Grady Hendrix Talks About His New & Upcoming Books, Movies And Writing (EXCLUSIVE)
Being a horror writer means being set apart from others. Thee was a time when horror was considered frivolous, non-serious literature and was often sidelined, until the likes of Stephen King, Shirley Jackson, and Peter Straub came along. Of course, everyone who came before the…
Crime Time: Mystery Month at Fully Booked
Whodunits for Everyone Murders, motives, and everything in between. The mystery genre has long entertained the masses. There’s something about a good mystery that keeps a reader hooked. No matter what events take place throughout the course of the story, we need to solve the…
Nature By Ralph Waldo Emerson: One Complex Idea Boiled Down
I am not normally a huge fan of non-fiction, but lately my friends and I wanted to tackle reading a few essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson. I decided to read his book called Nature which is composed of multiple essays he wrote which all pertain…
The Voynich Manuscript: One of the World’s Most Mysterious Manuscripts
The world’s most mysterious manuscript is only two hundred and forty pages long. The Voynich Manuscript is written by an unknown author, in a language that no one can seem to decipher. Its content is largely unknown, and even the subject matter really is up…
Double Trouble: A Look At Disney’s Twisted Tales Series
Walt Disney Animation Studios released its first animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937 based on Snow White by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Subsequently more Disney adaptations of fairy tales were (and continue to be) released that immortalized these stories for decades…
Why Are All Young Adult Books Fantasy?
Young adult fantasy novels are everywhere. The truth of it is, it seems that everywhere you look for new young adult books, the more YA fantasy you find. Every list, suggestion or recommendation out there is about a more fantastical realm than the last. In…
The Rise of Young Adult Books: How it All Started
Why is it called young adult fiction? Young adult fiction or YA fiction is thus known because it features a teenage protagonist, pre-teen in some cases (as we know, the Harry Potter series begins around Harry’s eleventh birthday). What Age Are YA (Young Adult) Books…
Are Young Adult Books for Adults Too?
Young adult books are marketed towards kids between 13-18, yet even in my 20s I cannot stop reading them. At first I thought it was just my mom, sister, and myself who loved them despite no longer being young adults. A type of book that…
What Is The Difference Between A Novel And A Book?
As someone who reads quite often, I’ve noticed that I have been asked more than once what is the difference between a novel and a book. I generally find that people tend to throw out the word novel if they are trying to sound fancy…
What Makes A Good Beach Read & The Story Behind It You Need To Know About
What in the world is a beach read anyway? Because what I would bring to the beach, and what others are calling a beach read seem pretty different to me. After researching about beach reads, I came across a very basic and vague definition. It…
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