There’s a reason your voice lies halfway between your head and your heart. For me, I found my voice at Carmel Clay Public Library’s outreach program dubbed Teen Library Council (TLC). Whether it was...

With the first few lines of her book, Suzanne Clark jolts readers into a bizarre, beautiful setting.  She writes, “The Ninth Vestibule is remarkable for the three great Staircases it contains. Its...

Editor's Note: This column includes spoilers for Just Friends by Haley Pham, People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry and Just for the Summer and Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez.  Book YouTuber...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen follows Elinor Dashwood, who is all rational sense. Marianne Dashwood is all emotional sensibility. The two sisters couldn’t be more different, especially when it...

For the last 30 years, everyone has grown up reading the same books in English class, such as To Kill a Mockingbird, Lord of the Flies and Julius Caesar. These classics are important, as they teach important...

Throughout my life, I’ve never been a big classics reader. Sure, I’ve read Frankenstein for AP Literature and Composition and read some Shakespeare plays, but classics have never been my cup of tea....

In the thick of a social media era, the human desire to conform to the newest trends promotes actions that can be both harmful and beneficial. Many social media sensations and viral trends online have...

For sophomore Ashwin Krishnan, 20th century literature wasn’t always a source of interest, especially not books from the fantasy genre. However, after reading Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, Krishnan...

What interested you about becoming a librarian? I’ve always loved reading for as long as I can remember. My grandmother was a librarian so there’s that piece of following in her footsteps a little...

I would like to preface this column by stating that I love audiobooks. I listen to them while driving, folding laundry, or when I try to romanticize my daily walks. They make literature more accessible...

I am largely a mood-based reader. Autumn is time for a good mystery, winter is for classics, spring is for fantasy/science fiction and summer is for romance. I love a schedule, even for my hobbies. But...