What Not to Say When You Meet Your Favorite Author
Meeting your favorite author is intimidating. You want to express your appreciation of their work without sounding like a total fangirl, but you also kind of...
Why Video Doorbells Are the Best Smarthome Gadget
Josh Hendrickson Video doorbells are the most important smarthome device you can buy. Smart light bulbs may be flashy, but—when properly integrated—a video doorbell will become...
5 Strong Female Characters Who Don’t Need a Prince Charming
Semi-spoiler alert: None of these books featuring strong female characters ends with a woman being rescued by romance. Now that we have that out of the...
Poetry on the Barracks Walls of Angel Island
Angel Island is the small, green-forested island that complements the picture-postcard scenery of Alcatraz Island, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the San Francisco Bay. Hard to...
Writing and Addiction in Stephen King’s MISERY
I read Stephen King’s Misery for the first time this year. It was during the Popular Culture Association conference in April, and I was stuck in...
5 Fantastic National Summer Reading Programs for Kids of All Ages
June is a time for the final countdown to freedom from the classroom. And then, the summer reading assignments begin. Of course, for a book lover,...
Bookish Stops on the Southern Route
After 26 months in Livermore, California, my partner and I spend Valentine’s Day squeezing our belongings into the truck before locking up our home. For the...
Fall In Love With These EMMA-Inspired Romance Novels
We know Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. We love the films, we love the retellings, either in YA or Adult fiction. I personally adore them...
Developing Character: An Interview with Debut Author Tabitha Bird
Tabitha Bird is an author from Queensland, Australia. Her debut novel, A Lifetime of Impossible Days, is about the same character at three different ages. “A...
3 on a YA Theme: Summer YA Mystery Releases for Your TBR
This list of summer 2019 YA mystery books is sponsored by Libro.fm. Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore. You can pick from...
