Topic: books

What Your Favorite Book In Sixth Grade Says About You, Part II

What Your Favorite Book In Sixth Grade Says About You, Part II

Previously: Part I.

Goosebumps (any title): The “tomboy” label stuck with you years after you felt that you’d grown out of it. It didn’t matter how you dressed or how you wore your hair or how quiet and low you pitched your voice; girls never told you their secret crushes and boys never bothered to tease you in the hallways. You wore dozens of thin leather bracelets on each wrist every single day. More »

What Your Favorite Book In Sixth Grade Says About You

What Your Favorite Book In Sixth Grade Says About You

The Outsiders: You were the first member of your peer group to discover, and later write, fanfiction.

Sweet Valley High (any title): You had an older sister. Depending on how much older she was, you found the books thrillingly racy or strangely foreign. Either way, your favorite part was always the opening description of the twins’ appearance. You can still recite their measurements like beads on a rosary. Five foot six. Perfect size six figures. More »

On The Bell Jar And Why I Got It Tattooed On My Ribcage

On The Bell Jar And Why I Got It Tattooed On My Ribcage

This week marked the 50th anniversary of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar. As one of Plath’s most famous works and her only novel, the book has been read and beloved by millions of people all over the world. When I was a teenager, it touched me more than almost any other book, feeding me the compassion and empathy from another voice that I had been so hungry for. For this reason, I would up getting a Bell Jar tattoo on my ribcage as an adult. More »

Anthologies We’d Like To See

Anthologies We'd Like To See

A compilation of the first chapter of every book where the narrator described how glamorous his or her parents looked when they used to get dress up and go out for the night.

A compilation of the first paragraph of every novel that opens with the murder of the most popular girl in school.

A compilation of every time a woman has talked about how handsome her grandfather looked in those old pictures and isn’t it a shame how nobody dances, really dances like that anymore? More »

Predictions For The 2013 Bestseller List

Predictions For The 2013 Bestseller List

COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK NONFICTION
ARE WOMEN TOO NICE ON THE INTERNET AND ALSO OTHER PLACES TOO? I WONDER SOMETIMES, K.R. Omner
WHITE PRESIDENTS WHO HAVE DIED, Bill O’Reilly and ghostwriter
THE TIME I DIED AND WENT TO HEAVEN, Jon Owens
I DIED AND WENT TO HEAVEN TOO SO I CAN CONFIRM JON’S DESCRIPTION, Alexander Maury
COMPELLING RISE OF AN ANIMAL THAT RACED FOR MONEY, Sarah Gibralter More »