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  • Savvy: A Review

    Savvy: A Review

    This book was full of fun, Midwestern spunk, and had a very unique premise that I loved. I was glad to finally see a decent book sitting among the rest of the award winners at B&N. Thirteen is when a Beaumont’s savvy hits—and with one brother who causes hurricanes and another who creates electricity, Mibs… Read more

  • Homo Deus: Übermensch and The Stormlight Archives

    Homo Deus: Übermensch and The Stormlight Archives

    DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED THE LATEST STORMLIGHT ARCHIVE BOOK!!!! I HAVE SPOILERS!!! I’ve noticed something curious about two of Brandon Sanderson’s series. Both Mistborn and The Stormlight Archives (SPOILER ALERT) end with characters ascending to godhood. In Mistborn, it’s Vin and Sazed. In The Stormlight Archives, it’s Dalinar and Taravangian. Though… Read more

  • Words to Remember this Independence Day

    Words to Remember this Independence Day

    I’ve come to really love a good quote after my high school speech classes, where we spent a fair amount of time searching for the perfect exordium. Our teacher tought us to collect and save sage words, and so be able to have them at the ready when needed. Nothing beats a clear, concise, and… Read more

  • Self-Expression and the Christian Artist

    Self-Expression and the Christian Artist

    “The best writers and artists are driven not by the need to show you themselves, as if to invite you into the prison of their minds, but by the desire to open windows so that you get a glimpse of glorious realities that stand outside and above us, enduring truths that do not depend on… Read more

  • Redwall: A Review

    Redwall: A Review

    It may be a touch disturbing to certain readers — no character is safe and many minor villains die abrupt deaths — but the Redwall series is a longtime favorite of mine with good old-fashioned themes. The book that inspired a legend—the first novel in the beloved, bestselling Redwall saga. Welcome to Mossflower Wood, where… Read more

  • The Matrix: Out of the Shadowlands

    The Matrix: Out of the Shadowlands

    I watched The Matrix for the first time this February. I know — I’m quite behind. However, I was never too interested in the movie, because I’d heard its premise already and knew about the various cultural tie-ins, like the red-pill blue-pill thing. And to be honest, I found it kind of cheesy, with the… Read more

  • Through Rays of Light Cover Reveal

    Through Rays of Light Cover Reveal

    Hello everyone! I’m back with an update on Through Rays of Light, the poetry anthology my friend Skye Lore is getting published in! We officially have a cover! The collection features poetry from fellow Ydubbers Rachel M. Adams, Sana Baig, A.M. Benjamin, Jaela Deming, G.K. Elliot, Anna Kailin Fletcher, Z.A. Gilbert, Emily Gingrich, Alana Griffin,… Read more

  • Outlaws of Time: A Review

    Outlaws of Time: A Review

    Sam Miracle’s life is made up of dreams – dreams where he’s a courageous, legendary hero instead of a foster kid with two bad arms that can barely move. Sometimes these dreams feel so real, they seem like forgotten memories. And sometimes they make him believe that his arms might come alive again. But Sam… Read more

  • The Returning King: Truth Behind the Type

    The Returning King: Truth Behind the Type

                I read Ivanhoe two summers ago as part of a binge through British literature – that is, literature written by actual Brits, and literature about the Brits written by others. My literature course for the school year took a plunge into the Kings of Britain and the legends of Arthur, so I thought it… Read more

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