In keeping with our ABC-centric celebration for National Literacy Month, here are 26 books every adult should read, from A to Z.
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40 Banned Books to Read at Your Own Risk
Now, if you are anything like me, you will want to stick it to Big Brother and read as many banned & challenged books as you can, but what if you don’t know what books have been banned? Don’t worry. We polled our 3,000 Bibliomaniacs to let us know what their favorite banned books are. So without further ado, here are 40 Banned [or challenged] Books to Read at Your Own Risk.
100 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novels to Geek Out Over
We asked our 3,000 bibliomaniacs what their favorite SciFi/Fantasy novels were, and here are their top 100 answers.
August 12 2012
Julie S.
100 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novels to Geek Out Over
If your answer to every question is 42. If you can quote the three laws of Robotics. If you want to say “my precious” every time you see a gold band. Then this list is for you. We asked our 3,000 bibliomaniacs what their favorite SciFi/Fantasy novels were, and here are their top 100 answers.
Thinking of Taking Your Own Unlikely Pilgrimage?
Before taking your own pilgrimage, read The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce and take some notes. Harold Fry has recently retired and is living in a small village in England with his nagging wife, Maureen. One day, he gets a letter from an old coworker, Queenie, who tells him that she’s dying of cancer. Harold immediately… View Article
July 24 2012
Kristen B.
Five Things You May Not Have Known about JAWS– on its 37th Birthday!
Even if you’ve never seen this classic 1975 thriller, odds are you’d recognize (and fear) John Williams’ suspenseful Jaws score after the first two notes. DA DUM (DA DUM…DA DUM…DA DUM…etc.). Sound familiar? Often rated as one of the greatest films of all time, Jaws is in a large part so effectively terrifying for what… View Article
June 20 2012
Half Price Books
40 Books That Will Make You LOL
I love to laugh. Laughter relieves stress, decreases pain, relaxes your muscles, improves your mood and protects your heart. Even just hearing laughter primes your brain and makes you ready to smile and join the fun. Studies have shown that incorporating more humor and laughter into your daily routine increases energy and enables you to… View Article
June 4 2012
Julie S.
Meet the Avengers
The Avengers debuts in theaters this week. Need a refresher before you go? Get an introduction to the characters by watching these films first. Who are the characters in The Avengers? Iron Man (Tony Stark), Captain America (Steve Rodgers), The Hulk (Bruce Banner), Thor (The God of Thunder), Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff), Nick Fury (Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Hawkeye… View Article
May 2 2012
Half Price Books
40 Books You Won’t Be Able to Put Down
You know that book. The one you read in one or two sittings. The one you practically swallowed whole. What an exhilarating experience –– to be so captivated by a book that you cannot bear to do anything until you get to the last page! I polled our ~3,000 HPB Bibliomaniacs around the country about which… View Article
April 9 2012
Julie S.
Top Oscar Snubs
Well, I guess we have put this past year of movies to bed after the Academy Awards played themselves out. After 17 nominations, Meryl Streep finally got her third Oscar. Even though Streep won the Golden Globe and more recently a BAFTA awards for her performance in The Iron Lady, Viola Davis had started closing the gap… View Article