Books
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Book Buff: Books to read for procrastination
Being in college doesn’t allow for a lot of leisure time, and many of us don’t want to spend that time reading a book after doing homework. However, these books are worth the read, whether you want to procrastinate reading a textbook... read more »
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Hit or Miss: J.K. Rowling’s “The Casual Vacancy”
At the end of September, J.K. Rowling released her new book, “The Casual Vacancy” to a world patiently waiting to see what she would do after authoring one of the most famous series ever written, “Harry Potter.” This... read more »
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Book Buff: Christopher Moore’s “Sacre Bleu”
Fans of Christopher Moore, art history or even reading in general: pull up a chair because Moore’s new novel, “Sacre Bleu,” is his latest must-read. Moore has always written books with a slightly altered perspective that completely... read more »
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Book Buff: “The Hunger Games”
A post-apocalyptic world that used to be North America is now a nation called Panem. It exists under the watchful eye of the Capital, the nation’s dictatorship run by President Snow. This is the world of “The Hunger Games.” After... read more »
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Book Buff: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling is not supermodel material, nor is she a super genius. Kaling, actress and writer of “The Office”, not only accepts these facts, she relishes them in her book, “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns).”... read more »
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NaNoWriMo gets Buffs to start their novel (and finish it)
For many college students, November means the last home football game, tests professors cram in before break, and the first home cooked meals since August. And for some students and faculty members, November means writing a novel in thirty days. November... read more »
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Book Buff: Review of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Old photos can be strange. Their edges are worn and their colors are faded. It’s the people in them, though, that can make pictures so strange. In Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, author Ransom Riggs takes strange photos... read more »
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Book Buff: Cross Currents
Boulder author John Shors invites readers to come away to a fleeting island paradise in his new novel Cross Currents. In December 2004, the Indian Ocean tsunami devastated over 10 countries and killed hundreds of thousands of people. The Thai... read more »
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Book Buff: Night of the Living Trekkies
Kevin David Anderson and Sam Stall deliver a comedic, zombie-filled ride to lovers of both horror and science fiction in “Night of the Living Trekkies.” When choosing people to save the world, fan-boys, a slave girl and bell boys are very... read more »
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B is for beer: Editor of “The Oxford Companion to Beer” comes to Boulder Book Store
As the Boulder Book Store’s audience relaxed and waited for the night’s speaker to walk in, they sampled free Joe’s Premium American Pilsner (a bitter, hoppy beer) and Ellie’s Brown Ale (in a word: ‘chocolate’),... read more »
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Student government distributes $17.7 million in annual student fees
Student government allocated $17.7 million in student fees for the 2013-14 fiscal year to 15 CU Boulder departments Wednesday and Thursday nights in an annual public discussion that lasted over 12 hours. The total budget is higher than fiscal... read more »
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Upset: Men’s basketball wins Arizona rematch
The University of Colorado men’s basketball beat the Arizona Wildcats 71-58 Thursday, healing a wound the left after teams’ previous encounter. The last game on Jan. 3 was close, but ended with a ‘no’ call from the refs after a three... read more »
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CU’s Webb and Lewis arrested on assault
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Opinion: Was Andre’s choice to leave CU his best move?