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Category: Fiction

Fiction…

Doughnuts and Doom

1 Sep 20222 Sep 2022
With the autumn coming to soon say farewell to summer, a novel with a premise about a Sapphic romance between a witch and a struggling musician was enough to sell…
Fiction…

The Man Who Lived Underground

19 Feb 202219 Feb 2022
By Donna Ledbetter It seems the police have always been at odds with oppressed people. At a time when misgivings about the police run rampant through the minds of poor,…
Fiction…

Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms

31 Jan 202219 Feb 2022
By Olive Dausinas As August skims away into September, so does the summer inevitably fade. With vacations ending and people heading back to school, perhaps it would make sense to…
Fiction…

Weather

10 Jul 202130 Jan 2022
Reviewed by Meghan Vermeer Weather, by Jenny Offill, is written from the perspective of Lizzie, a librarian who stumbled upon her career. Rather than focusing on one particular conflict, the…
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On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

21 Jun 202130 Jan 2022
Reviewed by Meghan Vermeer WARNING: Please be advised, this honest review critiques creative work containing adult sexual content. Wow. I could just stop the review there because this book is…
Fantasy…

The Girl from the Sea

13 Jun 202130 Jan 2022
By Olive Dausinas June is Pride Month, the perfect time to take a look at stories revolving exclusively around LGBT characters. As time progresses, more stories are released covering more…
Fantasy…

Once & Future

19 May 202130 Jan 2022
By Olive Dausinas Myth and legend has always helped to further modern day fiction. Perhaps one of the most influential canons was that of Arthurian legend. The stories of King…
Fantasy…

Folklords

2 Apr 202130 Jan 2022
By Olive Dausinas Stories that are ever popular seem to be the ones where a hero from our everyday modern world ends up in a fantasy setting. Our hero, with…
Fiction…

All That Glitters

28 Mar 202130 Jan 2022
Reviewed by Meghan Vermeer Ever made a bad decision? I know I have. Thankfully, we’re not alone in our poor decision-making skills, and All That Glitters, by Danielle Steel, proves this…
Fiction…

The Office of Historical Corrections

19 Mar 202119 Feb 2022
Reviewed by Allie Corfman The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans is a collection of seven short stories that gives insight into the hearts of various characters through the…
Fiction…

Little Fires Everywhere

5 Mar 202121 Jun 2021
Reviewed by Meghan Vermeer Some of you may have heard of a popular new book called Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. Maybe you have even heard of the television version…
Fiction…

You Have Arrived At Your Destination

26 Feb 202121 Jun 2021
Reviewed by Meg Stivison I was interested in reading Amor Towles’s short story You Have Arrived At Your Destination after reading his engrossing novels Rules of Civility and A Gentleman…

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