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Book Review: ‘The Opposite of Loneliness’

By Matthew De Silva July 30, 2014

★★★★★ She graduated magna cum laude from Yale in May 2012. She was a talented actress and dedicated political activist. She served as president of the Yale College Democrats and had a promising...

Trying to Reclaim the Magic

By David Chardack September 20, 2013

Harry Potter is the standard of literature for our generation. In my own life, characters from J.K. Rowling’s books inspired five of my first 10 Halloween costumes. In the real world, Rowling’s...

Final Installment Disappoints

By Victoria Edel September 13, 2013

In a world obsessed with dystopias, one accomplished author put her name in the rink with a trilogy of her own. Margaret Atwood released the first in the series, Oryx & Crake, in 2003, the second, The...

Finding Feminism in Fashion

By Caroline DeSantis September 6, 2013

Who is The Man Repeller? Who is the woman behind the blog that five million people come to each day for fashion inspiration, dating advice or a mere chuckle? In her new book, Man Repeller: Seeking...

Eerie Novel Spooks and Thrills

By David Chardack August 30, 2013

I have to admit that I was dreading my 7 a.m. flight from Salt Lake City to Dulles. I woke up at 5, wrestled two humongous suitcases through the airport and started the brutal process of moving cross-country...

‘Gone Girl’ Pulls Off the Ultimate Disappearing Act

By Kim Bussing August 11, 2013

Relationships take work. Just ask anyone, except for newlyweds Nick and Amy Dunne, the protagonists of Gillian Flynn’s new mystery novel, “Gone Girl.” A psychological thriller that takes the...

Riveting Novel Spans Generations and Countries

By Victoria Edel July 16, 2013

A few weekends ago, I headed home to New York for my mother’s birthday. While there, I made a point of seeing “Once”on Broadway — partly because it’s based on one of my favorite movies (of...

‘The Storyteller’ is a Complex Summer Page-Turner

By Kim Bussing July 8, 2013

Jodi Picoult is back. You might not be familiar with the name, but you’ve undoubtedly heard of the tearjerker My Sister’s Keeper and19 Minutes, the story of a high school shooting, which...

Dystopian Young Adult Series Offers Easy and Entertaining Escapism

By Victoria Edel July 8, 2013

Summer is the perfect time to read those long books you can’t commit to during the school year — Game of Thronesor Crime and Punishment — but it’s also the perfect time to read books with a...

Novel Captures Life’s Imperfections

By Kim Bussing March 18, 2013

4/5 stars Carol Anshaw, in her latest novel, proves she has a talent for making us feel better about ourselves. After all, if you picked up her The New York Times-recommended bestseller to look for...

Dissecting a Book That Just Doesn’t Get It

By Ryan Bacic February 24, 2013

1/5 stars Though the title may suggest otherwise — don’t worry, I was fooled, too — Daria Snadowsky’s Anatomy of a Single Girl is no upper-level anatomy textbook. Rather, it is the story...

Graffiti Offers Glimpse Into Conflict

By Courtney Mastrangelo February 20, 2013

We often hear of conflicts in the Middle East through the mouths of the extremists and politicians, not those living in the midst of turmoil. Words & Walls, a new book by AdamHeffez (SFS ’11),...

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