Walter Hartright is a 28-year-old teacher of drawing in England in the 1800s. Without much work recently, Walter is granted a new job opportunity to work for Mr. Fairlie, a wealthy man with two daughters who want to learn drawing and painting skills. On his late-night journey by foot to reach London from his hometown,... Continue Reading →
TBPL Book Review by Odessa Opas The Hawthorne Legacy, a thrilling sequel to The Inheritance Games, is well worth your time. This second installment is a gem of a YA book by the incredibly talented Jennifer Lynn Barnes. Taking place in enormous and mysterious Hawthorne House, live the four powerful Hawthorne grandsons; their family;... Continue Reading →
To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before follows Lara Jean, a high school girl who writes love letters to all her crushes and keeps them in a special hat box her mom gave her before she passed away. The letters are never supposed to leave that box, but one day they mysteriously get sent out... Continue Reading →
Have you ever wanted to solve a murder? If so, then A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is a perfect book for you! If you don’t already know ‘A good Girl’s Guide to Murder’ by Holly Jackson is about a girl, Andie Bell, who has been missing for five years, and the killer is presumed... Continue Reading →
The Fault in Our Stars revolves around 16 year old Hazel Grace who has been diagnosed with lung cancer. She wants to stay at home and doesn’t care much about going to the Support Group her mom tells her to attend, but when she does go, she realizes it wasn’t such a bad idea after... Continue Reading →
Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke, is a true masterpiece. Published almost twenty years after Clarke’s debut novel, Piranesi explores humanity from such a new angle - and yet, it feels so familiar. The book introduces us to the main character, Piranesi, who, upon the first few pages, is immensely infatuated with the House, an endless expanse... Continue Reading →
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante is about two girls named Elena Greco and Lila Cerullo who meet while they are in primary school. This book is set in Naples during the 1950s period when they were young. Lila is exceptionally gifted in school, creating a competitive friendship between the two of them. Elena desperately... Continue Reading →
The book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell poses the question: “what makes high-achievers different?” “I want to convince you that these kinds of personal explanations of success don't work. People don't rise from nothing....It is only by asking where they are from that we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn't”, as Gladwell... Continue Reading →
I’ve heard many good reviews of this book, so I decided to try it out. Unfortunately, I can’t say the same high reviews that were given. They Both Die at the End features two young boys named Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio, who receive a Death-Cast call to give them the news that they will... Continue Reading →
Audre Lorde, a writer, feminist, and civil rights activist, tackles matters of sexism, classism, racism, and homophobia in a series of essays and speeches. Her words are lyrical and informative, and explain things that she, herself, went through throughout her life to give insights into why people should educate themselves on these matters. Not only... Continue Reading →
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