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Spoiling a movie? More like spoiling a friendship

Warning: This article contains spoilers for the novel “Lord of the Flies.” In society, people with terrible personalities still manage to make a name for...

Why BookTok discourse is rooted in misogyny

With almost 2 billion users on TikTok, it was inevitable for niche communities to arise within the platform. One such community was BookTok, a...

Nine reads to keep an eye out for in 2025

For those with ambitious reading goals in 2025, here is a list of four non-fiction books and five fiction books coming out in the...

Inaugural OC Book Fair celebrates literary community 

Independent and local businesses, publishers, authors and nonprofits gathered in Old Town Tustin for the OC Book Fair to promote local literary talent on...

Bookstagram Can Save and Kill Your Love of Reading

Bookstagram is an entity that both saved and destroyed my love of reading.

“She Gets the Girl” Is The Lighthearted Young Adult Lesbian Fiction Novel Young Girls Need

“She Gets the Girl” is a young adult fiction novel that is co-authored by New York Times bestselling novel “Five Feet Apart” author Rachael...

OC Public Libraries Indefinitely Check Out Late Fees

Orange County Public Libraries permanently suspended their late fee system on Nov. 23. The motion was approved by the Orange County Board of Supervisors...

Banning Books Does More Harm Than Good

Mary Ellen Cuzela, a Houston mother of three, has successfully petitioned her suburban school district to remove two novels from their libraries: “Lawn Boy”...

Professor Bert Winther-Tamaki Shines a Light on Japanese Art

By Yanit Mehta There are only a few people left in the world whose faces light up with a playful, childlike glee when talking about...

An Interview With Shahriar Fouladi, Author of The Scooter Chronicles

By Megan Cole Part coming-of-age romance, part Mod musical journey, and part tribute to ‘80s Orange County, the upcoming novella “The Scooter Chronicles: A Southern...

Words On Film: The World of Adaptation

What does the process of adapting a book into a film truly entail? How does representation come into play when adapting racially unmarked characters?...

Defining Activism With Angie Thomas

By Andrew Ward This year, I was delighted by “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas, one of the premier novels of 2017, which was...

The Hill’s Online Store Lacks Basic Functionality

Since The Hill was outsourced to Barnes and Noble College last year, the bookstore’s management has placed an emphasis on its online sales through...

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