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Go to the movies, and we’ll tell you which book-to-movie adaptation to watch

We all love books here, but sometimes you just need a break from the written word. When that happens, I love going to the movies. Ah, the smell of buttery popcorn and the taste of blue-raspberry slushee... glorious! What are your theater-going preferences? Well, if you plan your ideal movie-going experience, I'll recommend which book-to-film…
Which royal court do you belong on?

And we'll always be ROYAALS [rooooyals]. There's so much to love about books with fictional royalty: the court intrigue, the scandals, the plot threads about questioning power and birthright, THE PRETTY CROWNS. So in honor of all our NOVL books about royal politicians, descendants, and spies, take this quiz and we'll tell you which bookish…
6 Books I Will Petition for to Get an Anime Adaptation

When I was younger, my dad, my brother and I used to watch a lot of anime together, which then translated to me reading mostly manga and playing JRPG games for a big part of my life. Then, the other day, while I was sitting on my bed binge-watching the Fruits Basket remake and eating…
6 Underrated Characters that Honestly Deserve More Attention

It is a truth universally acknowledged that YA has many MANY beloved characters. But for every character we know and love well, there are so many others that deserve more attention! So here are some of my favorite LBYR characters that I think should have more folks rallying around them. Go hug them. Go love…
5 Books to Read If You Like Black Mirror (but need a relatively happier ending)

I took some of my favorite Black Mirror episodes and paired them with a book recommendation based on similar themes. While not all books on this list are as dark as Black Mirror is, they all still shake me to the core.
Are you Tabitha, Elodie, or Moe?

Tabitha, Elodie, and Moe: a beauty queen, a wallflower, and a burnout. When Tabitha challenges them to a steal-off, they forge a strange alliance linked by the thrill of stealing, and the reasons that spawn it. A more unlikely trio high school has rarely seen. Which one are you?
Plan a date, and we’ll tell you which Folk of the Air character you should ask out

The world in Folk of the Air is glittering and dangerous and all the characters despicable in some way or another. But dang it if I don’t want to date some of them anyway! What can I say, the fae are so charming! But who should I ask out? Well, I made a quiz to…
Read It Before You See It: TRINKETS by Kiwi Smith

On Friday, the first season of the Netflix Original Series Trinkets will air! Like most great entertainment, it’s based off a book with the same title…by the same screenwriter/author, Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith! Kiwi’s credits include Legally Blonde, Ella Enchanted, 10 Things I Hate About You, The House Bunny, She’s the Man,…you get it—she brings it…
Being blackmailed sucks, but we love reading about it

There are few moves from the villain playbook quite as well-employed as blackmail. Leveraging private information to force someone to do things they would otherwise not do definitely qualifies as despicable. Of course, blackmail IRL is an absolute no-go, morally abhorrent and potentially seriously illegal to boot. However, in the wonderful world of YA, a…
The Bold Type Characters as Book Characters

If you’re not watching The Bold Type on Freeform, then you’re missing out on some seriously A+ content. It follows Jane, Kat, and Sutton, who all work at Scarlet, a global women’s magazine, and their nuanced and intersectional lives. Of course, as someone who has books on their mind 24/7, I couldn’t help but to…
All My Thoughts on The Diviners by Libba Bray

As some of you may know, the fourth book in Libba Bray’s The Diviners series, The King of Crows, is coming in February. What most of you may not know is that I have never read The Diviners. So, I have decided to take this glorious opportunity to rectify this obvious lapse in my reading…
Would you survive on Mount Ruin?

In the kingdom of Viridia, women essentially have no rights. Any form of rebellion will get you banished to Mount Ruin, where you will be forced to fight for your own survival. Take this quiz to find out whether you'd survive being imprisoned on Mount Ruin.