Sarah Motteler

The summer, that much-needed three-month stretch of time between spring and fall semester, can be spent in many ways. If you’d like to brush up on your reading skills to stay prepared for your upcoming classes but don’t know where to start, consider the following five books and series, sorted based on summer plans for your convenience.

★★★★½ Earlier last week, “Ne Zha 2” became the first animated film to reach $2 billion in global ticket sales, making it the top grossing animated film of all time after surpassing last year’s “Inside Out 2”.

Spend Valentine’s Day scrolling through others’ couple posts? Date stood you up? Here are a half-dozen romances to help ease the ache in your heart. “Legends and Lattes” by Travis Baldree “Legends and Lattes” is an entry in the “cozy fantasy” genre, which focuses more on slice-of-life and building community than slaying dragons and battling monsters. In “Legends and Lattes”, an orc warrior hangs up her broadsword to start a cafe, making friends and falling in love along the way.