Category: Family
Melanie Pitman
June 7, 2017
Adult, Book Lists, Children, Family, Humor, Parenting, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, weird fiction, WTF
If you’ve read some of my previous articles, you may remember that I’ve worked in childcare for almost 10 years and that I absolutely cannot stand the so-called children’s …
It’s a cliché to say that there are no books on parenting. Well, there are a lot of parenting books, but they don’t come with any guarantees. The thing …
Kathy Gates
May 27, 2017
Autobiography, Book Lists, Family, Feminism, Humor, Memoir, Mental Health, Non-Fiction, Self-Help, Travel, Women
For some, middle age means winding down. For others, it’s the opposite: they hit their fifties revving up and raring to go. Here are 7 books to help us …
Melanie Pitman
May 26, 2017
Bookish Events, Comics and Graphic Novels, Contemporary, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Middle Grade, News, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction
A long time ago, in a theater far away… some of us saw Star Wars for the very first time. May 25th marked the 40th anniversary of the release of Episode …
According to the website What’s Your Sign, summer has plenty of symbolic meaning. It reads as follows: “In a word: ‘Party!’ And our host is the sun whose presence …
Kathy Gates
May 15, 2017
Book Clubs, Book Lists, Contemporary, Crime Fiction, Dystopian, Family, Feminism, Humor, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Mental Health, Muslim/Arabic Culture, New Adult, Politics, Suspense/Thriller, Women, Young Adult
I love to read and I love to discuss books. Should be a no-brainer that I would gather with ‘my people’ on a regular basis to talk books. Alas, …
“Everyone’s got to start somewhere.” We’ve all heard that saying at least once in our lives and it’s for good reason: it’s 110% true. No matter what profession, what …
Cierra Loften
May 1, 2017
Book Lists, Book Lovers, Drama, Dystopian, Family, Human Interest, Indian Literature, Mystery, New Adult, New Releases, Relationships, Romance, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller, TBR, Young Adult
Woo! We’re already halfway through 2017 (crazy, right?) and man, oh, man has it been one heck of a year already. Though regardless of all that’s occurred this year, …
Christianna Marks
April 14, 2017
African American, Book Lists, Contemporary, Family, Free-Verse, Humor, Mental Health, Middle Grade, Poetry, Relationships, Romance, Young Adult
They say that poetry is good for the soul, and if you ask me, whoever ‘they’ are is right. This month is National Poetry Month, so what better way …
Christianna Marks
April 9, 2017
African American, Asian American, Contemporary, Drama, Family, LGBT, Mental Health, New Releases, Relationships, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult
Who’s looking for the perfect, diverse, adorable, romantic comedy? Why? Because I have found it. Becky Albertalli’s newest offering to the world of YA lit, The Upside of Unrequited …
Actress Isla Fisher is known for film and television work such as Now You See Me, Arrested Development, and The Great Gatsby. Few know her skills for the written word, having …
Spoiler alert: you’re going to get the surprise of your life. You never knew it, but a lot of your favorite movies were actually adapted from novels and children’s …
If you haven’t been watching NBC’s This Is Us, you need to start. Like, right now. It’s honest, it’s imaginative, it’s devastating, and it’s inspiring. It’s an incredibly insightful look …
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 …
You’ve graciously offered to take care of someone during a difficult time in their life; perhaps they’re terminally ill or profoundly handicapped. Perhaps it’s a parent, grandparent, a disabled …
Lacey Kupfer Wulf
March 17, 2017
Book Lists, Book Lovers, Chick Lit, Children, Classics, Comics and Graphic Novels, Danielle Steel, Dystopian, Family, Fantasy, Human Interest, Literary Fiction, Potterheads
Redheads have short tempers. Redheads are spawn of the devil. Redheads are vampires, according to the ancient Greeks, because of their sensitivity to the sun. Redheads came from, uh, “unclean …
Christianna Marks
March 11, 2017
Contemporary, Family, New Releases, Reading, Relationships, Reviews, Romance, TBR, Travel, Young Adult
Every once in awhile, everyone needs a fluffy romantic book to dive into, and I have to say that you shouldn’t look any farther than Celilia Vinesse’s Seven Days …
YouTube Channel: Penguin Books USA From the Description: From the national bestselling author of Alice comes a familiar story with a dark hook—a tale about Peter Pan and the friend …
The Best We Could Do is the debut graphic memoir by Thi Bui. It tells the story of Bui’s family in Vietnam and the United States, beginning with Bui …
In a time when dystopian novel series saturate the market, new middle-grade read Jed and the Junkyard War takes readers to an alternate world that is somehow attached to ours. But unlike the Pevensie …
