Filled with heart-pounding action & adventure and two engaging characters, Unearthed by Amie Kaufman and Megan Spooner felt like a wonderful sci-fi version of a mash-up of Lara Croft’s Tomb Raider and Drake’s Uncharted video games in written form. If you’re not a gamer and…
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Top Recommendation for “Keep Her Safe”
Keep Her Safe by K. A. Tucker was a riveting, page-turner of a thriller with a massively intriguing storyline. There is not much I can say about the book without giving anything away, but it is about a young man and…
Book Review: 5 Stars for “The Cruel Prince”
Enigmatic and bold, The Cruel Prince by Holly Black was a gripping fantasy novel about three sisters growing up in the land of Faerie with the man who killed their parents. Brimming with complex characters and political conspiracies, the story…
Hannon Library to host Literary Festival
On Oct. 28th the Hannon Library will be hosting the sixth annual Ashland Literary Arts Festival sponsored by the Friends of the Hannon Library (FoH). The festival brings together publishers, authors, artists and members of the community to share their…
Guy Jackson, SOU Alumni, to Publish Book Next Year
Ever wonder what Southern Oregon University students go on to do? How well they fare? Well, Guy Jackson, a SOU alumni, will be publishing a book of short stories, “Drink the Rest of That,” early next year. Jackson was a…
McNair Scholar Program Seeks New Cohort.
The McNair Scholar Program at SOU is currently accepting applications for the 2014 cohort until Nov. 12. For eligibility into the program applicants must be at least a sophomore, junior, or senior with a good academic standing, who will be…
Review: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
When I was little my grandfather used to send me to the liquor store for a curious bottle of clear liquid. The shop lady was kind to me and always made jokes about how I was my grandfather’s favorite. I…
Between the lines: 1Q84
Reading Murakami is, in a way, like falling in love. Not all of it is good, but when it is, it proves worth the long journey.
Chautauqua Poets and Writers bring Eavan Boland to Ashland
Chautauqua Poets and Writers brought famed Irish author Eavan Boland to Ashland High School’s Mountain Avenue Theater on Oct. 20 to share her works in poetry and prose, as well as to discuss her progression as an Irish woman author…
Seven old books that don’t suck
English class in high school may have ruined books for many, but I still gasp whenever I find a dusty old tome in the back of a library. I grew up reading books, so no matter how many awful old…