While tearing apart my room on a early Saturday afternoon to pack everything into boxes and move, again, I ran into a pile of reference books that I hadn’t seen in quite awhile. I was quickly distracted by creation myths, Greek epic poems, battles leading to the great halls of Valhalla, tragic love stories, [...]

I’m currently reading Commencement, a new novel by first-time author J. Courtney Sullivan. The book relies heavily on cliches seen throughout most young adult fiction: a group of four best friends, who, despite their drastic differences and a few major fights, love one another dearly and somehow complete each other. This plotline worked much [...]