Book Reviews

Eight fanfictions to read over summer break

Alyssa Schneider, Features Intern | May 19, 2024

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The Ten Thousand Doors of January, a review

Kiela Jefferson, Features Intern | Apr 4, 2024

Creativity is necessary for coming up with ideas, whether logical or imaginative. Escapism occurs when you avoid reality to seek entertainment elsewhere or engage in fantasy.

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homebody, a review

Kiela Jefferson, Features Intern | Mar 27, 2024

Home, a review

Kiela Jefferson, Features Intern | Mar 25, 2024

In her poetry collection “Home,” Whitney Hanson develops a collection that explores the nuances of love, grief and healing. Though the collection is advertised as focusing on peace, identity and direction with a median of heartbreak, it was much more than that. She used her journey and experiences, with each poem a checkpoint.

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Ten fanfiction reads for spring break

Alyssa Schneider, Features Intern | Mar 19, 2024

Fanfiction is fiction written by a fan, featuring elements (usually characters or settings) from another story. Since the advent of copyright law, fanfiction has been considered slightly less broad. It is free to write, publish and read; nobody gains any profit from other authors’ ideas.

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Power of Ten: The First Day, a review

Alyssa Schneider, Features Intern | Mar 11, 2024

When something extra-dimensional tries to eat the Earth, it is stopped by the machinations of The Archmage through plans and protections years in the making. Foreseeing such events, The Archmage created a virtual reality game (Power of Ten) to train and prepare the masses; those who played the game were the most prepared and took charge during the ensuing apocalypses.

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Indexing, a review

Alyssa Schneider, Features Intern | Feb 14, 2024

What the River Knows, a review

Kiela Jefferson, Features Intern | Feb 12, 2024

“What the River Knows” by Isabel Ibañez is a historical fantasy similar to Agatha Christie's books such as “A Haunting in Venice'' and “Death on the Nile." The story follows Inez Oliveria, a talented member of upper society with artistic abilities and knowledge of Egypt.

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Parahumans: Worm, a review

Alyssa Schneider, Features Intern | Feb 11, 2024

“Parahumans: Worm” is a complete web serial, an online novel that updates one chapter at a time. Started in June 2011 and finished in late 2013, “Worm” is completely online, completely free and comes broken up into small chapters for your convenience. At over 1 million words, “Worm” is an intimidatingly long read, but it is definitely worth trying.

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