Tag Archives: Books

Welcome to the New Reading Rainbow

Books, Editorial January 15, 2015 shawhamp

If you haven’t familiarized yourself with Reading Rainbow, it’s high time you did! Our beloved LeVar Burton, who you might have recognized from Star Trek: TNG, The Big Bang Theory, and…Reading Rainbow…, launched a Kickstarter campaign to bring back the nostalgic PBS glory that is Reading Rainbow into an interactive and highly acclaimed app. LeVar Burton hit his goal and surpassed with amazing speed, allowing him to bring Reading Rainbow back to the public with all new books as well as ways to reach people.…

6 Reasons Why We’re Cautiously Looking Forward to “Eleanor and Park,” The Movie

Books, Movies April 4, 2014 shawty007 1 Comment

On Tuesday, Dreamworks Studios announced that it was picking up the film rights to the New York Times Best Selling debut novel from Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor and Park. Lately, YA fiction to film has been all the rage in Hollywood, from Veronica Roth’s Divergent, to John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns. When Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor and Park first hit shelves in 2013, reviews hailed it as a “a beautiful, haunting love story” for young adults. Is this book for everyone? Of course not, few…

The 5 Most Captivating Young Adult Book Series

Books, Editorial February 17, 2014 shawhamp 1 Comment

Life can be too busy to spend hours looking for a book. That’s why Larkable has complied a list of the 5 most captivating young adult fantasy book series right here. Sometimes it’s hard to find something to read. There’s so much going in on life–school, work, after-school stuff, TV–but sometimes you just have to settle down with a good book, and where do you find one of those? No worries: we have a list of the 5 most captivating young adult fantasy book series…

Everyone Is Talking About This Movie, It’s Going to Wreck You

Books, Movies January 30, 2014 shawty007 2 Comments

John Green released his fourth novel, The Fault in Our Stars, in January of 2012 to massive success — so successful in fact that movie rights were almost immediately optioned by Fox. Now in post-production, the first trailer hit the web yesterday and fans of the book are already reacting in equal parts excitement, equal parts anxiety, and entirely in Feels. In case you haven’t picked up this stunning book yet, make sure you do before The Fault in Our Stars hits theaters this summer!…