For the love of books
While we can’t all be apart of the golden trio, if you were a supporting character in the wizarding world, who would you be? Take the quiz and see if you’re more likely to be wandering through Hogsmeade or Knockturn Alley.
TheReadingRoom Team Fancy a good drop of wine but have no idea where to start and what to look for? Wine connosieurs love to write about their passion, so you won’t be disappointed by reading works by some of the worlds greatest wine judges. Here’s a list to get you started.
Bruce McCabe is an expert on human factors in technology adoption and innovation, as well as the author of more than 300 essays, magazine and journal articles. So he is more than qualified to write a thought-provoking techno-thriller – which is what he’s done with his first novel, Skinjob. Skinjob is set in a chilling version of the near future. Silicon Valley has taken virtual sex to the extreme, encouraging men to act out their darkest, most violent sexual fantasies. Militant feminists and the churches are bitterly opposed to these latest technological developments, but powerful corporations are battling for market control. This is an action-packed …
Banned books are still a problem in school as teachers and administrations censor students’ reading material. One student at a private school watched as books that could be opposed to the school’s Catholic leanings were banned – from Animal Farm to The Godfather to The Perks of Being a Wallflower. The student decided to do something about it. Using an empty locker room to store over 60 books is quite remarkable. Besides finding the space for all of those books, this student is literally running a fully functional library at school every day. A cursory search leads to the discovery that there …
As always, Cliff Steele is in the Doom Patrol comic. He’s the only character who’s been in every series reinvention, so I was glad to see him back. However, he goes to pieces in this one pretty quickly after a weird interlude involving a subatomic adventure and a Mexican entrée. Image courtesy of superherostuff.com Casey Brinke is, during this issue, the focal protagonist. She’s an ambulance driver, loves old video games, and has a cat named Lotion. I like her a lot because she’s cool and laidback and drives her ambulance like she stole it! But every major player in the …
