From The New York Times: The New York Times posted an interesting piece about the hesitancy of some libraries to make copies of Fifty Shades of Grey to their patrons. Tim Coles, of the Greensboro Public Library in North Carolina told the NYT that he felt the series was of “little literary merit,” but still [….]
2012 Locus Award Finalists Announced
Published on :The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the top five finalists in each category of the 2012 Locus Awards. Winners will be announced during the Science Fiction Awards Weekend in Seattle WA, June 15-17, 2012. Connie Willis will MC the ceremony on Saturday, June 16. Additional weekend events include author readings, a kickoff meet-and-greet, panels [….]
LitStaff Pick: Mashups We Would Love to Read
Published on :Some people were highly annoyed by Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. “It disrespects Austen,” they said. “It is trite and silly,” they said. But we have always believed that the metaphorical ‘they’ needs to relax. We love mashups (works of fiction which combines a pre-existing text, often a classic work of fiction, with a certain [….]
Gifts for Book Nerds Everywhere
Published on :We like all things dorky. Pair that with an unyielding love of the written word and a place like BookFiend is pure Nirvana. A part of the juggernaut that is Etsy (which can be summed up as an online flea market/garage sale), BookFiend has some seriously cool book nerd gifts. A quick look at their [….]
LitStaff Pick: Our Favorite Opening Lines
Published on :Writers are great at getting readers hooked. There are lines in songs that make us hum lyrics for days and, for the literary-minded, there are quotes, particularly opening lines, that make us stick around, see the novel to the end and some that keep us coming back to read over and over. This week’s staff pick [….]
Good Books Every Woman Should Read
Published on :Our friends at The Huffington Post published a great article about the books they think women should read. They also believe that there are certain books that are universally beloved by women: Try just mentioning one of your favorite books the next time you’re with a group of female friends. Whether it’s “Little Women,” “The [….]
Living Long and Prospering: The Limitations of the Slow Books Manifesto
Published on :The Limitations of the Slow Books Manifesto One of the few things I find comforting about contemporary society is that, no matter how vapidly dumb our popular entertainment gets, there’s always going to be a reaction. That reaction doesn’t generally reach the same number of people as, say, the newest episode of “The Jersey Shore,” [….]
Hunger Games Earns $214.3 Million Worldwide
Published on :To say that the Hunger Games has caught fire is understatement: The film will gross a historic $155 million in its opening-weekend box-office debut, its studio estimate. The Friday-Sunday take is the third-biggest in Hollywood history, blowing past the blockbuster hauls of the Spider-Man, Pirates of the Caribbean and Twilight movies, among others. And the [….]
LitStaff Pick: Beloved Novels We Still Don't Like
Published on :There are books that captivate, that grab hold of the reading public’s heart and souls and refuse to relinquish their grips. Some of these books (it’s all subjective, of course) are masterful works of word art that will be outlasting and likely apart of the canon for decades to come. But sometimes, even the most [….]
LitStaff Pick: Books We Wish Were Films (Or Better Films)
Published on :The Lord of the Rings trilogy, in our opinion, was adapted brilliantly by Peter Jackson. We’d say the same of I Am Legend, most of the Potter films and the Oscar-winning Hugo. There are some really great film adaptations of our favorite books out there. And, there are some stinkers. The film industry can be [….]