Author: Anne Clarence (The Reading Life)
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9 Book to Movie (and TV Show) Adaptation Casting Choices That Were Absoultely on Point
1. Logan Lerman as Percy Jackson, The Percy Jackson Series The movie was a piece of crap. Yeah. But if there’s one thing the director did right (and it’s probably the only thing that he did right), it’s casting Logan Lerman as Percy Jackson. If he wasn’t too old for the role he would’ve been…
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Problems All Kindle Users Understand (and Absolutely Hate)
1. When You Eating While Reading and It Splashes All Over Your Kindle I swear one day mine’s gonna break because of it. 2. When People Mistake Your Kindle As A Phone The Stupidity in this makes this 10 times offensive. 3. When People Ask to Touch Your Kindle No you may not. 4. When…
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Thirteen Reasons Why The Show Was Such a Success
“Have you seen Thirteen Reason Why?” “It was so good!” “I’m only on episode three.” Suddenly Thirteen Reasons Why is everywhere. Literately everywhere. Which is really weird for a book that was released a decade ago, and in a blink of an eye everyone is talking about it now. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher…
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They’re Here! Check Out the Winners of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize Award
The Pulitzer Prize Award is an annual award which celebrates achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States. I’ts presented by Columbia University, and was founded in 1917. It is one of the post respected and honorable award in literature. Here is a list of the fiction (and…
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Book Review: The Name of Death by Joshua Robertson
Title: The Name of Death Author: Joshua Robertson Series: Thrice Nine Legends Publication Date:January 2, 2017 Page Count:39 Genre: Dark fantasy, fiction Format: eBook Source: ARC, author Rating: SYNOPSIS (FROM GOODREADS): Drada Koehn is a fearless, formidable fighter ensnared in a presaged war against the northern humans. When the Speaker foretells their victory upon discovery…
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Book Review: Black Ice by Ali Dean
Title: Black Ice Author: Ali Dean Series: Spark Springs Academy #3 Publication Date:August 31, 2016 Page Count:270 Genre: YA, sports, contemporary, romance Format: eBook Source: ARC, author Rating: SYNOPSIS (FROM GOODREADS): When your enemy dies under strange circumstances? Don’t stop looking over your shoulder. When secrets of a past scandal are plopped into your lap?…
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Book Review: Double Black by Ali Dean
Title: Double Black Author: Ali Dean Series: Spark Springs Academy #2 Publication Date: April 4, 2016 Page Count:190 Genre: YA, sports, contemporary, romance Format: eBook Source: ARC, author Rating: MY REVIEW: I received a free copy for an honest review This series in general went off with a good start for me. The first book…
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Amazing Gifts For People Who Love Reading and Coffee
1. I Turn Coffee into Books Mug 2. Books and Coffee Sweater 3. Coffee Books Repeat Bag 4. Coffee, Read Books, Be Happy Spoon 5. Pretty Coffee Bookmark 6. Coffee Cup Magnetic Bookmark 7. Starbucks Ice Coffee Candle 8. Once Upon a Time, Books and Coffee Candles 9. Coffee, Books, and Rain Macbook Decal for…
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Book Review: The Magician’s Workshop Volume Two by J.R Fehr and Christopher Hansen
Title: The Magician’s Workshop, Volume Two Author: J.R Fehr and Christopher Hansen Series: The Magician’s Workshop #2 Publication Date: November 22, 2016 Page Count:396 Genre: Coming of age, high fantasy, magic Format: eBook Source: ARC, publisher, author Rating: MY REVIEW: I received a free copy for an honest review *This review contains spoilers* Dang this…