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February 1, 2020By Nadia Bey
As the lines between the Internet and reality continue to blur for those who are Very Online, it is not surprising that our identities change as a result. Followers, the recently released novel by Megan Angelo, touches on this phenomenon. In an era where journalists have become influencers, Angelo chronicles the lives of three women
January 5, 2020By Joanna Hou
Betty Culley’s Three Things I Know Are True is an extremely beautiful debut novel detailing the horrors surrounding gun ownership and gun mishandling. Liv is a young girl in a collapsing rural town who faces the struggles of poverty and home life. Her issues are exacerbated when her older brother, Jonah, visits his best friend
January 4, 2020By none
What Kind of Girl by Alyssa Sheinmel answers all the questions we never knew we had about dating abuse. Sheinmel weaves in multiple perspectives surrounding the situation with Mike Parker and his girlfriend, Maya to give us a better understanding of what really happens when victims come forward with claims of abuse. The entire time
December 29, 2019By Phyllis Feng
My shyness was, and probably still is, a formidable nemesis, an intractable opponent and overall bane of my existence. To clear the air, let’s first establish the — somewhat ambiguous — difference between shyness and introversion: introversion is a broad term to categorize someone’s personality, indicating that an individual is more attuned to their internal
December 25, 2019By Helen Ehrlich
Over the course of the past decade, there was an emergence of a genre that created a craze amongst teenagers and adults alike. This wild popularity drew from Young Adult (YA) books. Here are the top 15 YA books that rocked the reading world over the course of the 2010s. 15 – Between Shades of
December 10, 2019By Nadia Bey
Imagine that you arrive home one day to find a large storybook on your front doorstep. However, upon looking closer, you discover that it’s not a storybook – it’s the Once Upon A Book Club box! https://www.instagram.com/p/B5qntFQgGu1/ Once Upon A Book Club is a book subscription box that aims to create a more interactive
December 8, 2019By Affinity Magazine Staff
This article was written by Anna Spirochova. Most of us have seen the Netflix series Riverdale. Whether you randomly came across it during one of your lazy late-night Netflix browsing sessions or you’ve seen it from the beginning because you couldn’t miss Cole Sprouse’s comeback – we have all heard of Riverdale. Most of us
November 25, 2019By Nadia Bey
There’s no doubt that books still have an instrumental role in our society. Whether electronic or physical, political or personal, books continue to lend themselves to crucial conversations about who we may be, what we value, and what is truly happening in the world around us. They allow us to form bonds. But in spite
November 23, 2019By Aly Balakareva
Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers for Call Me By Your Name. André Aciman’s new sequel to Call Me By Your Name has been long-awaited by book and film fans around the world. All those who fell in love with the love story of Elio and Oliver have been on the edge of their seat to find out what
November 15, 2019By Nadia Bey
From the world of Legacy and the Queen comes EPOCA: The Tree of Ecrof, the newest story from Granity. Written by Ivy Pochoda, a former collegiate athlete herself, under the name Ivy Claire, EPOCA focuses on Pretia and Rovi, two runners who begin attending the most prestigious school for athletes in the nation. Throughout the course of their
November 10, 2019By Victorya Strong
Dangerous Alliance by Jennieke Cohen is a beautifully written Romance/Mystery novel about a young girl named Victoria Aston. Vicky goes through her young life hopeful of everyone and everything around her. She’s the definition of young and free, as she walks through life with little to no weight on her shoulders. She has parents who couldn’t
November 8, 2019By Nadia Bey
Reading Amanda Rosenberg’s new release, That’s Mental: Painfully Funny Things That Drive Me Crazy About Being Mentally Ill, feels like talking to a friend. She gives you advice (although not without warning you that it’ll be “mediocre at best”), tells the truth without sugar-coating it, and doesn’t use obscure or harmful words that often confound