A Thousand Acres- Jane Smiley By: Hannah Johnson “But now I saw with fresh conviction that it was us, all of us, who were failing, and the hallmark of our failure was the way we ate with our heads down, hungrily, quickly, because there was nothing else to do at the...
Lapvona- Ottessa Moshfegh By Hannah Johnson “‘Don’t worry,’ Marek said. ‘Death is not the end. You shall rise. What are the birds but angels? You will never have to walk among the monsters. It’s much better up there. You’ll see, you’ll see. You will be so happy and...
Falcon Four: Four ways to declutter your spring reading By: Hannah Johnson Happy March Falcons! Spring is rapidly approaching, and with that comes the time for spring cleaning. Spring cleaning presents a great opportunity not just for cleaning your house, but to...
Swimming in the Dark- Tomasz Jedrowski By Hannah Johnson “I adored this book more than you knew,” it read there in your stocky, right-leaning script. “I wanted to keep it…but it’s yours. Bring it back one day if you can. I’ll be here. J.” Swimming in the Dark is a...
Gone Before You Knew Me: An Interview By Hannah Johnson BGSU alumni Renate Wildermuth, who obtained her masters in German from BGSU, sat down to talk about her young adult novel Gone Before You Knew Me, releasing on February 24, and talk about the complicated...
Beach Read- Emily Henry By Hannah Johnson “She learned to let it out, bit by bit, and that sometimes, it was okay to let a little ugliness into your story. That it would never rob you of all the beauty.” Beach Read is a seamless blend of “enemies to lovers” and...
By Hannah Johnson A Mercy – Toni Morrison “I dream a dream that dreams back at me.” Through A Mercy Toni Morrison addresses complicated themes of identity as well as how identities relate to one another in early American society. These unique markers of...
By Hannah Johnson Falcon Four: 4 tips for keeping your reading resolutions in 2026 Happy 2026 Falcons! We’re already a month into the new year, and “Quitter’s Day” observed on the second Friday of January each year, has passed, reflecting the day when people are...
by Vivian Brant Happy April Falcons! With the semester coming to an end, I have another interview to bloom your love of reading. I had the joy of meeting Ms. Susan Montgomery, an Author, Illustrator and BGSU Graduate. We discussed Ms. Montgomery newest book Benny’s...
A beloved pastime of mine is combing the shelves of a bookstore in search of the perfect book. However, it can be tricky to find new books to get out of a reading rut. What are the perfect steps to take in order to find the perfect book? Here are Falcon Four tips to...
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