Gabrielle Bondi

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Gabrielle founded The Young Folks in 2010 with Luciana Villalba. Since then, she has served as editor-in-chief and oversees the staff and editorial content on The Young Folks. She recently graduated from Northwestern University and is now working on her master's degree at the Medill School of Journalism.

Book Review: ‘Butter’ by Erin Jade Lange

I tend to avoid books about bullying or depression. Not because I don’t think they are good; many of them are. When reading a book like that (especially a good one), I tend to absorb all those negative feelings. Well,…

Book News: J.K. Rowling’s ‘The Casual Vacancy’ Gets a Cover & New Plot Summary!

Potterheads, like myself, are willing to get their hands on anything new from J.K. Rowling, including her new book for adults called The Casual Vacancy. Today, Little, Brown released the cover and an updated plot summary for Rowling’s much-anticipated novel.…

This Month in Film: July’s New Releases

When I think of July, I honestly only think of THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, a movie I’ve waited years to see. I’m sure that’s the case for many others. While the new and final Batman movie (of Christopher Nolan’s that…

Gaby’s Movie Review: Woody Allen’s ‘To Rome with Love’

Last year, Woody Allen made the exquisite Midnight in Paris. I’ve been a lifelong fan of Allen’s work, some I like more than others. But Midnight in Paris was unexpectedly wonderful, and I was almost hoping to say the same…

Book News: Cover Reveals for Boundless, Sever, Through the Ever Night & more!

Quite a few cover reveals debuted in the past weeks, especially for sequels of books that I loved. Here are some them. For full and larger images of the book covers, either click on the thumbnails or go to the…

Film News: Ryan Reynolds Is the New ‘Highlander’

It’s been known for a few years that the Highlander franchise was being rebooted, but who was going to play the new Highlander? Well, it looks like Ryan Reynolds got the job! After roughly a month of negotiations, Ryan Reynolds has officially…

Gaby’s Movie Review: ‘Seeking a Friend for the End of the World’

Seeing as its 2012 and the Mayans predicted that we only have a few more months to live, it’s no surprise that a movies, books, television have embraced this whole “end of the world” thing. Despite the fact that most…