For every young person that’s ever been called a “book-hoarder”, or who has been suggestively given an e-reader for Christmas, or has found some of their favorite books in a box outside the front door, there may be a saving grace for you. Have you ever considered competitive book collecting? You read that right: competitive book collecting exists. Since 2005, the Nation Collegiate Book Collecting Contest has been giving out cash prizes in recognition of “outstanding book collecting efforts by college and university students”. The competition, it turns out, is about more than amassing the most books, or even the …
Can there be such a thing as too many coloring books? Of course the answer is no, but the adult coloring book craze is reaching a fever pitch in 2016, so we had to ask to be sure. More than 130 adult coloring book titles will be released throughout the rest of the year, with everyone from Lonely Planet to Harlequin getting in on the trend. Even if you’re a coloring fanatic, that is a daunting number of pages to color. But on the plus side, you’re spoiled for choice. We picked out some of the most beautiful, bizarre, and …
The History Channel has released the first trailer for its adaptation of Alex Haley’s 1976 novel Roots. The eight-hour miniseries is slated to premiere on May 30, and will be rolled out over the course of four nights throughout Memorial Day weekend. The ensemble cast includes Forest Whitaker, Lawrence Fishburne, and Johnathan Rhys Meyers, along with countless others supporting a powerful performance by young actor Malachi Kirby. Roots is the chronicle of Kunta Kinte, a young man in Gambia who is sold into slavery, and follows Kinte’s lineage for generations forward. The trailer is, as you might expect, scenically detailed, …
Dr. Seuss’ memory will live on (from what we perceive) forever. No other author has done more to encourage reading in children than the storyteller and his 44 books. But for a writer that has been so impactful to so many, a lot isn’t known about the varied life and career that he has had outside of his famous works. Here are seven interesting, unusual, and hushed-up facts from the good doctor’s life. Prohibition (likely) gave Seuss his pen name Sure, we all know Dr. Seuss’ real name is Theodore Seuss Geisel, but do you recall why he took up …
The eagerly-awaited Steven Spielberg-directed film adaptation of the YA bestseller Ready Player One (2011) has finally named its lead: Tye Sheridan. Sheridan is set to play Wade Watts, an orphaned teen who dedicates his life to finding the hidden treasure in a puzzling and nostalgic virtual reality known as OASIS. The film has been a long time coming, almost as long as the book itself. Warner Bros. purchased the film rights from author Ernest Cline one year before the book was even published. People have slowly been signing on over the past year, and there was a worldwide open-call for actors earlier …
