Information Book Title: Fahrenheit 451 Author: Ray Bradbury Publisher: Ballantine Books Publish Date: October 19, 1953 Genres: fiction, classics, dystopian, science fiction Moods: dark, reflective, tense Pace: medium Synopsis Fahrenheit 451 is about Guy Montag, a fireman in a world where books are illegal and reading is basically a crime. Instead of putting out fires, he burns books, and society is obsessed with screens, fast entertainment, and shallow distractions. But then

Introduction Over my holiday break I had lots of time to sit, relax, and do whatever I wanted. This meant I had lots of time to catch up on my podcasts. One of the episodes I listened to was "Being Offline Is Cool Now?" by Anything Goes with Emma Chamberlain. Some of the topics discussed in her episode were many that I had been thinking about for some time now. So taking inspiration from her, I decided to talk about this topic myself. Related I had 228 unlistened podcast epi

Introduction The title is a little confusing. But let me explain... For nature, spring is a rejuvenation. The flowers are coming out of...

Recently I read a book that I loathed. I really couldn't get into this book at all. The worst part... it was required summer reading and was 545 pages. My dislike was so strong I even made an entire plan on how I would read it. Related: Why summer reading is so hard and what I’m doing about it. I ended up finishing that book in exactly 2 months and I was not expecting it to take that long. Because I had to read two summer reading books, my plan was to read my first book in a

I'm scared of change. Everywhere around me I see people talk about change as if it's a good thing. "I can't wait to finish school and get out of here," or "OMG, you changed so much; you look so good." All those surrounding me are people who can't wait to change. But I view it differently. When I was a kid, I was all in favor of change. I couldn't wait to be a teenager. I wanted to be cool and have a bunch of friends and drive anywhere I wanted to. And now I am a teenager. And

Lately, I've been interested in fashion. But when I think of fashion as a hobby, I think of two types of people. Either the fashion TikTok influencers who start every single video with “You need to buy this!” Or, I imagine maximalist fashion people who are layering every single clothing item known to man. Personally, I don’t like either. It’s because the two things I described are the extremes. I think in everything we need to find the middle way. And these extremes are somet

This summer I had to read two books for my literature class. At the time of writing, I am not even halfway done with one of my books, and I'm halfway into my summer… yikes. In this discussion I’m going to talk about my experience with summer reading assignments, why I struggle to read them, and possible solutions to this problem. My experience with summer reading The first summer reading book I ever had to read would have been in the summer of 5th grade, if I remember correct

Recently, I started my summer break. All school year, I had been dreaming of this moment. The moment when I get to relax, enjoy myself, and do everything I wanted to but couldn’t because of a lack of time. But now that I’m here, I find myself on my phone. In a moment where I could do anything I enjoy, I chose to slip back into my old habits. During the academic year, I scrolled on my phone for a quick break. Something that could easily take my mind off things, where a couple

Introduction Despite my love for podcasts, I never have the time to listen to them. And when I do have time, I forget about them, or I’m just not in the mood. Currently, in my Spotify “Your Episodes” playlist, I have 228 episodes I want to listen to. To put my problem into perspective, if each episode is 45 minutes long, then that would equal to 171 hours of podcast episodes. The problem is that I don't have time to listen to episodes for hours on end. Since I'm always busy,