Over this past year, the pandemic has affected all of our lives greatly. While it did bring about some negative consequences, there is also a brighter outlook to this challenging year. For one, we have been given an abundance of time that is valuable in this fast-paced world. In my experience, I found that I…
A couple months ago at the library I saw something incredible. Something incredibly bizarre. Wild Orchid by Cameron Dokey is a retelling of the Ballad of Mulan, the same tale popularized by the animated Disney movie. If you need a recap, the summary of the novel is as so: “Wielding a sword as…
Over the past year, after realizing I’ve read little material other than my textbooks, I thought it was about time I caught up. I took a fairly brute method to get this done: looking up a list of “popular young adult fiction” and trying to read my way through it. I noticed one particular genre…
Oftentimes I ignore the cliche “never judge a book by it’s cover” and pass by any novel that has a dull, dreary looking cover. Once passing this first judgement, I then flip through and judge the book by the voice the author assumes, how interesting I find their writing style. After being drawn in by…