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Stuck in a book slump? Need something good to read? See our book reviews, essays, and commentary in order to pick out your next must-read from people like you!
Review: Roma Enamorada by Jimena Yengle
Written by Giovanna Napoleone A special book review written by Giovanna Napoleone for Jimena Yengle, a young Peruvian self-published...
Dec 28, 20213 min read
Review: The Iliad by Homer
Written by Giovanna Napoleone "As we get older, we realize that life and death are cyclic, as is the Greeks' fighting, their wars, and...
Sep 24, 20216 min read
Review: Blankets by Craig Thompson
Written by Niha Hasan “𝘞𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵...
Jul 30, 20212 min read
Review: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Written by Giovanna Napoleone #prideandprejudice #janeausten #bookreview #darcy #elizabethbennet The first phrase within Pride and...
Jul 19, 20213 min read
Review: Everything Under the Rainbow by Oskar Leonard
Written by Giovanna Napoleone "Insecurity of identity in high school whether you are LGBTQ+ or not is faced by all characters of the...
Jun 30, 20213 min read
Essay: Atonement by Ian McEwan
Written by Giovanna Napoleone Written for an english class her senior year of high school, Giovanna Napoleone recounts the connection of...
Mar 22, 20215 min read
Review: Heal-Ink by Awsaf Karim
Written by Niha Hasan "Everyone has bad days sometimes, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel." Rating: 5/5 Heal-Ink is a...
Jan 29, 20212 min read
Review: Cats Alone by Oskar Leonard
Written by Giovanna Napoleone “We need harmony and togetherness…” Cats Alone by Oskar Leonard is targeted for middle school audiences,...
Jan 25, 20212 min read
Review: Black ≠ Inferior by Tolu' A. Akinyemi
Written by Giovanna Napoleone Tolu' A. Akinyemi’s “Black and Unique” poem was first seen on the GN Books website last Spring, as a...
Nov 8, 20203 min read
Review: Lighter Fluid by Oskar Leonard
Written by Giovanna Napoleone “Maybe they just wanted to get away from everything and everyone for a while, or maybe they wanted to try...
Aug 26, 20203 min read
Review: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Written by Niha Hasan "This is the beginning of their timeless love story." Written in the Georgian Era, Pride and Prejudice is a...
Aug 20, 20202 min read
Review: The Heir & The Crown by Kiera Cass
Written by Giovanna Napoleone “You can be brave and still be feminine. You can lead and still love flowers." I JUST FINISHED THIS SERIES...
Aug 12, 20203 min read
Review: A Thousand Perfect Notes by C.G Drews⠀
Written by Niha Hasan Rating 5/5 "This story is emotionally charged about domestic violence, abuse, music, animal love, and one's own...
Jul 23, 20202 min read
Review: Far From the Tree by Robin Benway
Written by Niha Hasan “Bio always trumps foster...” This is a story about 3 teen siblings: Grace, Maya, Joaquin who are separated into...
Jul 2, 20202 min read
Essay: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Foer
"I’m so afraid of losing something I love that I refuse to love anything." In his novel, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan...
Jun 17, 20209 min read
Essay: The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
“My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.” Written during the 1500s, William Shakespeare's...
May 24, 20204 min read
Best Summer Reads
Everybody loves a summer read to take by the beach or pool, so here are some of our favorites! 1.I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson To...
May 24, 20204 min read
Review: A Booktiful Love Poetry Collection by Tolu' A. Akinyemi
A short yet entertaining read, A Booktiful Love by Tolu' A. Akinyemi is a poetry collection of works that assess the damage done to our...
May 24, 20203 min read
Essay: The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
A rhetorical analysis on Quentin Compson - a suicidal character within a classic book written about Antebellum Southern Society using a...
May 24, 20206 min read
Review: The Selection by Kiera Cass
Just like the bachelor. But better. Welcome to the Selection: "The chance to change your life". When Miss America Singer, a young girl...
May 24, 20202 min read
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