New York Times 5 best books of 2018

"So many books, so little time." - Frank Zappa (Musician) One of the things that the New York Times is best known for is its Best Sellers lists. At the end of the year, they release a Top 10 list for that year. Here are the top 5 from the 2018 list: 1. Asymmetry by …

Candace Center Stage

"'We all can dance,' he said, 'if we find the music that we love.'" - Giles Andreae (Author; Giraffes Can't Dance) Big News! Candace Cameron Bure just released her first Children's book! In years past, the Full House actress has written a number of bestselling books for adults on life, faith, and a combination of …

Happy 243rd Jane Austen!

"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!" - Jane Austen (Author) This December 16, just over two weeks away, will mark the 243rd birthday of Jane Austen! Austen is best known for her novel, Pride and Prejudice, the story of Elizabeth Bennett …

Jail Books Banned

“Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.” ― Isaac Asimov (Author) For centuries, books have been banned schools and libraries. The first book to be officially banned was Thomas Morton's 1637 three-volume work, New English Canaan, though some scholars believe that it was John Elliot's The Christian Commonwealth from the late 1640s, or …

“Does Anybody Have a Map” to the nearest Book Store?

"Even when the dark comes crashing through/ When you need a friend to carry you/ When you're broken on the ground/ You will be found" -You Will Be Found (Dear Evan Hansen) Attention musical theater loving bookworms! This past week, the 2016 hit musical "Dear Evan Hansen" became a novel. But the novel almost didn't …

To Film or Not to Film… Did Filmmakers Make the Right Choice?

"When you're making a movie of a book, people are always waiting with their knives." -Joel Edgerton (Actor) If it will make money, somebody will do it. In the film industry, what better way to make money than to make a film based on a book everybody loves? Unfortunately, these films are hit or miss …

Let’s Go to the Movie Adaptation

"Books and movies are like apples and oranges. They are both fruit, but taste completely different." -Stephen King (Author) The book or the movie? The age old question that makes its appearance every time another book-turned-film makes its way to silver screen. I have always been a firm believer that a film adaptation of a …

Once Upon Not that Long Ago…

"As long as you keep one foot in the real world while the other foot's in a fairy tale, that fairy tale is going to seem kind of attainable." -Aaron Sorkin (Screen/playwright) Fairy tales. You know, "Once upon a time..." that sort of thing. They are just stories we tell toddlers to put them to …

Why Read?

"The beauty of reading is that it lets you travel in a way you could never know." - Alek Wek (Entrepreneur) Why do people read? Well, there are a lot of reasons. Many people read because they enjoy it, others read because they have to, still others read for the desire to learn. But there …