Category: Women
Silvia Brown
April 8, 2017
Adult, Authors, Book Lists, Book Lovers, Contemporary, Crime Fiction, Drama, Faves, Historical Fiction, History, Reviews, Women, Young Adult
My first regret when I moved to Australia was not being able to move my extensive library. As a lover of the touch and smell of a good old …
Literary history is filled with incredible women authors. From Louisa May Alcott to Toni Morrison, women have made their mark. But new books are published at an ever increasing …
Everybody’s favorite little red-headed spitfire is back! Netflix is rebooting L. M. Montgomery’s childhood classic, Anne of Green Gables, and it looks spectacular. They just released the first trailer for …
The TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale premieres on Hulu on April 26th, leaving you less than a month to read or (re-read) the dystopian novel before you …
If you do a quick google, “Books About Women in College,” you’ll mostly get a slew of somewhat patronizing titles about the dangers of being a young woman. There aren’t …
Keen to dispel some of the myths surrounding writing a bestseller, Veronica Roth, who wrote the first installment of the bestselling Divergent series whilst still in college, offers us 5 …
Sara Deeter
March 31, 2017
Author Spotlight, Chick Lit, Fantasy, New Adult, New Releases, Reading, Reviews, Romance, Women, Young Adult
Calling all Labyrinth fans! Wonderfully dark and almost painfully enchanting, Wintersong is a YA adaptation of the cult classic movie Labyrinth (David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly). Discerning readers will notice …
Melanie Pitman
March 31, 2017
Animals, Autobiography, Book News, Bookish Contests, Contemporary, Drama, Dystopian, Human Interest, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Native American, News, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Politics, Relationships, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Spirituality, Suspense/Thriller, Women
Drum roll please…………. After four days of facts, emotion, discussion, and debate….. Fifteen Dogs has been crowned the 2017 Canada Reads champion. It is THE book that Canada needs to …
For Hena Khan, author of It’s Ramadan, Curious George as well as new release Amina’s Voice, going to school meant that teachers and students mangled her name on a …
University of Virginia English professor and author Bruce Holsinger has brought a wonderful new hashtag to Twitter. #ThanksForTyping pays homage and offers much-deserved recognition to the women writers behind the scenes, …
The business magazine of the book industry, The Bookseller, compiled some startling statistics about books published in the UK in 2016. Their results showed that out of the thousands …
One of the most rewarding parts of literature is knowing that, even if you fall in love with an author’s story and it is not available in your foreign …
The current political situation in America has left many of us seeking the wise words of books for comfort. But some have taken this a step further, giving away …
Melanie Pitman
March 19, 2017
Book Clubs, Book Lists, Book Lovers, Book Porn, Chick Lit, Children, Classics, Comics and Graphic Novels, Contemporary, Crime, Crime Fiction, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Faves, Gifts for Book Lovers, Historical Fiction, Human Interest, Literary Fiction, Middle Grade, Non-Fiction, Reading, Romance, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller, Women
Subscription boxes are insanely popular these days, and chances are you’ve already tried one. Bath and beauty boxes, wine lover boxes, gardening boxes, olive oil boxes, stationery boxes… the …
I’m sure just about every reader out there has noticed this by now, but fairy tale remakes and inspired tales are taking the world by storm these days. The …
Former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton will soon publish a picture book titled She Persisted, which “celebrates strong, inspirational women who have embodied the spirit of persistence throughout American history,” Bustle reports. The …
Beauty and the Beast is only a few days away! In honor of the upcoming release of what’s sure to be Disney’s most fabulous live-action movie yet, we’ve put …
Kathy Gates
March 10, 2017
Biography, Book Lists, Comics and Graphic Novels, Contemporary, Feminism, Health, Humor, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Mental Health, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Relationships, Sci-Fi, Self-Help, Spirituality, Sylvia Plath, Travel, Women
When I feel anxious, I know I need to step back and take stock but the truth is, I don’t have ability to do that straight away. My strategy …
Sara Deeter
March 8, 2017
Book Lists, Chick Lit, Classics, Human Interest, Jane Austen, Shakespeare, Stephanie Meyer, Women, WTF, Young Adult
Ambi…what? I know–“ambivert” sounds like it belongs on those lists of advanced SAT words that you *totally* still remember from your frantic memorization sessions in high school. But just …
Great news for the literary world on this International Women’s Day: The University of Warwick in the United Kingdom has announced that it is establishing an annual £1000 (exactly $1216.20 USD) …