The days are getting longer, the temperature is quietly climbing, and the birds in my neighborhood can barely contain their excitement: summertime is almost here! Maybe I'm alone in this, but something about summer's splendorous return always makes me want to travel back in time to the hippie heyday of the 1960s. However, unless my wildest dreams…
Loved Luther? Try These Titles
So you’ve binge-watched all four seasons of the addicting crime drama Luther. Now what? Try these books and TV shows to satisfy your craving for compelling psychological thrillers. Heartsick If you were fascinated by the irresistibly twisted relationship between Luther and Alice, you won’t be able to get enough of Detective Archie Sheridan and serial…
Information Desk Request: Diary of a Wimpy Kid
While you wait for Greg Heffley to have more funny adventures, try a couple of different titles for those Wimpy Kid fans.
A Two-Hanky Read
Orbiting Jupiter Jack is twelve years old when his foster-brother comes to live with the family on their little farm in Maine. Joseph Brook is fourteen years old, recently released from a facility called Stone Mountain. And he has a daughter named Jupiter, whom he loves deeply although he has never seen her. The story…
4 Teen Reads on Loss That’ll Get You Laughing
Everybody's read The Fault in our Stars by now, right? Well, maybe not. Maybe you tried it out and couldn't get past some fault in the book (see what I did there?): didn't like the characters, didn't like the love story, or didn't like the writing. Or maybe you disliked the popularity or seriousness of it. I…
Are You The Next Top Chef?
The competition cooking show, Top Chef recently released the newest location for its 14th season as Charleston, South Carolina. If you’re anything like me not only are you excited about another season of crazy culinary challenges and arguments between egotistical chefs, but you’re also looking forward to learning about a new foodie city. In anticipation…
hoopla Film School: Cult Classic Edition
Love cult classics? Meet hoopla!
Literary Characters We Want to See on TV
Both Anne from L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables series and Nancy Drew from Carolyn Keene's Nancy Drew Mysteries series are headed to the small screen in new television adaptations in the coming year. We can't wait to see these beloved heroines reimagined in new forms. Here are some other favorite literary ladies we would…
Read Band Books: Riot Grrrl Edition
In this (the very first!) installment of “Read Band Books,” the Riot Grrrl movement takes center stage. Whether or not you’re familiar with Riot Grrrl culture, these gems will expose you to the ways of the feminist punk pioneers that shaped the movement: Girls to the Front Read this to familiarize yourself with the origins…
3 Books to Help You Embrace Your Inner “Cat Lady”
If you're a cat lover, you’ve likely been referred to as a “crazy cat lady” at some point in your life. It’s time now to embrace that stereotype! Here are some books that will appeal to a variety of different cat-lovers’ sensibilities: Crafting With Cat Hair Perfect for the cat lady who’s ready to…
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