Article by: Dani Kellner
Magazine Editor-in-Chief: Yasmin Alameddine
Summer reading at its finest.
1.#GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amorouso
“The unauthorized Denice Cassaro biography.”
2.The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
“An overwhelmed pre-med realizes that she has 3 prelims on one day, then she cries in Olin for 90 minutes.”
3. 50 Shades of Grey by E.L. James
“Oh, did the Ithaca sky finally write a memoir?”
4. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
“A brave group of women confront the soul-crushing brutality of Rush Week. As they trek through the snow, wearing sweatpants over their dresses, they dream a dream of getting a bid to their favorite sorority.”
5. The Stranger by Albert Camus
“A naive yet spunky girl who has dance floor make-out with a rando during O-Week, finds out that he lives on her floor in Donlon. She must learn to embrace the awkwardness in this coming-of-age story about self discovery and young love.”
6. Hard Choices by Hillary Rodham Clinton
“Pixel or Dunbars?”
7. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
“The history of RPCC, as told by the Mongo chef. I’m never eating the dim sum at Sunday Brunch again after reading this shocking tell-all.”
8. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
“Frat boys living in a squalid annex on Catherine St. cohabitate with rodents, and forge an unlikely yet strong friendship.”
9. The Maze Runner by James Dashner
“A freshman gets hopelessly lost in Low Rise 6 trying to find dorm room.
This is his story of survival.”
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This author can be reached at dani.kellner@slopmedia.org.
This article is not a part of a regular column.
