Category: Relationships
In vain we have struggled–our feelings will not be repressed! Written and directed by Byrum Geisler, Before the Fall is a queer-themed reimagining of how Jane Austen’s most popular …
Melanie Pitman
May 29, 2017
Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, Classics, Drama, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jane Austen, Literary Fiction, Relationships, Romance, Shakespeare, Women, WTF
Nobody deserves to be broken up with via text. It’s just so cold, such an easy way out! Unfortunately, it happens far too often and hearts are irrevocably broken. …
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 …
Jenny Han is known for her best selling trilogies: To All the Boys I Loved Before, Burn for Burn with Siobhan Vivian, and The Summer I Turned Pretty. The author has been busy …
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, …
Sara Deeter
April 30, 2017
Book News, Drama, E.L. James, Fantasy, George R.R. Martin, Human Interest, J.K. Rowling, Relationships, Romance, Self-Help
People who read, a new survey reveals, make the best lovers. There are some caveats, though. eHarmony’s data showed that when men list reading as an interest, they receive …
There are two things that I love most in this world: my boyfriend and my books. Don’t ask me to choose between them. If you read my last article …
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 …
Talent comes in all shapes and sizes. Even though someone might not be too good at one category, such as chemistry, they might surprise you in a different one, …
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 …
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 …
The North Pole is definitely shaking things up. Daniel Kibblesmith, a staff writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, has written a new children’s book called Santa’s Husband …
Christianna Marks
March 28, 2017
Comics and Graphic Novels, Contemporary, Humor, LGBT, New Releases, Performing Arts, Relationships, Reviews, Romance, Sci-Fi, Young Adult
Fellow nerds, gather near, I got your next book boyfriend for you. Do you enjoy things like Firefly, Star Trek, Star Wars, Dr. Who, Cinderella, and Comic Conventions? If …
In his early 20s, Paul Kalanithi faced a life-changing choice between a career in writing or in medicine. With degrees in English literature, philosophy and human biology, a question …
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 …
According to a report in Publishers Weekly, the print-publishing juggernaut that is adult coloring books is slowing down worldwide. In Australia, it’s come to a juddering halt: Nielson BookScan …
Bill Gates, like fellow entrepreneur Elon Musk, is an avid reader. As he explained on his blog, Gates.Notes, “reading books is my favorite way to learn about a new …
Okay, here’s a bit of truth for you. Louisa Clark, Jojo Moyes’ colorful, wonderful, interesting main character from her novels, Me Before You and After You may be one …
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 …
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 …