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Reed Books: The Furies

Reed Books: The Furies

Jess Reed, Editor January 31, 2021

The Furies by Katie Lowe is an exploration in female rage, revenge, and obsession, but falls short with its mediocre protagonist. Taking place in an all-female boarding school, the book follows Violet...

Reed Books: Bunny

Reed Books: Bunny

Jess Reed, Editor January 24, 2021

Bunny by Mona Awad is an ambitious novel that explores the horrors and successes of female friendship, using a surrealist plotline and incredibly effective prose. Set in a fictional grad school, referred...

Matthew Morrison Ruins Christmas: A Review of the Live Grinch Musical

Matthew Morrison Ruins Christmas: A Review of the Live Grinch Musical

Jaka Doherty, Staff Writer January 19, 2021

On December 9th, 2020, NBC made the questionable decision to air a live version of The Grinch Musical. When I first heard they were doing a live Grinch performance, I was intrigued. I soon became horrified...

Reed Books: Ninth House

Reed Books: Ninth House

Jess Reed, Editor January 18, 2021

Ninth House is Leigh Bardugo’s debut into the adult fiction world, venturing outside of her well-traveled young adult path. She keeps fantastical elements in the novel - why fix it if it ain’t broken...

Disney's Forgotten Park: Discovery Island

Disney’s Forgotten Park: Discovery Island

Mark Volpe, Staff Writer January 12, 2021

The Park’s Origins: Let’s start off with the basics, the origins of Discovery Island. Discovery island is an 11.5 acre island in the middle of Bay Lake. Discovery Island was originally called Raz...

Netflix's "The Queen's Gambit" Review

Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit” Review

Kiersten Buckley, Co-Editor in Chief January 12, 2021

I tried to make this article as spoiler free as possible. But, still beware of spoilers because there may be some minor plot spoilers below. Enjoy! I never thought that a mere television show would...

The West Wing Review

The West Wing Review

Alexander Metz, Staff Writer January 11, 2021

With The West Wing moving from Netflix to HBO Max, many people are wondering if this seven-season monstrosity is a worthy watch. Below are the answers to some frequently asked questions with regard to...

Reed Books: Maurice

Reed Books: Maurice

Jess Reed, Editor January 10, 2021

Written in 1913 but not published until 1971, Maurice by E.M. Forster proves its own point of censorship, privacy, and inclusion. Following Maurice Hall from teenagehood to his adult years, the novel is...

Reed Books: Persepolis

Reed Books: Persepolis

Jess Reed, Editor December 20, 2020

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a graphic autobiography that details Satrapi’s life as a young woman during the Iranian Revolution in the 1980s. Only ten years old at the start of the story, we see...

Disney Channel Original Movie Ranking

Disney Channel Original Movie Ranking

Ava Spertos, Staff Writer December 20, 2020

The foundation to most of our childhoods, Disney Channel Original Movies, also known as “DCOMS”, have been known to revive our past times with cheesiness and comedy! Below, I’ve ranked some of my...

Forgotten Hits of the Past: "Waltzing Matilda"

Forgotten Hits of the Past: “Waltzing Matilda”

Paolo Reyes, Staff Writer December 18, 2020

“G’day everyone”. Since the beginning of this column, I’ve only covered songs that were created during times of war. Today, we will stray from the norm as we take a good gander at “Waltzing Matilda,”...

Bringing It Back: Grey’s Anatomy Season 17

Bringing It Back: Grey’s Anatomy Season 17

Julie Flynn, Staff Writer December 17, 2020

Grey's Anatomy, an interesting story of a group of doctors working at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, shows the relationships and difficult lifestyle of doctors working day in and day out. Grey's Anatomy...

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