

Grieshaber
- Aug 27, 2018
My So-Called Bollywood Life by Nisha Sharma
Winnie’s Senior year begins in upheaval. Her long-time boyfriend and seemingly-fated soulmate (like, for real - her family’s astrologer predicted it) started dating her arch-enemy while she was away at film camp. Raj!! How could you?? Winnie only said she wanted you two to take a break, not break up! Have you never watched Friends? You are clearly not allowed to date someone else while on a break from your longtime girlfriend. Duh. Anyway, now that she and Raj are estrange


O'Daniels
- Aug 21, 2018
Price of Duty by Todd Strasser
There are always two sides to a story, sometimes three. For some, being part of the military and serving one’s country is in their blood. It’s a privilege, a rite of passage, a duty that you don’t shirk away from. You serve your time, come back a hero, and pass along that tradition. And, that is beyond brave in my book. But there is also another side that doesn’t get talked about- the negative. I’m not just talking about being separated from loved ones for long periods of tim


O'Daniels
- Aug 15, 2018
Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake
Whew, this was hard. Hard to read, hard to get through, and hard to make amends with some of the ways it plays out. Books about rape are especially difficult to wade through at times, but it was a struggle not to let my feelings toward the accused rapist get in the way. And, for Mara, having your twin brother accused of raping his girlfriend, who happens to be one of your best friends, is an exceptionally painful experience.
Mara and Owen are close and always have been, as