Archive for September, 2013
New Reads
Poetry Month 2013: Poetry Reality TV Shows
One of the main goals of National Poetry Month is to make poetry more accessible, to get poetry into more public and unexpected places. Can you imagine if millions of people tuned in every week to see “America’s Nex...
New Reads
Why I’m Buying a Kobo eReader
Why I’m Buying a Kobo eReader As a kid at summer camp, my favorite remedy for homesickness was smelling the books in the library. They were dusty, moldy, and neglected, and I loved them. Something about scent of the musty old ...
Bibliotherapy
What to read? (Part 6) Catharsis
Sometimes reading really depressing books can be good for you. From Aristotle’s classic theory of catharsis to the modern ‘misery memoir,’ I explore how encountering literary tragedy can actually be uplifting. The classical t...
Interviews
Author Interview with Elizabeth Graver
The End of the Point, Elizabeth Graver Review To the privileged Porters, Ashaunt Point, on Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts, is far more than just a summer home; it is the place where the family has retreated for five generation...
New Reads
Advice for Writing a YA Dystopian Trilogy (If You Must)
Have you ever thought about writing a YA dystopian novel*? No? Why not? It’s the hottest trend in YA publishing. I figured I’d help you out by sharing some of the secrets to writing a YA dystopia. After reading doze...
What Should I Read Next
Diviners by Libba Bray
Ever Played With a Ouiji Board? The characters from this book probably should not have! The Diviners by Libba Bray is set in prohibition era New York City, where Evie O’Neil has been sent due to some scandal in her home t...
Book Trailer
The Facebook Diet: 50 Funny Signs of Facebook Addiction
The Facebook Diet: 50 Funny Signs of Facebook Addiction and Ways to Unplug with a Digital Detox by Gemini Adams is a winner as far as book trailers go. There isn’t a much better way to say ‘buy me’ than to sho...
Book Trailer
The Octopus in Me Book Trailer
The Octopus in Me by B.Z.R. Vukovina is a well made book trailer for the erotica series. I love how it takes clips of old silent films and compiles them with pieces of the book. It is a bit long for me and out of my genre,...
Bibliotherapy
What to read? (Part 5) Bibliotherapy
The history of bibliotherapy Over the past weeks I’ve been looking at how reading can be a means of pleasure, education, and self-development. But I also happen to believe – and I’m not the only one, not by a long shot – that a...
Interesting Books
Poetry Month 2013: Musicians Who Are Published Poets
Are all song-writers poets? There is no question that music and poetry are connected, and song lyrics can often read like poems. But is there a difference between the two? Do lyrics need to be combined with music to fully comm...
Trending
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What’s Barack Obama reading?
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Review: A Man of Parts by David Lodge
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Five Great Book Origin Stories
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Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth
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Banned Books Reading List
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The Little Book of Muses Trailer
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Dead Man’s Alibi Trailer
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Fancy Clapping Trailer
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Who is Killing the Great Capes of Heropa? Trailer
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Review: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
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Summer Reading Special: Escapist Travel Books
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My Brother - Read a Kindle
