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One of my unexpectedly favorite books of all time. I am taking the AP Psychology test in a couple of weeks, it studying for it has introduced to me to so many fascinating ideas and concepts, but above everything else, I am so happy this course lead me to find this book. After a Wikipedia dive about Savant Syndrome, I found myself on a page about the author of this book, Daniel Tammet, and made the spontaneous decision to walk to the library and check it out immediately. That was one of the best decisions I have ever made this school year. ‘Born on a Blue Day’ is the autobiography…

The absolute train wreck that was the Salem Witch Trials Now, I am not really the type of person to read classical literature unless it is for school assignments, and that is predictably because of the language. What’s the point of making what you’re trying to say sound more confusing and incomprehensible? Other than a couple novels here and there, I never really understood the point. Recently in class, we just started reading The Crucible by Arthur Miller, and I enjoyed it more than I expected I would have, considering I initially thought it would be a 600 page compendium of Shakespearean text. But seriously, this book was a wild…

A maniacal, surprising, and enjoyable adventure by Leigh Bardugo! I am a firm believer that books are almost always better than movies and should always be experienced first. It has been that way for most of the books I have read, like Harry Potter, His Dark Materials, and so much more. However, when it came to Shadow and Bone on Netflix, I didn’t even know it was based off a book series! When I watched it sometime after the pandemic not knowing it was an adaptation, I was pretty happy with it because it was entertaining enough and more complex than the average teen fantasy show. But one thing I…