If I’ve learned anything, it’s that good books don’t shy away from the ugly stuff of life. Till We Have Faces (C.S. Lewis), Beloved (Toni Morrison), The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver), and The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald) — four of my favorite works of literature ever — delve into

So, you’ve been a fan of the Grishaverse books forever and now that Shadow and Bone is finally a TV show, everything is right with the world. But your Christian grandmother just watched it and is now talking about all the symbolism in it…What’s up with that? Let’s talk about

By Jennica Mendoza The American Dream has long been a concept that has unified immigrants from various cultures around the world into a country where hard work is seen as a path (and sometimes a guarantee) to success. In Esperanza Rising (2000), author Pam Munoz Ryan challenges the traditional rags-to-riches

And here is a refuge, a room filled with weapons. Books spill over the shelves, patient in their want to be noticed. Caressing these old spines, walking among stained pages, I find where I belong. Depart from reality for a time. Entering all these worlds and other lives, why on

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