BANG! The car door slams. Clack, clack. The heels meet the ground outside your door. Tick, tick, tick. The clock upon your wall repeats.

There are countless distractions in your everyday life. From the Google classroom assignments nagging you to your own chores at home. You need a break. Reading is a great way to occupy your mind while showing yourself self love. Did you know reading reduces stress by 68%? Well with that being said, here are some recent read and rates from PAHS students.

Jake Montmery read, We are the Weather by Jonathon Safran Foer. His rating of this piece is an 8.5/10Jake said, “He talks about how climate change is such a hard topic for people to want to act upon. There are many sacrifices to living a much more sustainable life. Like cutting down plastic usage can be an inconvenience. He also brings up the best solution for us as a species to survive. I take off -1.5 because it has an abnormal continuity in it. His wording isn’t very smooth. I didn’t really like his transitions, it felt awkward sometimes.”