Books
A Dollar Store Book Review
May 15, 2013 | Anne Ferguson When it comes to books I've found that price is not reflective of quality. Many of the least expensive hard-copy books available today are considered classic masterpieces. So I concluded very early on that you should never judge a book by its price, and when in doubt, read it anyway! Which brings us Read More
Important Life Lessons from Harry Potter
May 12, 2013 | Arielle Schussler In less than 2 weeks, my time as a Cal Bear will be coming to a close. As such, I considered all the important life lessons I have learned...and realized that they are all from Harry Potter. Sorry Berkeley, but I am the Harry Potter generation. I read my first Harry Potter book in 3rd grade and have Read More
Wacko: Purveyor of Post-Pop Culture
April 9, 2013 | Jo W. If you're ever in the Hollywood area of SoCal, do yourself a favor and visit Wacko: Purveyor of Post-Pop Culture! Or simply known as Wacko. I've had the pleasure of coming to this wonderful store twice - the first time was 3 years ago, and the second time was this past spring Read More
“The Book Was Better”: Four Films that Debunk the Myth
April 4, 2013 | Jason Chen | One Comment I'm sure that you've heard the complaints before. It might have been one of the Harry Potters, or maybe the 1974 adaption of The Great Gatsby, but there will definitely be at least one of your friends saying, "They totally rehashed the original plot," "That was not how I imagined that character at Read More
Salinger Estate Releases Catcher in the Rye Draft…With a HELEN Caulfield?
April 1, 2013 | Arielle Schussler As a Salinger mega-fan, my mind was blown and my heart stopped when I heard the news last week. For those of you who didn't know, papers were recovered after Salinger's death (on January 27, 2010) and released by his estate last week that Holden Caulfield was originally drafted as Helen Caulfield. Salinger Read More
The Case Against Fairytales
March 13, 2013 | Arielle Schussler | 2 Comments Let's face it, fairytales have become quite the staple in our society. Not only do the Disney Princesses continue to reign supreme in the preschool to elementary school crowd, but we have currently seen quite the boost in fairytale inspired cinema - whether it be live action remakes of classics such Read More
Comics: Change is Good
March 11, 2013 | Meg Elison Every once in a very long while things change. It used to only be very rich people who could own books. Books were made laboriously by hand and cost a fortune. Once upon a time there was no Internet, and people used telephone books and rolodexes and went through life not knowing who is fifteenth in Read More
