For the love of books
In honor of Father’s Day, we’d like to thank both fictional dads and our dads in real life! If you’ve ever wondered which literary dad you would throw around the ol’ pigskin with, now’s your chance. There are many to choose from, so let us know who you get! Featured image courtesy of Universal Pictures/WSJ
Ahh, there’s nothing like kicking back with a good book while you’re on vacation. If you’re a beach lover, it’s time to lay in the sun, jump in the ocean, and feel the sand between your toes. Oh, actually, that may be a problem if you’re trying to read. We all love a good paperback, but we don’t love a paperback filled with sand. Not to mention, having to hold the book up can get in the way of your summer tan. That’s why audiobooks may be a better option for your need to read on your vacation. We rounded up …
We’ve all heard this line a thousand times: “Don’t judge a book by its cover!” But let’s be honest, when you’re at the store browsing the shelves for your next read, you still want to make sure that you’re going to like it before you spend your money on it, right? Now the time has come, you’re standing in front of the shelves hopelessly gazing at all the beautiful spines while second guessing if the book in your hand is truly the one. Do you really want this? What if the reviews are lying!? Whatever you do, don’t panic. …
Don’t some books just make you want to travel? If you’re a lover of road trips, we bet books like Kerouac’s On the Road or Wild by Cheryl Strayed made you want to pack up and go. Now you can follow some of the best literary trips across North America with a finely detailed interactive map! The map, made by Atlas Obscura, trails the journeys of books like On the Road, Cross Country, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, and more stopping at every point the characters stop in their respective novels. Now you can plan a trip of your own …
Sometimes being around our non-bookish friends can be exhausting. When we want to talk about what happened in the new book we read, they just don’t understand! It’s not their fault that they haven’t been bitten by the bookish bug, but we need people who get us. That’s why there are hundreds of festivals every year dedicated to the two things we love most — books and authors! Here are 10 events that every book lover should go to, at least once. 1) Brooklyn Book Festival Image courtesy of https://bit.ly/2qo17fG Every September, Brooklyn hosts the largest, free literary …
