Tag: human interest
August is the month if you love Scottish literature. With Edinburgh named the first ever UNESCO City of Literature in 2004 (Iowa City becoming the third in 2008 and …
Books about historical events always dazzle and entertain, but many of them often heavily rely on fiction and a story concocted by the author to tell a story much …
There’s always someone – or something – that tells you how you should behave. How you should act, how you should think, and most importantly, how you should see …
Does election season leave you frequently googling “Will Trudeau grant me refugee status if Trump wins?” Escaping to Canada means learning Celsius, km/h, spelling check like “cheque,” among many …
No joke, years back I had a friend who was trying to memorize James Joyce’s Ulysses, by heart. On Bloomsday, he had his friends gather in our small college …
Everyone has those first beloved books that helped mold them into the person they see in the mirror. Whether they be self-help, stories that make you erupt into a …
Nintendo’s announcement of their new-old console, the NES Classic, has left older generations of classic NES players speechless (in a good way). This new console comes equipped with 30 old-school …
Reading is a very self-involved activity. It’s pensive, introspective, and ultimately a solitary endeavor. These rules are written from the perspective of a person, who, based on these ideas, …
I joined my first book club in elementary club which was designed for wee ones who excelled at reading. I mean, okay, technically it was curriculum in school, but after …
About a third to a half of the entire population are introverts. I’ll give you a moment to let that sink in. Surprising? The fact is that more people …
When I first bought Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, I was happy. It wasn’t a long book at all, I was in the middle of several other reading projects, …
Just like us, books follow us in age. As we start to wrinkle, so do the pages of used books. Similarly, there are a number of effective ways to …
Once in a while, a book falls into the hands of a book nerd that really makes them think “Wow, this book had to have taken forever to write.” …
“I make myself rich by making my wants few.” This is a priceless piece of advice that still holds water and heavily resonates today. Spoken by famed American philosopher …
The single oddest piece of memorizing advice I’ve ever gotten came in eighth grade. We had to memorize Lewis Carroll’s poem “Jabberwocky,” and my teacher recommended that we sit …
There are those rare, few souls that walk our earth every so often. Their existence is like the occurrence of a Blood Moon, hazily gazing over our planet Earth. …
Are you one of those people who doodles while they listen? Perhaps you use drawing or painting as an outlet to work through painful feelings. Or maybe, you’re not artistic …
Maybe it’s just me, though for some of you who also enjoy reading self-help books, as you’re reading you may be thinking: I think I’ve heard this all before. The last …
Bookstores are a place of a paradise to book lovers. Surrounded by shelves upon shelves of books, it’s a reader’s maze of discovery. Some bookstores are even so unique …
Fiction tends to reflect the concerns of its era and therefore it’s not surprising that diseases have become recurring themes in contemporary literature. In the last decade there have …