What truly defines a good book? To me, a book is good if it inspires me to reflect upon my life and worldview. Here are a few of my favorite stories that inspired me to do just that. The Seven Husbands of Ev-elyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid This novelContinue Reading
RATING: 3 out of 5 Holly Black’s newest book, “The Prisoner’s Throne”, the sequel to “The Stolen Heir”, continues the story of its two main characters, Oak and Wren, as they navigate the political tensions of the Faerie realm. Although the novel is an improvement from the first book inContinue Reading
Rating: 4 out of 5 As the final book of the Crescent City trilogy, “House of Flame and Shadow” is an action-packed, 700-page finale to the series. Set in the world of Midgard, Sarah J. Maas’s impeccable world-building skills create a fantasy world that transports you to a land ofContinue Reading
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 After writing the viral “The Love Hypothesis,” Ali Hazelwood became a household name among romance novel enthusiasts. Although I hadn’t read “The Love Hypothesis,” I was eager to read Hazelwood’s “Check & Mate” to understand her hype—and although it wasn’t an earth-shattering read, I wasContinue Reading
Set in the glorious and imperial London of the 1830s, the novel “Babel” by R.F. Kuang follows a young boy, Robin Swift, as he is whisked away from his childhood home in Canton by the stoic Professor Lovell. An unforgiving disciplinarian, Lovell trains Robin to master Latin, Greek, English, andContinue Reading
One of the projects that the MHS Book Club has taken on is their book fundraising project where they will raise $500 to send approximately 1000 books to St. Andy’s Preparatory School in Ghana, according to Book Club Secretary Isabel Li. The project, aptly titled “Book Drive,” will run forContinue Reading
The second installment of The Paladin Prophecy series, Alliance, picks up right where book one left off; having unearthed the Knights of Charlemagne, Will and his gang begin drawing connections between their school, the Knights, and themselves. Unlike book one, which featured a mostly one-dimensional plot, each event in AllianceContinue Reading