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Category: BOOK REVIEWS

Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover: Blind Dates with Books

November 5, 2022 Tegan Rosso

While the old adage “don’t judge a book by its cover” has been said or heard by most of us…

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Posted in: BOOK REVIEWS Filed under: blind dates with books, book trend, books, Elizabeth's Bookshop, mystery, trends

Get Spooky, Get Cozy, Get Reading!

October 22, 2022 Marissa Cassayre

When the full moon comes out, the pumpkin lattes are served, and black cats begin to prowl the neighborhoods, there’s…

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Posted in: BOOK REVIEWS Filed under: book recommendation, halloween, miss peregrine, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, ransom riggs, spooky, spooky season

Looking for Alaska and Book Banning, Revisited

October 10, 2022 Elizabeth Page

Earlier this year, I wrote an article on John Green’s Looking for Alaska and how the novel was placed at…

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Posted in: BOOK REVIEWS Filed under: book ban, books, john green, looking for alaska, vlogbrothers

The World of Book Reviews: A Review

October 5, 2022 Marissa Cassayre

Art is subjective. It’s practically impossible to separate one’s own opinions from entertainment reviews because it’s literally created to be…

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Posted in: BOOK REVIEWS Filed under: art, book reviews, books, criticism, critics, goodreads, ratings, reviews, subjectivity

The Ultimate Debate: Film vs Books

September 27, 2022 Temma Adler

With movies once again on the rise after the pandemic’s long delay in productions, there are a lot of upcoming…

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Posted in: BOOK REVIEWS, FILM + TV Filed under: book vs movie, book-to-film, film adaptation, future films, interpretation, read the book, watch the movie

The Eragon Re-Adaptation We’ve All Been Waiting For

September 23, 2022 Marissa Cassayre

Welcome, to another episode of film adaptation justice. Or, as one might say in the Ancient Language: Astori!  If you’re…

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Posted in: BOOK REVIEWS, FILM + TV Filed under: book adaption, book to movie adaptation, Christopher Paolini, Disney, Eragon, Eragon remake, fantasy, remake, The Inheritance Cycle

Book Review: The Bluest Eye

September 22, 2022 Cambria Acheson

Some stories escape their book covers; for me, The Bluest Eye is one of them. The premise follows an adolescent…

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Posted in: BOOK REVIEWS Filed under: 1940s, book recommendation, literature, The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison

The Mirage of the American Dream

September 11, 2022 Mehreen Jeddy

The Great Gatsby is one classic that’s very polarizing for people. Many of us read this in high school and…

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Posted in: BOOK REVIEWS Filed under: 1920s, America, American Dream, classism, Daisy, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick, old money versus new money, The Great Gatsby, Tom

Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God

Elizabeth Page

Like many high school students, I had to read a variety of books in my English classes. Some I found…

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Posted in: BOOK REVIEWS Filed under: high school book, inequality, influential, Janie Crawford, love, Mules and Men, pain, power, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston

The Societal Issue of The Great Gatsby

Elaine Vinh

Sometimes, people are so wrapped up in their own life that they forget to look at the world beyond themselves.…

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Posted in: BOOK REVIEWS Filed under: book recommendation, classic, classic literature, Daisy Buchanan, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby, societal issues, society, The Great Gatsby

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