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Your Hunger Games: Mockingjay cheat sheet

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 opens November 21, and we can’t wait to watch Katniss kick some serious Capital ass. To where was she mysteriously whisked away at the end of Catching Fire? What, exactly, is District 13? When is she finally going to suck face with Gale? Those…
Rachel Carter
November 22, 2014
Fiction

The mother-and-daughter behind The House of Night series

While we’ve been catching up on Netflix and wondering if we’d look good in bangs, the mother-daughter writing team of PC and Kristin Cast has been busy writing 12 bestsellers in the beloved young adult House of Night series. And—trust us—it is very beloved. The series tells the story of…
Rachel Carter
November 19, 2014
Fiction

When Disney meets Marvel: Big Hero 6

On the heels of the phenomenon that is Frozen, Disney brings us Big Hero 6, the latest Marvel-based offering. Judging from the excitement the film is creating amongst Gen X-ers and Millennials (not to mention the people in my house), Disney is set to have another mega-hit. Billed as a…
Ann Nordland
November 10, 2014
Fiction

Breaking Bad is gone? Here’s a book list to feed your addiction

I mean, it’s working OK and everything, but is has a problem: like millions of TVs across the country, it no longer carries new episodes of Breaking Bad, the most thrilling, gripping, exhilarating, suspenseful, jump-out-of-your-chair-and-scream-holy crap! television series ever broadcast, and quite possibly the best piece of drama committed to…
BookTrib Nerd Squad
November 1, 2014
Fiction

Frankenstein, Dracula and Carrie — oh my!

Wait—sorry. What we meant was Frankenstein is LIVE, on stage, in the Olivier-winning production of Frankenstein by the National Theatre of Great Britain. The production, which starred Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller (both of whom have played Sherlock Holmes on TV), ended its run in 2011, but not before…
Michael Ruscoe
October 28, 2014
Fiction

From Stage to Screen to Poetry with Israel Horovitz

Adapting a piece from the theater to the silver screen isn’t so unusual. Making the move when you’re 75 isn’t quite so typical. Award-winning playwright Israel Horovitz certainly knows the material: he’s making his directorial debut with the dramedy My Old Lady, an adaptation of one of his own plays.…
Jordan Foster
October 1, 2014
Fiction

Swashbuckling style fit for a Musketeer or pirate

Between the BBC show The Musketeers and Friday’s Talk Like a Pirate Day, leather and sword fighting seem to be everywhere we look. And that’s a good thing, trust us. Not only are we excited to try out some “matey’s,” and “arrrs,” but we’ve also been inspired by talking with…
Rachel Carter
September 19, 2014