Last week, we told you all about Piers Morgan’s and J.K. Rowling’s Twitter feud. That feud culminated in a legendary 32,567+ tweet thread, courtesy of Big Green Bookshop, an independent bookstore in North London, in which the shop tweeted the first Harry Potter installment sentence-by-sentence at the British television personality. Non-automated. All by hand. Never one to let the spotlight go — whether that spotlight is positive or otherwise — Morgan decided to tweet at E.L. James for a play-by-play of her infamous novel Fifty Shades of Grey. Because of course. @piersmorgan ‘I believed that the more exposure I got in the press, the …
Growing up, I devoured novels at a rate that made library trips the most fiscally-responsible option. Trips to my local bookstore or Barnes & Noble were fewer and far between, but I always kept my trusty library card close by. Unfortunately, this also meant that I had to deal with that pesky little thing fellow bibliophiles know all too well — late fees. I dreaded late fees. Despised them. Yet, from the tender age of eleven, I also couldn’t seem to get my sh*t together enough to remember the due dates. My mom quickly clued me in on a minor, often …
Self-care gets a bad rap in most mainstream outlets for being self-indulgent. We get it… to an extent. However, more often than not, self-care naysayers don’t typically have a firm grasp on what the notion actually entails. Self-care, as it is today, simply refers to taking time to focus on you, your sanity, and your personal interests outside of work. It’s really not a new concept at all. ‘Self-care’ is just a fancy new umbrella term meant to remind us to escape the rat race every so often and enjoy life’s simple pleasures. In our ever-connected, fast-paced world, diving into …
As the old adage goes, creative adults are children who survived. Here at Bookstr, we love when creative celebrities experiment with different storytelling platforms — which is why we’re so excited for Krysten Ritter’s first novel, Bonfire, a psychological thriller. Ritter, a 16-year television and film actress known prominently for her portrayal of Marvel’s, Jessica Jones, said she’s a huge fan of psychological suspense stories and enjoyed the opportunity to explore character development in a new lens. “I was so thrilled to take on the challenge of writing my first book,” said Ritter in a statement. “This was an exciting opportunity for me to …
I’m a firm believer that a well-read mind is one of the most revolutionary weapons a person can own. Leaping through the pages of works written by James Baldwin, W.E.B. Du Bois, Joyce Carol Oates, Dostoyevsky, and Assata Shakur, or, more recently, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Marc Lamont Hill, and Roxane Gay, my fellow readers and I can accomplish the following two immense undertakings that can impact a resistance. First, we can open up our world beyond our various geographic constraints — no steep transatlantic plane ticket required. Second, we can connect with our past, present, and future, as well as all …
