Category: Book Review

  • Book Review: The Nine Lives of BIG JP: A Metabiography by Ben Stoltzfus

    Reviewed by Jane Elizabeth, Sociology Group There are biographies that document a life. Then there are books that interrogate what it means to write a life at all. Ben Stoltzfus’s The Nine Lives of BIG JP falls firmly into the latter category. At once intimate and expansive, personal and postmodern, this “metabiography” resists conventional narrative…

  • Book Review: Brave Falls (Drifters Realm) by  AnneMarie Mazotti Gouveia

    Brave Falls, the third book in the Drifters Realm series by AnneMarie Mazotti Gouveia, takes readers on an exciting journey where the risk is increased, the magic is deep, and the bonds of family are stronger than ever. With secrets to uncover and challenges to face, the siblings, their friends, and the Menace must come together…

  • Interview with Richard Collis, Author of The Pool

    Richard Collis is an English teacher and author based in Portishead, where he lives with his wife and two sons. He has been teaching for over 18 years and holds a degree in English, Film, and Drama from Reading University. His debut novel, The Pool (2022), is a fantasy thriller inspired by the natural beauty…

  • Book Review: The Perfection of Fish by J.S. Morrison

    When facts are left aside, truth becomes subjective. Humanity does not live in a common reality, but every person experiences reality through their lens of understanding. A boon in one’s life can be a bane in another’s. There is a struggle not just to survive but to thrive, to impact the world. Modern technology stands…

  • Why Are People Not Reading Books Anymore?

    Exploring the Decline in Book Reading in the Digital Age Reading habits have changed since knowledge has become more and more accessible. The increase of digital technology in our lives is one of the major reasons as to why people nowadays don’t read. Fewer people pick up a book to read day by day in…

  • Book Review: Some Truths Lie Beneath by Rebecca Colt Aslan

    Revisiting the past demands courage; when done with sensibility, the life experiences can provide a better understanding of ourselves. The book denotes that accepting unpleasant times is an act of healing, and we have the power to decide the course of our lives. ‘Some Truths Lie Beneath’ is a bundle of twists and turns life…

  • Book Review: Yes, Again: (Mis)adventures of a Wishful Thinker

    A resilient and joyful life story of love, grief, and hope, this memoir is a remarkable piece of writing. Sallie’s adventurous search for a companion is a bumpy ride. The potential matches, failed dates, and everything else are an attempt at finding a near-perfect man. As the pages turn, the words bring humor, shock, buzz,…