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Sophie Logan, sole proprietor of Sharper Editing, has always loved books. Like so many other book nerds (myself included), Logan dreamed of becoming a writer when she grew up. Books …
The public libraries of Oklahoma City are currently wrestling with the question of where to place children’s books with LGBT themes. The Oklahoman reports that currently, the Metropolitan Library …
“Are these things really better than the things I already have? Or am I just trained to be dissatisfied with what I have now?” ~ Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby I am fascinated …
What do Cher, Prince, Sting, and Madonna all have in common? Besides being iconic musicians, each could only settle on a single name. Whether it was a matter of …
Duck and cover. The term originated in 1951 and was designed to warn children what to do in the case of a nuclear attack. While the threat of a …
YouTube Channel: WhatCulture From the Description: The books are better. “After all this time?” Always. Featured image via How Stuff Works Entertainment
YouTube Channel: AbeBooks.com From the Description: “If you wish to live long in the memory of men, you should not write for them at all. You should write what their …
Many readers know first lines of famous novels off by heart, sometimes without even knowing the title of the novel. A great first line is impossible to ignore because it promises …
Read through any list of writing tips from major authors and, chances are, there’ll be something about reading. William Faulkner famously advised, “Read, read, read. Read everything – trash, …
I didn’t think about race a lot. I never needed to, as I lived in a fairly homogeneous German farming town in rural America. There’s nothing wrong with that, …
Internet piracy is, to say the least, a divisive topic. There are those who totally condemn it, seeing it as immoral as walking out of a bookshop with a …
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 …
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, …
Authors often leave behind unfinished work when they die. Sometimes, these stories are simply forgotten or destroyed. Though other times they are found and published. This is 12 of …
Plato said, “Creativity is a divine madness…a gift from the gods.” For centuries, the correlation between creativity and mental illness has been palpable. Many writers have succumbed to the …
YouTube Channel: PeruseProject One of the issues that a majority of us often face is trying to balance time between work, school, family, a social life, and of course, …
YouTube Channel: TED From the Description: Childhood is surreal. Why shouldn’t children’s books be? In this whimsical talk, award-winning author Mac Barnett speaks about writing that escapes the page, …
Are you hooked on your phone? Do you find it hard to swim in a sea of books? Trust me, there’s an app for that. Telepathic’s free app, HOOKED, is …
YouTube Channel: Little Book Owl Do you like reading multiple books at once or do you prefer to focus on one at a time? Featured image via YouTube
YouTube Channel: climbthestacks Do you annotate your books as you read? Does it help you understand what you’re reading better? We want to know what you think! Let us …