Books

Improve your finances, boost your productivity, develop your emotional intelligence, and enhance your personal branding by listening to these 7 amazing books in your free time....
Since a very young age, I have been obsessed with books. Series like The Berenstain Bears, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and even Cam Jansen was a big part of my childhood. However, it wasn’t until I read Harry Potter, along with Charlotte’s Web, that I truly understood how people...
Oprah Winfrey started her famous book club back in 1996, and she just chose her 100th book–Ann Napolitano's “Hello Beautiful”. Oprah, known as the “queen of books”, said the book pays homage to Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women”. “Hello Beautiful” follows four sisters over three decades in the city of...
To read or not to read, that is the question. The required reading in high school was enjoyable for some and bothersome for others, but the literature left an impact either way. There are a lot of fascinating stories behind the novels we all grew up reading. So without further...
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...

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