"Ender’s Game" is a 1985 science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card, following the young prodigy Ender Wiggins. The story takes place in a futuristic Earth and outer space, where mankind, following...
In recent years award winning television series “The Queen’s Gambit” has risen to popularity. It is an adaption of Walter Tevis’ less-talked-about novel of the same name
Amongst its 60s iconography,...
Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, a beloved dystopian novel was adapted to the screen in the 2017 Hulu series by the same name. While both pieces share many key elements, the two also possess...
Whenever an updated banned book list comes out, Margret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale is almost always at the top of the list. Despite its controversy, The Handmaid’s Tale remains a cultural phenomenon...
“Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold…”
In 1967, The Outsiders, written by 16-year-old S.E. Hinton was published. Ever since, it has been a representation of the teenage experience because of its everlasting...
Here are reviews for my personal top ten favorite frequently challenged/banned books. For each of these books I have included synopses, reasons that the book has been challenged/banned, and my personal...
The famed fig tree analogy circles many conversations even now. Written in 1963, "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath tackles the themes of depression and self-identity that are still crucial to our modern society.
The...
As someone who is an avid fan of reading, constantly finding a new book to enjoy and escape through, I was lingered on this book for a while. For good reasons of course, because Abby Jimenez always manages...
“Oh, but history moved in such vicious circles.” (Kuang 612). This quote is from “The Poppy War,” author R. F. Kuang’s debut novel. The trilogy garnered large amounts of attention for the unique...
