May 25, 2026 by Daniela Fleming (‘26) Hi everyone! Welcome back to Five Stars! The series where I… just kidding. Not this edition. Maybe next time, because I do have a few “Five-Stars” worthy books to recommend, and I’d love to return to where I began my Lightning Rod journey. We’re branching out today. And […]
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April 28, 2025 by Daniela Fleming (‘26) Welcome or welcome back to Five Stars, a book review series where I share my “five-star” books – these books went above and beyond and stand out among the shelves of books I’ve read. Whether it’s the engaging writing, storyline, or some intangible “it-factor,” these books are worth
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March 3, 2025 by Daniela Fleming (‘26) Welcome (or welcome back!) to Five Stars, a series where I share my favorite, “five-star” books that I still think about to this day and wish I could read them for the first time again. It’s safe to say I have read a plethora of books, so to
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February 10, 2025 by Daniela Fleming (‘26) Once again, welcome back to Five Stars, where I share my favorite “five-star” reads that stood out to me for their distinctive plot, ingenuity, entertainment value, or for some intangible wow-factor. I’ve read a good number of books, especially in the past 3 years, but only a select
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January 27, 2025 by Daniela Fleming (‘26) Once again, welcome back to Five Stars, where I share my favorite, “5 star” reads that had me hooked from the first page to the last. These are the books that I still think of, even though it may have been years since reading them. Last year, I
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January 13, 2025 by Daniela Fleming (‘26) Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid Welcome back to Five Stars, where I share my favorite, “5 star” books that left me shocked, reeling, and thinking about them for months. These books are special to me. There’s nothing better than the feeling of opening a book
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December 16, 2024 by Daniela Fleming (‘26) Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Welcome to the second edition of Five Stars, where I’ll share my favorite, “five-star” reads! These had me hooked from the first page to the last, and I still think about them to this day. As the year comes to
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November 25, 2024 by Daniela Fleming (‘26) None of This is True by Lisa Jewell Welcome to Five Stars, where I’ll share my favorite “five-star” books that had me invested from the very first page, all the way across the finish line. As someone who’s read 75-plus books this year, these are the books that
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