What’s the best book you’ve read lately?
What’s the best book you’ve read lately? I’m always looking for the newest awesome book to check out, so I’m all ears listening to your recommendations! Have any of our book giveaway winners checked out their books and loved them?…
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Mourning Chinua Achebe
Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, most famous for his debut novel Things Fall Apart, passed away last week and his whole country has been in mourning. Things Fall Apart is a brilliant commentary on the effects of colonization on Africa, and…
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Do you use the library?
Do you use the library? I’ve always been a big fan of the library, since I’m an admitted bookworm — there are books on absolutely everything, and they’re all free — it doesn’t get much better than that in my…
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Would you play Quidditch in real life?
Playing Quidditch used to be a fantasy reserved for wizard and witch characters in author J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books. These days, though, even us muggles can participate in the sport. Alex Benepe and his college roommate came up with…
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Looking for your next great read?
Are you a huge teen book worm like I am? Just finished an awesome book and are now left bereft, wanting another great read to carry you away? I just came across this awesome website called WhatShouldIReadNext.com that lets you…
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Teen book recommendation: The Eye of the World
Friends! As of last night, I’ve officially finished the first book in The Wheel of Time series called The Eye of the World. The book series was published starting in 1990 by Robert Jordan, and is often compared to The…
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GIVEAWAY: A Corner of White
Enter to win a copy of Jaclyn Moriarty’s A Corner of White and a Kate Spade umbrella! A Corner of White is about Madeleine and Elliot who are from two different worlds. Literally. They are both trying to solve…
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