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BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

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Sarah J. Maas is Bringing Reading Back One Romantasy Book at a Time 

Madeline Dorjee March 19, 2024

After nearly two years of waiting, crowds of fans gathered at their local bookstores to celebrate the highly anticipated release of Sarah J. Maas’ third book in the “Crescent City” series. Fans...

My Top Five Mystery Books

My Top Five Mystery Books

Sandhya Maddali March 25, 2022

I’ve always been into mystery books. It started with Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys, which my mom used to read to me when I was younger. I had a little “Choose Your Own Adventure” mystery book that...

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5 Austin organizations you should know about

Briana Martinez March 21, 2022

With so many in-person events and opportunities growing, it can be easy for people to feel like things are returning to “normal.” However, it is undeniable that many people have had an especially...

Young Adult Novels to Read this Hispanic Heritage Month

Young Adult Novels to Read this Hispanic Heritage Month

Rebecca Hernandez October 18, 2021

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Even though the month is over, there are still so many ways to celebrate the variety of Hispanic cultures in the world. Along with all the foods, festivals, movies and music...

The Downfall of The Young Adult Film Genre

The Downfall of The Young Adult Film Genre

Skyler King May 9, 2020

It happened swiftly and quietly, what was once a box office hit became a box office flop, leaving those who can remember wondering -- what happened to those “Divergent” films? Following the global...

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Texas Book Festival Makes Annual Appearance

November 12, 2018

Filled with tents featuring author talks, book signings, book sales and readings, Congress Avenue was quite a bustling street during the annual Texas Book Festival.

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Spooky Self-Care Tips

October 29, 2018

Self-care, but make it Halloween-themed.

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Read Before You See: 10 Book-to-Film Adaptations in 2018

March 20, 2018

You’ve heard it before. After every movie adaptation of a book, the same phrase comes from avid readers and novel lovers: “The book was better than the movie.”

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The Best Home Accessories from Fashion Brands

November 16, 2017

A fashionable lifestyle entails more than just great outfits — your favorite brands can also extend to your home decor and probably at a more reasonable price than you would expect.

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5D Books: Book Bus Takes Sci-Fi Collection to Another Dimension

September 2, 2016

It’s the end of a busy day. Sukyi McMahon and her husband Patrick McMahon sweep the floor, shelve the books, lock the doors. Then they get in the driver’s seat to start the ignition.

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Twenty Years a Searcher

November 6, 2015

A Library Technical Assistant at the Perry-Castañeda Library of 20 years, Douglas Custard walks around all six floors of the library to search for books requested by students and faculty. 

Humans of the Texas Book Festival

October 19, 2015

By Mia UhunmwuanghoThe Texas Book Festival comes to the Capital every year with vendors, publishers, authors and musicians from various genres. Every year there’s a cooking tent, a tent for poetry...