Reviews that aren’t specifically Bellevue College related

Weekly Reads: The Expectation Effect

June 11, 2023 0

“What we feel and think will determine what we experience, which will in turn influence what we feel and what we think, in a never-ending cycle.”  ― David Robson, “The

Weekly Reads: “Wrong Place, Wrong Time”

June 4, 2023 0

“How segmented life is. It splits so easily into friendships and addresses and life phases that feel endless but never, never last. Wearing suits.”  ― Gillian McAllister, “Wrong Place Wrong

Weekly Reads: Giovanni’s Room

March 5, 2023 0

“I scarcely know how to describe that room. It became, in a way, every room I had ever been in and every room I find myself in hereafter will remind

Weekly Reads: The Picture of Dorian Gray

January 29, 2023 0

“There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” —Oscar Wilde, “The Picture of Dorian Gray” “The Picture of

Weekly Reads: Almond

November 28, 2022 0

“I have almonds inside me. So do you. So do those you love and those you hate. No one can feel them. You just know they are there. This story

Weekly Reads: The Union of Synchronized Swimmers

October 16, 2022 0

‘The swimming suits hung from the branches like crows—like fateful omens, people would say, but only afterwards.’ – Cristina Sandu, “The Union of Synchronized Swimmers” “The Union of Synchronized Swimmers”

Re:Zero: A Genre-Defining Fantasy Anime

July 17, 2022 0

Fantasy stories almost always reach the same inevitable conclusion of good triumphing over evil and bringing peace and prosperity to whatever world they reside in. It’s textbook escapism, which is

Weekly Reads Classics: Fahrenheit 451

June 5, 2022 0

“A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon.” — Ray Bradbury, “Fahrenheit 451” Most people read “Fahrenheit 451” in

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