Malala Yousafzai has not wasted a second in the public eye, preaching the importance of education for young girls as a means of liberation and self-fulfillment. At just 19, she’s already published a book about her fraught life, I am Malala. Her first publication also advocates staunchly for a woman’s right to education in the face of Islamic Theocracy. Book Buttons Embed ISBN: 9780297870920 The book was a critical and commercial success. Malala now plans to bring her message to children with the publication of a picture story book called, Malala’s Magic Pencil. According to the press release, the book will …
Writers try, usually in vain, to avoid being classified as a genre-specific author. It is generally understood that any author worth their salt possesses an ability to dip in and out of the various genres: To portray fear, sadness, romantic longing, absurdity, and dramatic tension, sometimes all in the same book. Genre has been compartmentalized in different ways throughout history, with the status of each fluctuating in the public eye. We’ve come a long way from the tragicomic of the Greek Theater. Now, most people understand that a work of commercial fiction can fall into one of maybe 5 categories: Comedy, …
Bob Odenkirk isn’t the only Breaking Bad star coming out with a memoir this year. Walter White himself, aka, Bryan Cranston, is releasing his debut book through Simon and Schuster. It will be called A Life in Parts. From the press release, the book will detail Cranston’s, “zigzag journey from abandoned son to beloved star by recalling the many odd parts he’s played in real life—paperboy, farmhand, security guard, dating consultant, murder suspect, dock loader, lover, husband, father. Cranston also chronicles his evolution on camera.” The book will also necessarily delve deep into Cranston’s experience playing Walter White, and the tremendous efforts …
Book titles tend to be the last thing we analyze in a piece of literature, but they can actually really inform a work of fiction in subtle ways. They can add subtext, make allusions, and stir up controversy. Another thing they can do, is be totally repetitive and cliche. That’s right. The more you look into book titles, the more you realize they all tend to fit into a select few categories. Make that eight categories, actually. Here they are! Girl’s Name: Book Buttons Embed ISBN: 9780425046807 Some of the greatest novels of all time have centered around titular female characters. These are most …
Conclusiophobia is a common diagnosis amongst readers. It is likely that throughout your reading life, you will suffer at least three bouts. The clinical definition is: The fear of not living to see one’s favorite book series completed. The condition is most commonly found in adult readers, despite the fact that children are more voracious consumers of fantasy and young adult series’. Studies have shown that while kids do thoroughly enjoy their favorite series’, and often anticipate the newest installments more anxiously than adults, they are simply not cognoscente enough of death to really be concerned that they may actually perish …
