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Reads, Reviews, and Recommendations

Column by Keira McDonough, Media & Communications Manager

This column features Keira's candid thoughts on the many books she has read since beginning to write for the Nest! It has been continued by Lili after Keira's graduation.

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Reads, Reviews, and Recommendations: 2023-2024

Lili Temper, Media & Communications Manager  |  May 2024


Though a reader at heart, I have not had the time to crack open many books this year thanks to my suddenly overwhelming workload. It’s only because of AP Lang, my newfound commitment to book club, a few late nights, and sheer stubbornness that I’ve managed to read anything at all. To help my fellow readers make the . . . KEEP READING

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Reads, Reviews, and Recommendations: Summer 2022

Keira McDonough, Media & Communications Manager  |  October 2022


Howdy folks, hope you all had a literary summer. I, for one, read a truly obscene amount of romance novels, so unfortunately the majority of my reviews will be put on hold until my 2022 Rom-Com Round-Up next January. In the meantime, to satiate your desire for my unequivocally hilarious reviews, here are my . . . KEEP READING

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Reads, Reviews, and Recommendations: 2021-2022, Semester 2

Keira McDonough, Media & Communications Manager  |  June 2022


Y'all, it's the final issue, so here are the books I read this semester, the books I recommend, and the hastily-written reviews of books I read during exams and didn't really have time to coherently . . . KEEP READING

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Reads, Reviews, and Recommendations: Keira's 2021 Rom-Com Round Up

Keira McDonough, Media & Communications Manager  |  January 2022


[The Hating Game by Sally Thorne: 4/5 stars] This book moved way too quickly. Enemies to lovers should be a very slow burn. But despite the fact that they kissed on page 65, overall, it was painfully . . . KEEP READING

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Reads, Reviews, and Recommendations: Summer 2021

Keira McDonough, Media & Communications Manager  |  October 2021


[The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid] Summary from Goodreads: "Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more . . . KEEP READING