Books

In 2020, Meyer published Midnight Sun, a retelling of “Twilight” from vampire Edward Cullen’s perspective rather than Bella Swan’s, which sold one million copies in its first week. Naturally, fans of the 2020 novel have been begging Meyer for a sequel, but the author says she’s not planning on it....
Prince Harry’s ‘Spare’ could be many things if you just take the word of any tabloid or recent pop culture headline: Scathing; a full-throated rebuke of the royals still at court; another heap of media fodder to expand upon the already near decade long shelf life of Prince Harry and...
We have a Friday night family movie night tradition in our home, but we also enjoy reading. But every week, the most important decision is what to watch. We've come to realize that some of our favorite movies for family movie night are actually film versions of the most popular...
The Women's Prize's new book prize, which is given to nonfiction publications, will be given each year. It is available to all female writers who write in English and are published in the United Kingdom, no matter where they are from in the world. The winner will get £30,000 in...
If you have social media, especially TikTok, you’ve probably heard of Colleen Hoover, a very popular author whose books are taking over the internet right now. She mainly writes young adult fiction novels, which always end up on “BookTok” being reviewed and recommended by readers in the online community. As...
As a recent college graduate, this argument has always been on my mind since the pandemic a couple of years ago. Taking online classes introduced me to the convenience of having digital copies of textbooks instead of having to worry about physically going to a store and buying them or...
With the start of the new year, there are so many new books being anticipated by book lovers. This year features much talked about political movements, such as the issues with gun violence and inflation, as well as new releases from best-selling authors Jenny Odell, Margaret Atwood, and Eleanor Catton....

“The Lucky Baseball,” written by one of the New York Yankees’ most beloved former batboys Luis Castillo, follows a lonely baseball who wants to be a part of all the fun and comradery that America’s favorite pastime has to offer. After being left on the side of the field to...

The era of burying our gays is over... or at least, it should be. While this particular trope has lessened in frequency over the years, getting into queer media, particularly lesbian or WLW media, can still feel like a gamble--will yet another gay character feel the brunt of real-world cruelty?...
With little fanfare, bell hooks has influenced your favorite industry leaders worldwide and has been named one of TIME's 100 Women of the Year. Like many Black women scholars before her, Bell Hooks gave so much of herself: to theories, writers aspiring to be writers, and the future she sought...
It’s always interesting to see if the movie version of a book is actually better than the book itself. So here’s a handy list of fan-favorite movies that were actually based on books for you to check out! Gonna go out on a limb here and say that most people...
The First Folio is a collection of 23 plays by William Shakespeare, including The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing, and Romeo and Juliet. It was first published under the original title Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. It is credited with ensuring that his plays continue to be performed...

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