Hey, y’all! It’s great to be back at writing this series, I missed it a lot over the summer (and the few weeks that it’s taken me to get back up and running). I read plenty of books over the summer...

Happy final week of school! This year has been such a great year and I think we’re all ready for a great summer. Doing my weekly book recs has truly been a highlight of my year—I’m sad that this...

I’m not a huge graphic novels person. Not because I don’t believe they’re real books—I can’t stand people who say that—but just because they don’t typically hit as hard for me. Still, over...

With summer coming so soon, I’ll only get to give two more book recs this year after this one—I’ll definitely miss doing this series and I’ll be excited to get started again next year. I know some...

The Colony High School Band unveiled its new Marching show – Scorched. A volcanic-themed performance that erupts with intensity, sound and aggressiveness. Band Director Michael Larkin had a series...

Originally, I wanted this week’s recs to feature books by Arab authors in honor of Arab Heritage Month. But since I only found out about the occasion late in April, I didn’t have time to find and read...

Recently, I read the newest Hunger Games book, Sunrise on the Reaping. I'm a big Hunger Games fan and reading it made me remember my love of the dystopian genre. Dystopia captures all the best parts of...

April is National Poetry Month. As someone who loves to write and read poetry, I’ve been excited for this one! Obviously, there are lots of well-loved classic poets that come to mind (for good reason)—Edgar...

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. I honestly wasn’t sure whether I should do a book recommendation for this, given that it’s such a serious subject for a high school newspaper. But I thought...

Happy World Autism Day! This week’s recommendations are books about autistic people or by autistic authors. I had a lot of fun making this list—it gives me an excuse to recommend one of my favorite...

With Trans Day of Visibility just around the corner (March 31), I decided to make this week’s recommendations books with trans and genderqueer characters. All these books feature genderqueer characters...

Since I had some difficulty posting last week, lasts week’s book review is being posted now, and this week’s review will be posted on Wednesday as usual. One of the big struggles of reading for...