Everything YA Literature Lied to Me About
I was raised on a steady diet of Mountain Dew and young adult literature. From the ages of 12 to 17, I’m pretty sure I read virtually nothing outside the YA genre besides Beowulf (my required reading) …
I was raised on a steady diet of Mountain Dew and young adult literature. From the ages of 12 to 17, I’m pretty sure I read virtually nothing outside the YA genre besides Beowulf (my required reading) …
If you are a normal person, you’re allowed to name your child something like Steve or Liz. If you are a celebrity, however, you must christen them Blue Ivy or Diva Muffin. It’s just how …
It’s summertime, which means we’re all being divvied up into “people who are having a summer romance” and “people who are not having one.” To tell you the truth, I always thought summer romances were going …
Adapting a book into a movie is no picnic. You have to try and please 1) people who haven’t read the book and are just looking to have a fun time, as well as 2) …
In Greek mythology, the punishment hardly ever fits the crime. It would be like your mom punishing you for stealing a cookie from the cookie jar by chucking you into an active volcano. Not everyone …
If books and movies have taught us anything, it’s that summer is the perfect time to grow as a person. Some of us will go on road trips and learn a little something about ourselves …
Not every literary ending is a home-run. Sometimes you will be enjoying a book immensely, only to have it all go horribly wrong in the last few pages. Bottom line: there is a right way …
Summer today isn’t THAT different from summer in the time of Shakespeare. There are more iPhones now and fewer plagues, sure, but everything else has remained largely the same. For instance, it’s still very hot …
Look, no one likes to read books about people breaking up with each other with grace and maturity. We like to read books where people take a loving, stable relationship and burn it to the …
I know a lot of stuff about exactly two things: Shakespeare, and The Office. That’s it. That’s my entire pool of knowledge. I majored in the first one, and I’ve rewatched all 9 seasons of …