Since I learned how to read at probably around the age 4 or 5, I always loved reading. There were some books that helped that love for reading to reach adulthood. At age 5 I always loved authors like Eric Carle who wrote The Very Hungry Caterpillar, or Chika Chika...
Books have been portraying stories for thousands of years, and in the last century we’ve been able to communicate stories with visuals and sounds with the rise of video technology. We have movies, television shows, comics, manga, video games, and many other ways to portray stories in modern day, but...
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Manga and Anime have become a major part of Western Culture. Growing primarily from TikTok and what is deemed the “Great Shift,” being an era in which anime and manga went from a more niche medium to a much more popular medium. But here in the...
Throughout high school everyone has to deal with English class at some point. Reading faculty-approved books that have some narrative substance that you need to write a paper about, sometimes in groups. Something that I’ve noticed is that regardless of high school, when you ask someone what they had to...
Jeff Kinney, the author of The Diary of A Wimpy Kid series, has created one of the most popular book series in modern times. Yet, the strategy he employed to create this franchise ranges from twenty books, with the 21st installment of the series coming in October. So then the...
Many teens today are not reading books as much as previous generations. In my opinion, technology is the biggest reason because phones, social media, and video games grab their attention more quickly than books, which I agree with, as I would rather be on my phone than read a book....
An upcoming adaptation of a popular young adult romantic fantasy novel has been on the news for all the wrong reasons. The Children of Blood and Bone was the 2018 debut novel of Nigerian-American novelist Tomi Adeyemi. Since then, it has gone on to be the first entry in the...
As an English major, I am able to recognize and appreciate what classic literature holds for today. From the love and romance found in Pride and Prejudice and the danger and adventure seen within the pages of Moby Dick, many classic literary novels and novellas are able to shape our thinking and open our eyes to new perspectives!...
I love thriller movies and thriller TV shows, and books are no different. I get so into thriller books that sometimes I finish them in one day because I want to know who the killer is or the twist at the end. I think the thrill of reading them is...
I believe books are almost always better than movie adaptations. Even though movies can be exciting and bring stories to life, they often leave out important parts of the original story. Books like Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, and Percy Jackson prove that reading the book gives you a much...
When it comes to books, one of my favorite genres to read is dystopian. They always have you think about if you were in that version of the world, what would you do in that situation. Hunger Games, for example, I think about what faction I would be born into,...
Literacy rates around the world have seen a significant dip, but the case of literacy within the United States has become an incredibly significant case, especially among the younger demographics. In the past, there was a wide range of programs and teaching methods that helped keep literacy rates up among...
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