Never Let Me Go author wins Nobel Prize

November 2, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes The 2017 Nobel Prize in literature was awarded to British novelist, screenwriter and short storyteller, Kazuo Ishiguro by The Swedish Academy, bringing much less controversy than last year’s Nobel Prize winner, Bob Dylan. His award brought much discord among many literary critics because he is more known for his singing and song writing than literary […]

An allegory of 9/11: May we always remember

September 11, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes In New York City on August 1974, the sounds of the busy street slowly begin to wind down to a near silent rumble of noise. There is a man on the top of one of the World Trade Center towers looming over the city. Leaving people below to wonder if this is going to jump […]

Movie Review with Tie-In Book Review: The Circle

June 3, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] The Circle, unlike the award-winning novel by Dave Eggers, fails to bring a compelling narrative right from the opening scene to the ending credits. Starring Emma Watson, recently known for her role as Belle in Disney’s Beauty and The Beast, The Circle plays out in an undramatic, anti-climactic bore […]

Best series to read this summer

June 1, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes t’ s that time of the year where you may be free for the summer or may be taking a few classes to speed up graduating. Either way, your schedule could be freer than it was during the last semester. And what does that mean? More time to read some good books! You may be […]

Book reviews for you: Where’d you go Bernadette?

January 31, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes “I’m going to let you in on a little secret about life. You think it’s boring now? Well, it only gets more boring. The sooner you learn it’s on you to make life interesting.”– Bernadette Where’d You go Bernadette? by Maria Semple is a book some should be able to jive with in the most […]

All My Puny Sorrows

January 23, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes By: Chase Knudsen-Staff Writer “It was the first time that we had sort of articulated our major problem. She wanted to die, and I wanted her to live, and we were enemies who loved each other.”– Yolandi All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews is so powerful, raw, hilarious and real. Readers might say this […]

Book Review of Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas

January 30, 2012

Reading Time: < 1 minute Book Choice: “Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas” by Chuck Klosterman (bestselling author and essayist focusing on American pop culture)   Review: Branden Rosenlof, co-host of the 100 Block Podcast highlighted in this week’s issue of the V, says he tries to dig beneath the surface when interviewing musicians. One […]