• Arts + Culture

    Review: The Hate U Give

    Hoooo boy. I’ve sat here staring at this blank word document for a while. I don’t really know where to start. I think the only thing I can really say is: Wow. The Hate U Give is a novel by Angie Thomas, set to come out on February 28th, 2017. I got an early copy through a guest speaker from HarperCollins that spoke to my class. Super quick side note: I LOVE FREE BOOKS. Bigger side note: I love free books that are this incredible. The Hate U Give is about a teenager named Starr who witnesses her childhood best friend get shot by a cop. The novel is directly…

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    How to Read 30 Books in a Year: A New Year’s Resolution

    Late December is the time that people start thinking of their resolutions or their goals for the next year, and among the usual suspects of “lose weight” and “eat better” is the ever-present “read more.” But how do you do that? It’s fine to say, to want it, but how do you actually go about reading more than a book or two a year? I’m here to help you. I finished university in April of 2014. I spent four years in courses pertaining to my degree — English Literature. That means that I was either writing essays or reading books. In third year I had five English courses and had…