Aliyah and Words

Introduction “She…hoped. And hope was dangerous. Hope was the most vicious evil of them all, the thing that had managed to thrive in Pandora’s box among misery, and disease, and sadness—and what could endure alongside others with such teeth if it didn’t have ghastly claws of its own?” The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums…

Book Review: The 100: Rebellion/series wrap up Introduction “Despite everything they’d faced since landing on Earth, right now it seemed as though the entire planet was finally saying what Bellamy was murmuring to her right now. “Welcome home.”” The Colonists and the Earthborns are celebrating their first holiday together when, to everyone’s horror, they’re attacked…

Introduction “Endings and beginnings are inseparable, like the moment before dawn and the moment after.” The 100: Homecoming is the third installment of Kass Morgan’s The 100 series. Weeks after first landing on earth, the 100 (minus the handful of lives lost along the way) have finally settled down and started something great for themselves…

Introduction “Growing up on the ship, none of them had ever known true darkness, and this way, their dead would always have some light shining down on them.” The 100: Day 21 is the second novel in Kass Morgan’s The 100 series. This time, the novel follows our favorite narrators Clarke, Wells, and Bellamy as…

Introduction “You couldn’t expect anyone else to share your suffering. You had to carry your pain alone.” The 100 is Kass Morgan’s debut novel that focuses on a world in the future where the earth has been destroyed by a nuclear winter and humanity’s survivors live on a space ship. When a mechanical failure threatens…

Introduction “The truth always arrive too late because it walks slower than lies. Truth crawls at a snail’s pace.” I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem is a novel by Maryse Condé that focuses on the life of Tituba, the black servant who was the first to be accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials.…

Introduction “ I would know him in death, at the end of the world” The song of Achilles, Madeline Miller’s debut novel, is a title that you’ll hear repeated over and over again throughout the book communities on Instagram and TikTok. I think it’s actually the most highly recommended novel in the book community. The…