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View ArticleOyster Books: Netflix for Books
Netflix, Amazon Prime, HBO Go. With these apps, I’m rarely at a lost for something to entertain me during slow times or when the dozens of channels cable offers has nothing that sparks my interest....
View ArticleWordless Wednesday: Who Says Boys Don’t Read?
The only thing that can pull him away from bugging me about picking up his copy of Mario Kart 8. Swords, action, excitement. Having access to an Advanced Readers Copy doesn’t hurt either. Jacob Gowans...
View ArticleKindle Unlimited
Once again, Amazon has shown why they dominate online book sales. Bibliophiles around the world will love the addition of Kindle Unlimited, with the ability to enjoy over 600,000 titles for $9.99 a...
View ArticleYour Face in Mind: A Review
Baltimore, Maryland seems to be on my brain lately. First, I binge watched The Wire, then I reread David Simon’s 1997 book The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood. Finally I...
View ArticleThe Necklace. A Review
Remember reading Guy de Maupassant’s The Necklace back in high school or college? How did the story make you feel? I know originally, I loathed the wife, Mathilde. What a brat she was! She had someone...
View ArticleThe Good Girl Review
Mary Kubica knocks it out the park with her debut novel The Good Girl. Mia Dennett is the black-sheep daughter of a prominent Chicago judge and the titular Good Girl. Misunderstood by her family, Mia...
View ArticleCop Town: A Review
With so much anti-police furor, I didn’t know how I would feel about reading Karin Slaughter’s Cop Town: A Novel. Cop Town is set in 1974, and from stories my mom has told me about Philly Cops “back in...
View ArticleTrapped Under the Sea
“Duck” “Duck” “Duck” “Goose!” I hop out of my seat, walk to the trash can where I generously and loudly stretch. Some giggles from my co conspirators, and we start again. The monthly staff meeting, a...
View ArticleHumble “School’s Out!” Bundle
No Starch Press Teams Up with Humble Bundle to Present the Humble “School’s Out!” Bundle Readers Pay What They Want for an Amazing Selection of Geeky eBooks for Kids San Francisco, CA (June 17, 2015)...
View ArticleAre Business Books An Overlooked Key To Success?
Over the summer I had the luxury of reading freely, the concerns of bedtime and schedules eschewed as I dove into the latest offering in on my Kindle. With summer coming to a rapid close (Upper Darby...
View ArticleCelebrate International Literacy Day
Grammerly has provided the following information for International Literacy Day: Our world today is perhaps more text-driven than at any other time in history. In the Digital Age, the ability to read...
View ArticleLittle Paris Bookshop – Eating to Heal
Disclosure: This post was inspired by the novel The Little Paris Bookshop: A Novel by Nina George, where Monsieur Perdu–a literary apothecary–finally searches for the woman who left him many years...
View ArticleGoosebumps Giveaway
I never read the Goosebumps book collection, because I was a chicken. My favorite uncle thought that introducing his underage niece to movies like The Exorcist and The Birds was good for the soul. My...
View ArticleRaising a Reader
Ten for Today: Raising a Reader SUMMER RECESS BELL RINGS FOR MILLIONS OF CHILDREN ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS EXPERTS STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF READING DURING BREAK FROM SCHOOL Tips for parents to get...
View ArticleRead for the Record, Volunteers Needed
Jumpstart is a national early literacy organization that works toward the day every child in America enters kindergarten prepared to succeed. Through one-to-one relationships between preschool aged...
View ArticleThe Truth is Out: A Monday Listicle
Note: This is going to be a two-part post because, life. Also, this post contains affiliate lists. If you make a purchase, I may make a small commission. So, feel free to click. Today is the first day...
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