John Green, popular young adult author, and Jaden Smith, self-proclaimed philosopher and son of Will Smith, both have some great lines up their sleeves. Can you tell the difference between the author and teen celebrity? Put your knowledge to the test and decide whether each quote is from a John Green novel or Jaden Smith’s Twitter. Photos courtesy of https://bit.ly/1F91vN8 (left) and https://bit.ly/1QphAtX (right) Want to see more great quizzes like this? Sign up for The Reading Room here and get 35% off + free shipping on your first purchase!
Lewis Carroll’s imaginative world in “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” has been turned into a series of paper illustrations. Russian paper artist and illustrator, Talamaska, began creating this artwork about two years ago, launching her into the strange, new world of paper cutting. “There were three things I liked the most,” Talamaska wrote on her blog. “The sharp knife I use, finding secondary meaning in fairytales, and symbolism in illustration.” Talamaska, a woman named Marina Adamova, debuted five Alice-themed paper works at her first solo exhibition in Moscow. Adamova is captivated by Carroll’s story, and she uses her favorite avenue of …
Ten-year-old Queen Victoria penned the children’s book, The Adventures of Alice Laselles, 185 years ago in Britain. Only eight years later, she would assume the throne and become the longest-ruling British monarch after reigning for nearly 64 years. Her book, written in her princess years in approximately 1829, follows 12-year-old Alice as she experiences boarding school. The Royal Collection is publishing the story, and the book will provide readers with more insight into who Queen Victoria was. Jacqueline Wilson, a children’s author, wrote the introduction of the book and was fascinated by Victoria’s story. It reflects a lot of Victoria’s feelings …
Jamaican-born American writer Claudia Rankine earned her spot on the shortlist of the Forward Prize, one of the UK’s most prestigious poetry awards. Rankine’s unique poetry style in her new work, Citizen, has ignored poetic conventions in favor of using lyric essays, bits of film, and photography in order to reveal commonplace racism in America. Citizen: An American Lyric’s second-person present perspective gives the reader a taste of how racism claws its way into the everyday lives of black Americans, including Rankine. Citizen has already claimed the title of the National Book Critics Circle award for poetry in the U.S. and …
The new, full trailer for Paper Towns unfolds more layers of John Green’s novel and protagonist Quentin’s story. The novel Paper Towns follows high schooler Quentin Jacobsen, or “Q”, as he rekindles a friendship with the enigmatic Margo Roth Spiegelman for one night of mischief and revenge. The next day Margo vanishes, leaving Quentin as the last person who saw her. Quentin and his friends embark on a journey to find Margo. Check out the trailer below! The new Paper Towns trailer features more scenes with Quentin and his quirky high school friends, Ben and Radar, shedding light on how the movie …
