Rhiannon Phillips Calling all reality TV show junkies—have I got a book for you! “Attached at the Hip” by Christine Riccio is an upper-YA novel that feels like “Survivor” meets “The Bachelor,” with contestants competing for a million dollars–all while being literally attached at the hip. Along the way, connections are made. There are romantic elements, and…
Rhiannon Phillips | The Seattle Collegian Have you ever read an adaptation of Greek mythology that focuses on a nymph and her journey to gain her family’s approval, win her husband’s love, and help Odysseus on his quest in the Odyssey? “Circe” is told from the first-person point-of-view of the daughter of Helios, the nymph and enchantress Circe, who discovers her…
JayAre Quezada | The Seattle Collegian Different types of reading experiences are perfectly encapsulated within different seasons. However, summer becomes one of those times in the year that leads us into a realm of transformation. We find ourselves in a period that is expected to be a “break” from the busyness of the holiday seasons. This gap is a great time…
Logan T. Sibrel Through the simplicity of life comes an unsaid urgency to embrace the mundane. In novel-writing, there tends to be a large expectation to follow Freytag’s Pyramid in order to tell a story. As exciting as it seems to have a rise into climax followed by a falling action steering into resolved territory, documenting interpersonal lives…
HarperCollinsPublishers Warning: contains minor spoilers Plagiarism is an ongoing topic in the literary world, from Emma Cline being accused of stealing her ex-boyfriend’s notes for what would become the blockbuster novel “The Girls,” to Ian McEwan having to defend himself for being inspired by another author in his writing of “Atonement.” The act of stealing another…
Danny Barber | The Seattle Collegian “We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.” ― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles Last week, my attempts to put out anything remotely worth reading were thwarted by a mild bout of COVID. While the fog that filled…
Danny Barber | The Seattle Collegian “I had become a devotee to a religion of my own creation. Its most integral ritual was maintaining a precise calm especially when angry, when hurt, when terrified.” Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black I wish I could say that I got a lot of reading done over the holidays. There’s this complexity that happens in…
Danny Barber | The Seattle Collegian “How many times in life can we make decisions that are important but will not hurt anyone? Are we obligated- maybe we are- to say yes to any choice when no one will be hurt? We use the word hurt when talking about things like this because when these things go wrong it can feel…
Danny Barber | The Seattle Collegian Ma. You once told me that memory is a choice. But if you were god, you’d know it’s a flood. Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous This is a book I had to sit inside of for a while. I found that it had, at some point early on, slinked under my skin and…