If you’ve suddenly been hit with the urge to go frolicking in a sunflower field or paint a mural while blasting “Let It Go,” don’t be alarmed. It’s February 18th and the sun is now in Pisces. It’s the perfect time for deep and meaningful conversations with your loved ones where you explore the complex inner […]
First lines are powerful. It’s the author’s best chance to hook the reader. A great first line will pull you in, introduce you to the narrator, and set the tone for the entire book. Depending on what you’re reading, a great first line can be funny or meaningful or sad or somehow all of the above. […]
You’re stuck in a funk. You’re tired of reading the same old rehashed storyline, but you’re scared to break out of your comfort genre and give something else a shot—after all, you never know what kind of horrors you could encounter. Unless, of course, you take our advice and get started with these choice reads, […]
Two years ago, I first accepted that I had to come out. That might sound odd to many people—obviously being gay is tethered to telling people you’re gay. There isn’t much of a question there. But at the time, the two couldn’t have felt further apart. I spent so much of my life trying to […]
In the dark days of yesteryear, we had to physically wander into bookstores and pick up books at random to find one that suited us, like animals. And we had to do it uphill, in the snow. Nowadays you can simply click your way over to a list that will recommend books perfectly suited to your taste. […]