Category: Grab Bag
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 …
Caitlin Stiles
April 29, 2017
Author Spotlight, Authors, Book Lists, Book Lovers, Classics, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Faves, Games, George R.R. Martin, Social Media, WTF
A rather amusing game on the internet has flourished lately. It’s called “#Badly Explain Your Profession.” It’s self-explanatory, easy, and the results are often hilarious. For some of the …
YouTube Channel: NZAnimeManga Do you agree with this video? Which manga do you think should have taken the top spot? Featured image via Barnes and Noble
Mindy Kaling, whom all sane people worship, is adapting a White House memoir for television. Who Thought This Was A Good Idea? And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to …
Famous for his mythological novels such as the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, Rick Riordan has drawn a large fan base to his mythological retellings and stories. Publisher’s Weekly dubbed him …
It’s probably safe to say that there are moments we wish we could just zip through a book and have all of its content in our brain. You could learn …
Tahereh Mafi returns to the world of Shatter Me with a follow up trilogy that will focus on Juliette Farrars’ new journey as the new Supreme Commander, leading Sector 45 with …
Everyone could use a good excuse to get away from a not so wonderful situation every now and then. Especially book lovers. Chances are, you’ve found yourself in an awkward …
Being busy is different for everyone. Some may use it as an excuse to get out of an event they don’t want to go to, some may actually be busy …
I work as a tutor with students of all ages, and it amazes me how reliant many of my students are on spell checker and auto correct. I’m even …
From my earlier post on Bookstagram, you’ll know it took me some time to figure out how it worked. I soldiered on, and with not a little help from cyberspace, …
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past three decades, you’ve probably run across an episode or two of The Simpsons on Fox. The dysfunctional, yellow family …
It’s almost here!!! On May 2nd, A Court of Wings and Ruin, the third and final installment in Sarah J. Maas’ Court of Thorns and Roses trilogy will finally be …
There’s a call for diverse books. We need them because research shows that by age 6, girls think they’re less intelligent than their boy peers. Children rarely see people …
I recently moved, and while going through all of my possessions in an effort to minimize what we’d have to pack, I came across an old journal of mine, …
The Hebrew name for Holocaust Remembrance Day is Yom Hashoah, and this year it was observed on Monday, April 24th. JTA, or the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, sought book recommendations …
Kathy Gates
April 25, 2017
Book Clubs, Book Lists, Business, Classics, Harper Lee, History, J.K. Rowling, Jane Austen, Literary Fiction, Non-Fiction, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Self-Help
Only joking! There’s no such book club. Not that we know of. No really, how would these impossibly busy people make time to meet up and talk about books? But imagine …
Do dusty books drive you nuts? Every now and then, I’ll go to pull out something I haven’t read in a while, only to have my nasal passages assaulted …
Imagine… What if your favorite fictional characters had access to modern technology? What would happen if they had access to YouTube, or could get sucked into the eternal black …
It seems like every time I hear a new celebrity name, when I look it up I find out their career started on YouTube, Twitter or Instagram. This got …