Back in 2012 Lena Dunham received a $3.7 million dollar advance from Random House to write a book of advice for young women. The amount was staggering for a young woman who had never written a book before and was best known for her debut film, Tiny Furniture, and her controversial HBO series, Girls. Many […]
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The 10 Books That Stuck with Me
So many challenges have taken place on social media within the past few months, whether it’s the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, the chain letter challenge, etc. Sometimes, they can be annoying, but lately, there has been a Facebook meme going around asking people to name the top 10 books that have stuck with them. I […]
Theft is Serious Business: A Review of “Skin Game”
A year and a half after the pulse-pounding thrill ride that was Cold Days. Jim Butcher is back with Skin Game, released May 27th. Everyone’s favorite wizard and Winter Knight, Harry Dresden, is forced to work with an old adversary, Nicodemus Archelone, to steal a valuable artifact from none other than Hades himself!
A New Kind of Hero: Ms. Marvel
This spring something big happened in the world of comics. A new person took up the Ms. Marvel mantle and that person wasn’t a busty blonde. It was an awkward, intelligent teenage Pakistani-American girl who just so happens to be Muslim. Let that sink in for a moment. Ms. Marvel, a major player in the […]
Book Review: Dani Atkins’ “Then And Always”
Want to add a little romance and mystery to your summer reading list? Look no further than Dani Atkins‘ debut novel, Then and Always, which Penguin Canada predicts to be the breakout beach read of 2014. Rachel Wiltshire’s life reads like a dream: she has a great group of friends, a handsome and desirable boyfriend, and an acceptance into her choice university to study […]
Amanda Bannikov’s “The Sleepy Dragon”: Bedtime’s Best Friend
Amanda Bannikov’s debut “The Sleepy Dragon” is a brightly crafted tale of bravery and perseverance, with an endearingly delightful touch of friendship. The grit showcased by the main character, Kimothin is admirable and someone a lot of young readers, especially little girls will appreciate.
Graphic Fiction: A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words
Recently, I’ve discovered graphic fiction: comic books, graphic novels, and manga. Without a doubt, graphic fiction is an under appreciated genre of literature. And I admit, up until taking a class on graphic fiction at school, I’d never given the genre a second thought myself. To me, they were always about superheroes and villains, fighting […]
Book Review: Sebastien de Castell’s “Traitor’s Blade”
Sebastien de Castell’s first novel, Traitor’s Blade follows the adventures of Falcio val Mond and his companions Kest and Brasti in their determined fight to uphold the Greatcoat values of fairness and justice across the kingdom of Tristia – ideals which have been tossed aside by the lawless, corrupted, and abusive regime of Dukes, who have taken over the land.
Book Review: Lisa Rogak’s “One Big Happy Family”
Sometimes, the most incredible family bonds are not the ones we were born into, but the ones we find for ourselves. In “One Big Happy Family“, Lisa Rogak shares heartwarming stories of interspecies parenting and guardianship among animals you wouldn’t expect to see living together, much less supporting and caring for one another. In these […]
10 Books Every Child Should Read
Reading is one of those things people either love or do their best to avoid. I’m slightly obsessed with books. When I was little I read pretty much anything I could get my hands on, and I think it was my parents who instilled in me a love of reading that I still very much […]
One Month Novel, One Big Journey: NaNoWriMo
The Great American Novel (or German or Canadian or French or Insert-Your-Nation-Here). The desire to be a writer of one is so strong a desire and so fervent a goal for many that the phrase is both cliché and the symbol of futility. Writing, particularly in the hallowed form of the novel, is considered to […]
John Green: Pop Culture Icon
I’m not ashamed to admit that the most recent thing to have made me cry was reading The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. And I mean really cry. A tragic love story at it’s finest, TFIOS is the latest book by John Green to have taken the YA shelves by storm. Not only has […]
Book Review: It All Comes Down To Which Side You Choose in ‘Allegiant’
There are days when I wish I had my mother’s quality of incredible restraint when it comes to books. Her restraint is not in buying books (what voracious reader has restraint when it comes to the act of buying books? None, I tell you.) Instead she has this amazing willpower for books in a series. […]
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