I used to be terrible at using bookmarks. The truth is, I still sort of am. If I manage not to dog-ear my page before closing the covers, I’ll flip open to my place and find a candy wrapper, a crinkled receipt or, one time, a Q-Tip left as my marker. This is all disgusting […]

Clichés get a bad rap these days, but is it really deserved? After all, in a complicated world, where good doesn’t always triumph over evil, isn’t it nice to read a story in which boy wins girl, girl wins Hunger Games, and villain is hurled satisfyingly over a cliff while howling about revenge? I like […]

When you love books, there is nothing better than surrounding yourself with other book nerds. The kind of people who will wait on line at midnight with you for new releases and, promptly, be prepared to talk about their thoughts on the book the following morning. The people who won’t blink when you marvel over the […]

Movie adaptations of our favorite books always receive mixed responses. We shake our heads at casting decisions or walk out of the theater wondering where our favorite line of dialogue, plot point, or entire ending went. No matter how well done a film is, the vision never seems to live up to the one in […]