 min read
A Review of Klara and the Sun: A Perspective of Love
#bookreview #klaraandthesun #4stars Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro is a novel set in a science-advanced world. Klara, an Artificial...


Aug 21, 20223 min read
The Underground Railroad: The Railroad to Freedom and Discovery
#bookreview #theundergroundrailroad #4stars The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead is a fictional novel about slavery and racism in...


Aug 9, 20223 min read
2001: A Space Odyssey of Humankind and Science
Book review and analysis of 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke


Jul 28, 20224 min read
The Sympathizer: A Question of Identity and Two Ideologies
#bookreview #thesympathizer #5stars The Sympathizer by Viet Nguyen is a fictional confession of a nameless man who is half French and...


Jul 27, 20222 min read
When You Trap a Tiger: A Story of Self Discovery and Korean Culture
#bookreview #whenyoutrapatiger #4stars When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller is a story of a young and shy girl named Lily who moves with...


May 30, 20223 min read
Book Review: Human Acts
#bookreview #humanacts #5stars Human Acts by Han Kang and translated by Deborah Smith was a surprise read. The first chapters of the book...


May 3, 20222 min read
Book Review: Sophie's World
#bookreview #sophiesworld #4stars Sophie's World, by Jonstein Gaarder, seems straightforward from the outside. It is a novel that seems...


Apr 30, 20223 min read
Book Review: The Stranger
#bookreview #thestranger #5stars The Stranger by Albert Camus is a strange book. It is a simple story of a man named Meursault in Algeria...


Apr 1, 20222 min read
Book Review: Orlando
#bookreview #orlando #4stars Orlando, a man who turned into woman and lived three hundred years, is a legend. So is Virginia Woolf....


Mar 23, 20223 min read
Book Review: Just Mercy
#bookreview #justmercy #4stars Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson is not a typical justice story. It does not include the most beautiful and...


Sep 5, 20213 min read
Book Review: A Monster Calls
#bookreview #amonstercalls #5stars A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness is a book where a boy named Conor finds reconciliation with himself....
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