#Pop Culture
“Get Me Neil on the Line”: A Peek at Neil Gaiman’s Friendship with Tori Amos
June 18, 2013This post is part of our Neil Gaiman Reading Day: a celebration of one of our favorite authors on the occasion of the publication ...
Futuristic Fiction with Crossover Appeal: A Reading List
June 17, 2013This installment of the Riot Recommendation is sponsored by Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead. In a futuristic world nearly destroyed by ...
The Narrative Magic of Picture Books: An Interview with Mac Barnett
June 14, 2013If you don't think picture books can be considered literary fiction, that Harold and the Purple Crayon is strictly child's ...
17 Movies Starring Books
June 12, 2013We've done movies starring libraries and movies starring bookstores, and now it is time for the final chapter in our ...
Riot Recommendation: Futuristic Fiction with Crossover Appeal
June 11, 2013This installment of the Riot Recommendation is sponsored by Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead. In a futuristic world nearly ...
Literary Desserts for Your Bookish Sweet Tooth
As is true with all things, literary desserts are better than regular desserts. For those of you who are on ...
Read This, Then That: A GAME OF THRONES and IVANHOE
June 5, 2013In Read This, Then That, we pair new books with classics that have similar themes, structures, and stories. That A ...
Zooey Deschanel as Amelia Bedelia: A (Hypothetical) Match Made in Quirk Heaven
June 4, 2013This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most beloved characters in children's literature, Peggy Parish's Amelia Bedelia. As ...
Is NBC Trying to Stake Dracula Through the Heart With New Adaptation?
May 24, 2013I'm not going to say I was excited to see NBC's new Dracula series, which they've just picked up to ...
3 Books to Read While Watching ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
You may have heard: Arrested Development is coming back. Seven years after being canceled by Fox (when it got lower ratings ...