People We Meet on Vacation is a heartwarming and emotional friends-to-lovers romance that is about two best friends, Poppy and Alex, who have known each other for 12 years. Poppy and Alex are complete opposites: Poppy is adventurous and wild, while Alex is introverted and likes a routine. Despite their differences, they’ve been inseparable because they have a tradition: every summer, they take a vacation together. The story goes back and forth between past and present times.
The Last Letter is a deeply emotional romance that has themes of love, loss, grief and healing. The story is about Ella, a single mother of twins, and Beckett, a soldier and best friend of Ella’s brother, Ryan. The book starts with a tragedy. Ryan is deployed overseas and asks Beckett to look out for his sister and her children if anything happens. When Ryan is killed, Beckett fulfills his promise and travels to Colorado to find Ella, but he doesn’t reveal his true identity.
Icebreaker is a college sports romance that is about Anastasia Allen, a figure skater who has been working her whole life to make it to the Olympics. She’s focused on her goals, has strict control over her life and doesn’t want any distractions. Anastasia struggles with trust and vulnerability because of a toxic relationship with her coach and the pressure to perform. But, then enters Nathan Hawkins, the captain of the college’s hockey team. Nate is outgoing, confident and loved by everyone.
This book tells the story of Marie Curie, a smart and brave scientist born in Poland who later worked in France. She discovered two new elements called radium and polonium. Also, she was the first person ever to win two Nobel Prizes, one for physics and one for chemistry. The book talks about her life from when she was young to when she made big science discoveries. It also has quotes, pictures and fun activities to help kids understand their work and why it’s important.
This book tells the story of Temple Grandin, a scientist with autism who helped make life better for farm animals. As a child, she found it hard to talk to people, but felt calm around animals. She used her different way of thinking to invent helpful tools and became an expert in animal behavior. Temple is now known for her smart ideas, kindness and for helping people understand that being different can be a strength.
The final book in the Hunger Games trilogy, Mockingjay, follows Katniss and her journey through being the face of the rebellion against the Capital. The book starts when Katniss wakes up to find out she is in the hidden thirteenth district. Katniss finds out that all of Panem went into disarray after the confusing end to the 75th hunger games. When everyone in district 13 wants to use Katniss as a political pawn, she is faced with hard decisions that can determine the fate of everyone in Panem.
The Bends is often seen as Radiohead’s first “good” album, and it earns this distinction. Without letting go completely of the style of its predecessor, Pablo Honey, The Bends moves in a new direction and is much more adventurous. It contains some of Radiohead’s most well-known songs ("High and Dry", "Fake Plastic Trees") and some of their most meaningful, emotional work ("Street Spirit" and "Black Star").
Radiohead’s 2007 album In Rainbows somehow manages to go where none of their other works ever did. Musically, it occupies a middle ground between all of their other albums.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a timeless classic filled with moments of levity. Scenes like the “burn the witch” incident, the use of the Holy Hand Grenade, the discussion about swallows and Lancelot running continually toward the castle without making any progress whatsoever will be deeply ingrained in the minds of viewers long after they watch the movie.
Airplane! is a masterful spoof of ‘70s disaster movies that transcends genres to make fun of anyone and everyone. No group or idea is safe from this movie’s relentless onslaught of stereotypes and comedic jabs so quick you may miss them. This precisely is what makes it so fun to watch. Its subjects of ridicule are varied, from proselytizing churchgoers to differences in cultural tendencies between members of different races.
