Category: Adult
Nancy Willard, an esteemed children’s and adult’s author, passed away in her Poughkeepsie, NY home on February 19th. She was 80 years old. The death was reported by her …
Kathy Gates
March 7, 2017
Adult, Book News, Bookish Events, Erotica, History, Libraries, Non-Fiction, Reference, Sexuality, Travel
16th century Venice was a cosmopolitan and, largely, secular city. It attracted artists like Titian and Tintoretto, trade with the exotic East, via Constantinople, made it rich, and opened it …
Sara Deeter
February 25, 2017
Adult, African American, Author Spotlight, Book To Movie News, Classics, Drama, Family, Historical Fiction, Indian Literature, Literary Fiction, Quizzes
The glitz! The glamour! The gowns! Tomorrow night when all the Oscar nominees walk the red carpet, the world will be focused on their stunning looks–and stunning acting abilities. …
Melanie Pitman
February 23, 2017
Adult, Authors, Autobiography, Biography, Book Lists, Book Lovers, Career, Children, Contemporary, Drama, Erotica, Family, Faves, Historical Fiction, History, Human Interest, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Music, Non-Fiction, Performing Arts, Poetry, Reading, Religion, Self-Help, Short Story, Spirituality, Writing
Sometimes celebs like to surprise us. Like when we learned J-Lo could sing as well as act, when Tom Selleck became an avocado farmer (what?!?), or even when Arnold …
Christianna Marks
February 14, 2017
Adult, Book Lists, Contemporary, Fantasy, Horror, Human Interest, Literary Fiction, Mental Health, Music, Relationships, Romance, Suspense/Thriller, weird fiction, Young Adult
If you’re a music junkie like me, chances are you know a lot of songs, and if you’re here, you probably read a lot of books. Now imagine those …
In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade that a woman’s privacy rights are “broad enough to encompass the right to terminate her pregnancy.” Now, despite the decades …
As far as billionaire romances are concerned, there are many books a person can read. However, whenever anyone thinks of sultry and sexy books, E.L James Fifty Shades of …
Sara Deeter
February 8, 2017
Adult, Book Lists, Cassandra Clare, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, Classics, Dystopian, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fantasy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, George R.R. Martin, Harper Lee, J. R. R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, Jane Austen, Literary Fiction, Potterheads, Quizzes, Sci-Fi, Suspense/Thriller, Truman Capote, Young Adult
Any bookworm worth their salt can identify a book based on the first line or names of major characters, but can you select the correct title of a novel …
Christianna Marks
February 3, 2017
Adult, Audiobooks, Author Spotlight, Career, Human Interest, Humor, Memoir, New Releases, Non-Fiction, Performing Arts, Reviews, Women, Writing
Dear Lauren Graham, Can I call you Lauren from here on out? It would be so much easier… So now that we have that out of the way. I …
You can never go wrong with buying another book (so what if you already have a few hundred?), but there are some books that unquestionably top the list of …
Kathy Gates
January 24, 2017
Adult, Book Lists, Classics, Emily Bronte, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Reviews, Unpopular Opinions, Walt Whitman
I love reading book reviews but I always take them with a grain of salt. Thing is, no matter how much of an expert the reviewer is, a review …
2018 might seem like it’s so far away, because it is, but now we have something to look forward to. See, everyone’s favorite dark comedy about the end of …
Trying to explain to the average person that you read comic books, and that it’s not an immature thing, can be extremely difficult. This can be even more confusing …
If you didn’t read the first post in this series, then you should know one thing right up front: my opinion of “helpful” literary analysis websites like Sparknotes, GradeSaver, and Schmoop …
Christianna Marks
January 11, 2017
Adult, Banned Books, Book Lists, Book News, Cassandra Clare, Chick Lit, Children, Contemporary, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, J.K. Rowling, Romance, Stephanie Meyer, Suspense/Thriller, Travel, Women, Young Adult
It’s mind blowing to me that so many of these books are turning, or have already turned, 10 this year. How is it that so many of these books, …
Several big winners at the 2017 Golden Globe Awards were — you guessed it– adapted from books. Three are novels, one is from the true-crime genre, and the fifth is an …
Why do art and imagination continue to be taxed? Way too many writing competitions require applicants to submit entry fees–admittedly, some contests are legitimate, but many others turn out to be …
If you’re a huge fan of The CW’s Jane The Virgin and you are struggling with the wait for new episodes, try picking up some of these novels to …
Christianna Marks
January 4, 2017
Adult, African American, Book Lists, Book To Movie News, Book To TV News, Comics and Graphic Novels, Drama, Historical Fiction, Horror, Humor, Literary Fiction, Middle Grade, Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Suspense/Thriller, Women, Young Adult
I know, some of us cringe when we think of our favorite books getting turned into movies and TV shows, but for some reason we keep on watching them, …
2017 is just around the corner and that means new books will be hitting the shelves soon! Check out our list of some of the nonfiction novels being released this …