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Book Review: The Smartest Kids in the World, by Amanda Ripley (★★☆☆☆)
Amanda Ripley knows how to write extremely well. In The Smartest Kids in the World, Ms. Ripley follows three American exchange students as they study in Finlan...
Book Review: The Circle, by Dave Eggers (★★★☆☆)
The Circle is definitely a page turner, a thriller, and I like its premise (or at least what I think its premise is): What would happen if Google, Facebook, an...
Book Review: Quiet (★★★☆)
People have told me that I’m an introvert, and so have a few Myers Briggs tests, but reading Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t S...
Book review: My Beloved World (★★☆☆)
I really like Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. She’s a hero. So that’s why I was really excited to read her memoir, My Beloved World. Althoug...