Category: Literary Fiction
Guys drinking beer, not unusual; guys drinking beer and discussing books, maybe just a bit. And when the books under discussion are about or by tough guys, you have: The …
Not to be outdone by the original, Katherine Neville’s sequel to The Eight, The Fire, takes the reader on another ride across continents, cultures, religions, and centuries. The page count …
Is it possible to have friendships like these in real life? There’s something so compelling about reading through the development of a beautiful literary friendship. Watching characters we grow …
Laura Seabourne
September 12, 2016
Autobiography, Book Lists, Classics, Contemporary, Drama, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Humor, Literary Fiction, Music, Mystery, Reading, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller, Young Adult
Ok, maybe not EACH genre, but let’s cover the basics here. Are you ever reading and find that the silence is not so silent? That the ambient noise of ACs, …
“Don’t you want to be alive before you die?” -Anthony Doerr As the Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction in 2015, All the Light We Cannot See is a novel …
Women have been writing and been written about complexly since the dawn of time. The books of the Bible, Esther and Ruth, and the Greek writer Sappho being a few examples. …
Jodi Trask
August 28, 2016
Author Spotlight, Biography, Book Lists, Classics, Historical Fiction, History, Human Interest, John Green, Literary Fiction, Literary Quotes, Sci-Fi, TBR, Time-Travel
John Green is many things. He is a YouTube star, a semi-professional FIFA player, and the co-creator of Project For Awesome. What John Green may be most well known for …
I was first introduced to this book by my father in my freshman year of college. As an avid reader, the 550-page count didn’t bother me. But with the …
Have you ever had a dream that was so real, so unsettling, or so intriguing that you couldn’t get it out of your mind? Well, these authors have and …
Katie Di Filippo
August 19, 2016
Authors, Autobiography, Book Lists, Book Lovers, Children, Classics, Dr. Seuss, Dystopian, Fantasy, Harper Lee, J.K. Rowling, Literary Fiction, Literary Quotes, Reading
Some of our favorite authors can weave a phrase together so eloquently that in a mere few words, we are inspired. These quotes from some of the most loved …
Brian Baek
August 19, 2016
Book Lists, Classics, Dystopian, Fantasy, Human Interest, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Suspense/Thriller, Time-Travel, Young Adult
The great thing about The Lord Of The Rings and Harry Potter is that they come in a series (ie trilogies, quartets, septets, octets). The author builds on their …
I loved the Percy Jackson series when it first came out. It combined both my love for ancient history and mythology with story and fantasy. In light of that, …
Brian Baek
August 18, 2016
Book Lists, Children, Classics, Comics and Graphic Novels, Drama, Ernest Hemingway, Family, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Satire, Short Story, Suspense/Thriller, weird fiction, Young Adult
Reading takes up a lot of time so sometimes it’s satisfying consuming a book that can deliver a good read and interesting thoughts in few number of pages. Here …
With so many great books in the world, how do you choose your bucket list books? These 10 classics from around the globe represent a diverse group of voices, …
Brian Baek
August 17, 2016
Authors, Book Lovers, Charlotte Bronte, Classics, Emily Bronte, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gifts for Book Lovers, Human Interest, Jane Austen, Literary Fiction, More, Reading, Shakespeare, William Shakespeare
In 1935, a publisher named Sir Allen Lane launched Penguin Books. If you read a book in the past 50 years, chances are that you have probably heard of …
Simply put, this world is far from perfect. Whenever I dare read the trending news, I typically end up with my face in my hands or hitting my forehead …
As someone who suffered through all 691 pages of East of Eden in a college class, I am not someone who believes all classic reads are going to connect with …
Katie Di Filippo
August 13, 2016
Book Lists, Classics, Drama, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Human Interest, Literary Fiction, Literary Quotes, New Releases, Reading, Shakespeare, William Shakespeare
Gilmore Girls fans are elated to finally hear the release date of the new Netflix revival: November 25th! It’s just around the bend, which makes it the perfect time …
Books take us into the lives of others, allowing us to relate to their struggles, but they can also take us around the world, bringing cultural understanding and awareness to …
Cassie Sheets
August 5, 2016
Book Lists, Book Lovers, Faves, Feminism, Human Interest, Literary Fiction, More, Philosophy, Politics, Reading, Women
My to-read list is full of wild women. It’s full of women who misbehave, break the rules, lash out, self-destruct, build themselves up again, find some kind of freedom, …