10 Tips on Reading from President Teddy Roosevelt
You might not know this, but Teddy Roosevelt was a voracious reader. He reportedly read around a book a day, and was often reading more than one book at a time. Setting aside the fact that the piece he wrote for Ladies Home Journal smacks of a dude imparting knowledge to a bunch of daft...
10 Facts About the Haunted Hotel Stephen King Stayed in When He Came up with “The Shining”
I’m a horror fanatic, and the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, is definitely on my bucket list to visit someday. The hotel was author Stephen King’s inspiration for The Shining, which was published in 1977 and was made into a great horror film in 1980. King published Doctor Sleep, the sequel to The Shining, in 2013, and...
Man Builds Tiny Bookstore on Wheels to Bring Books to Villages Without Bookstores
Contrary to what older generations like to think, books remain a very popular pastime, even in the age of social media. Unfortunately, with the advent of e-readers such as the Amazon Kindle, physical book stores are going out of business. But people remain passionate about the power of idly browsing through shelves of books. That’s...
These 15 Funny Tweets Really Get to the Heart of Young Adult Book Culture
Young Adult books are not only for the young. Not by a long shot. I know a ton of older people who devour these books. In fact, I’ve kept reading them myself, as I’ve gotten older. YA books are extremely popular and here are some funny tweets that really get to the specifics and the quirks about...
Dad’s Library Books Method Could Turn Your Kid into a Lifelong Reader
If you’re someone who loves reading, it’s extremely tough to watch your own offspring shun the delightful bit of escapism. As with all things, the more you try to push it on them, the more your child is likely to resist – which means you’re stuck waiting for a miraculous change to happen on its...
15 People Share the Fictional Deaths That Hit Them the Hardest
Oh, wow, I have a bunch of these. Johnny and Dally from The Outsiders immediately come to mind. Don’t even get me started on Old Yeller. People on AskReddit shared the fictional deaths that hit them right in the gut. What characters have died in books, movies, or TV that really affected you? Share your thoughts in...
6 Two-Word Phrases Everyone Should Really Stop Combining into One (Nonexistent) Word
Language is ever-changing. As time passes and cultures shift, language grows and expands to accommodate new modes of thinking and such. Consider how Old English was spoken in the pilgrim days. Wouldst thou still crave to speak as they didst way bak when? You get my point. The fact that Merriam-Webster continues to roll out...
