The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. An intelligently written book separated into chronicles of the main character’s, Esther Greenwood, later years. Primarily, on how her life dramatically plummeted with...

Let’s face it: I’ve never been a big poetry person. Sure, I’ve memorized the occasional Shakespeare monologue or Robert Frost piece for Ms. Tiansay, but other than that, I’ve never actively gone...

“Living as I do with human beings, the more that I observe them, the more I am forced to conclude that they are selfish.” Natsume Soseki   I Am a Cat by Natsume Soseki is, dare I say it,...

I’ve read many books over the years, and most just slip into the background of my distant memory, the title remembered but never the content. However, once in a lifetime, you get a book that never goes...

Being a senior in high school comes with a flood of contradictory emotions. You long to graduate, but can’t ever imagine actually leaving. You’ll miss your friends, and yet you go on and on about how...

Normal People by Sally Rooney is a book solely about two individuals and how their lives intertwine so deeply to the point where they are no longer separable by name. “All these years, they’ve been...

“What's the monetary value of human civilization? Trying to answer that question proves you are a moral and practical idiot.” ― Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future The Ministry...

The Maze Runner, by James Dashner, is a staple book series for most middle schoolers and a great movie series for anyone who loves the thrill of action. This book’s world is summarized in seven books—including...

Warning: contains spoilers   With my senior trip on the horizon and the first semester coming to a close, I knew I needed to read something packed with both entertainment and enlightenment. Having...

The Flowers of Buffoonery by Osamu Dazai is truly an exception in Japanese Literature, boldly breaking nearly every rule of the era and exemplifying the deepest basements of Dazai’s psyche. His utilization...

Very few books tackle the existential struggles of living with a mental illness while navigating the trials of teenage life as “Turtles All the Way Down” does. Written by John Green, this piece of...

“To be homeless is to be ignored when people walk past while still being in full view of everyone.”   Tokyo Ueno Station, a speculative historical fiction written by Akutagawa-award-winning...