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Stranger Things Adapted For Fiction and Other Bookish News
by Shannon Fox
Enjoying this new series? I’ll be back next week with the latest rumblings in the literary world! * Love the Netflix show Stranger Things? There’s a few books based on the hit show headed your way this fall. Check it out here. * NPR reported that in the last half a decade, the number of U.S. adults who are reading poetry has nearly doubled. … Read More Stranger Things Adapted For Fiction and Other Bookish News
9 Best Dystopian Fiction Novels
by Shannon Fox
Since I did a roundup of the 9 Best Apocalyptic Fiction Novels a few weeks ago, I had to follow that up with my picks for best dystopian fiction novels. As I mentioned in the first post, I draw a distinction between dystopian and apocalyptic fiction. To reiterate, in my opinion, a dystopian novel is one that puts forth the notion of a flawed … Read More 9 Best Dystopian Fiction Novels
9 Best Apocalyptic Fiction Novels
by Shannon Fox
No book review this week as I’m still working through two chunkers: Roses by Leila Meacham and The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin. The latter reminded me that I wanted to do a roundup of my favorite piece of apocalyptic and dystopian fiction, a subject that I read a lot of. Merriam-webster defines “Apocalypse” as: A great disaster : a sudden and very bad event that … Read More 9 Best Apocalyptic Fiction Novels
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The History of Love
by Shannon Fox
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss Leo Gursky taps his radiator each evening to let his upstairs neighbor know he’s still alive. But it wasn’t always like this: in the Polish village of his youth, he fell in love and wrote a book. . . . Sixty years later and half a world away, fourteen-year-old Alma, who was named after a character in … Read More The History of Love
Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books I HAD To Buy…But Are Still on My Shelf Unread
by Shannon Fox
As always, TTT is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. This week’s theme is top ten book I HAD to buy, but are still sitting on my shelf unread. Haha oh boy, I’m pretty guilty of this…. Nothing wrong with these titles, just haven’t read them yet. Any you think I should pick up post-haste? 1. Map of Time by Felix J. Palma … Read More Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books I HAD To Buy…But Are Still on My Shelf Unread
Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Bookish Memories
by Shannon Fox
As always, Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Bookish Memories. These aren’t all technically about books, so much as memories about literature events AND books. There are sooo many, but here are some of my top picks. 1) I got asked to prom with a book. – For my senior prom, the guy … Read More Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Bookish Memories
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Lands Away (Legends Undying)
by Shannon Fox
I really love these short videos about books/literature/writing. Basically, the melting point of two of my favorite mediums. Here is another one I posted yesterday on Legends Undying.
On the Road
by Shannon Fox
On the Road by Jack Kerouac On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac’s years traveling the North American continent with his friend Neal Cassady, “a sideburned hero of the snowy West.” As “Sal Paradise” and “Dean Moriarty,” the two roam the country in a quest for self-knowledge and experience. Kerouac’s love of America, his compassion for humanity, and his sense of language as jazz combine … Read More On the Road
Top Ten Tuesday: Settings I’d Like to See More Of
by Shannon Fox
As always, Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the Broke and the Bookish. This week’s theme is top ten settings I’d like to see more of. 1. Private boarding schools -I’m such a sucker for books like this. Think Kate Brian’s Private Series and Cecily Von Ziegesar It Girl series. 2. Turkey -Are there any books set in Turkey? 3. The Nazca Linea -One … Read More Top Ten Tuesday: Settings I’d Like to See More Of
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My 23 Favorites (Legends Undying)
by Shannon Fox
Yesterday, I shared a list of my 23 favorite books on Legends Undying. What do you think?
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
by Shannon Fox
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two teens—both named Will Grayson—are about to cross paths. As their worlds collide and intertwine, the Will Graysons find their lives going in new and unexpected directions, building toward romantic turns-of-heart and the epic production of history’s most fabulous high school musical. I am … Read More Will Grayson, Will Grayson
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Shannon Fox
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie In his first book for young adults, bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the … Read More The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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