As November approaches, I almost always find myself rereading one of my favorite novels, Bram Stoker's "Dracula," a classic work of gothic horror that delves into human desire, fear and morality. This novel...
The freedom to read is one of the most important freedom’s an academic can have. Not only can access to books bring about important educational benefits, but it can grant people the ability to experience...
If there’s one thing to know about me, it’s that I’m obsessed with books. I love reading, am known to have overflowing bookshelves (to be clear, this is because I don’t have enough bookshelves, not...
Every year I make a strong attempt at sticking through with my New Year’s resolutions, but I always fizzle out six months in. Surprisingly, however, 2023 was the year of following through! As a...
As an English major, my education depends on access to literature, whether it be ancient or modern, conservative or radical. I use texts to study not only the power of language but also morals and opinions...
I’ve known from a very young age that I loved to write. This isn’t to say that I knew that I wanted to pursue a career in the field just yet, but I was aware of how much I enjoyed creating my own stories...
Even though school has started up again and our workloads are piling up, we can always make time for a good book. Here is a list of my favorite summer reads that I would recommend to anyone, even for the...
I’ve always been a pretty strong reader–I remember in elementary school, my teachers started giving me the harder 8th-grade level books because I was flying through stories so fast. That being said,...
Though we have seen some beautiful weather these past few weeks, the promise of Spring is still a month away. Fortunately, winter’s cold and dreary weather provides the perfect excuse to cozy up with a good...
Reading a good book is the closest we will ever get to traveling to a new dimension; every time we pick up a book we travel to that setting and we become engaged in the characters' lives and growth. We are...