Summary A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned –a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from …
Ever since I began working at the library, my addiction to books has reared its head. Back when my library would have a 30 item limit, I would easily reach that amount with the books I checked out. With the limit increasing to 50, this gave me more room to check out more items. In …
So, for the past couple of months, I have had a difficult time finding time to record and edit videos. Because of this, my book recaps on YouTube disappeared. While I will be doing a short one for May just so I can stay on track, I didn’t want to backtrack too much, so instead …
*Disclaimer: This was originally posted on my former blog. Continuing on with my list of favorite books to reread to when I was younger, many of these deal with sensitive subjects. I came across many of these books in middle school, but once I moved to high school, I no longer had access to them. …
*Disclaimer: This was originally posted on my former blog. I love to read books. When I was in elementary, I would skip recess and hang out in the library instead. Because of my love for the library, I came across a lot of books that I have loved, and many I have decided to reread …
In June 2019, I decided to try a reading challenge once more. To help me with this, I decided to create a Ravenclaw themed book jar where I placed the titles of the books from the list. This way I can cure my indecisiveness. The first book I pulled from my book jar was We …
As I posted earlier in February, I always craved representation in the books I read in school. Most of the books that we covered that featured Black characters dealt with issues of slavery or the Civil Rights Movement. While these are important aspects of Black culture, they are not the only way we should be …
For my 2021 Reading Challenge, I had the category “A Book with ‘Better’ in the Title.” For this, I chose a book I had come across before, “Again, but Better” by Christine Riccio. “Again, but Better” is a YA book that follows Shane as she travels to London on a study abroad trip. She believes …
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One of my favorite authors that I came across in the past year or two is Karen McManus. I first read “One of Us is Lying” in 2019, and I immediately became hooked. McManus has so far released four books, and I read all four in 2020 with “The Cousins” being the book I read …
Similar to the movie “Knives Out,” the book “The Inheritance Games” by Jennifer Lynn Barnes is filled with family drama and mysteries galore. The story follows high school student Avery Grambs as she discovers she has received the inheritance of one of the world’s richest men, Tobias Hawthorne. The stipulation? She must live for a …
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