Author: Elizabeth Konkel
Ever heard of Thor, the Norse god who uses a hammer? What about his trickster brother Loki? The names are everywhere in society due to the vast popularity of …
Have you ever tried to find a translated Chinese book and couldn’t? It can be difficult to find a translation because many Chinese novels tend to go unnoticed overseas. …
Elizabeth Konkel
December 4, 2016
Book Lovers, Charles Dickens, Chick Lit, Dr. Seuss, Family, Fantasy, J. R. R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Stephen King, Women
It’s no secret that when Halloween comes and goes, everything on TV switches from horror to Christmas, and remains that way until after the New Year. Every radio station …
How many novels, particularly English novels, can you name that use marriage to frame the events of the plot? Marriage as a plot is thought to be one of …
Colbert Nembhard is a librarian who has worked as a manager at the Morrisania Branch Library for the past 25 years. Nembhard walks from the library to the Crotona …
Romance is a popular genre with around 1.08 billion sales in 2013. Surprisingly, it isn’t the box office hits that drive the sales. Self-published novels have grown the genre …
March: Book 3 is the first comic to win a National Book Award for young people’s literature. The comic is a collaborative work by Congressman John Lewis, staff member …
Long-time readers probably know that reading can be a mental boost. Did you know that reading can strengthen the muscles of your brain? Whether it’s for recreation, school, or …
Lisa Cutts is a full-time detective constable and author of crime novels. She answers procedural questions in a monthly column for Writing Magazine. Her first novel, Never Forget, is the …
When you think of science fiction novels, usually it’s Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds that come to mind as the firsts for the genre. Author …
Popular culture isn’t a stranger to adapting books into film. The Shining, Harry Potter, and anything by Marvel or DC are based on novels or comics. Television has increased …
Little Critter is a children’s series by Mercer Mayer that has sold over 200 million books worldwide. The story focuses on a character that appears as a type of rodent …
DMG Entertainment has bought the film rights to Brandon Sanderson’s bestselling world of Cosmere. The world of Cosmere is independent from Earth with its own set of galaxies, planets, …
Magical Realism is an underrepresented genre, often mixed up with Fantasy, particularly Urban Fantasy. The genres share similar aspects, but on a closer inspection, the differences are prominent. Magical …
When you hear Stephen King’s name, your first thought is one of his horror works. Maybe you think of The Shining or Carrie. Or maybe you think of one of his literary …
Hurricane Matthew has caused devastation and destruction for several countries globally. Here in the U.S., Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, and Virginia have experienced the loss of lives …
For those who don’t know, Mr. Men is a British series of children’s books created by Roger Hargreaves and taken over by his son in 1988. A few of the …
More authors are choosing to go with self-publishing over submitting to a big named publishing house. It can be disheartening to get rejected several times, even if you repeat …
The goal of children’s books is to teach about moral value and to answer questions about daily life. A lot of social and coming of age issues are heavy …