AboutStaff Pick: Team Human by J. Larbalestier and S.R. Brennan
Vampire fiction — especially YA vampire fiction — has a lot of weird inconsistencies. There’s that whole issue of how to deal with the sun. (Sunscreen, sparkle, magic rings, live in Seattle?) There’s the incomprehensible vampire that’s 100+ years old attending high school phenomenon. And, well, it is about time someone turned the genre on [...]
Seven Minutes of Terror – NASA’s Mars Mission
Have you heard about it? We have another billion dollar rover heading towards Mars right now. On August 5th, it will be plummeting toward the planet going thousands of miles an hour and it will have to land, of its own accord, without shattering to pieces. From the top of the atmosphere to Mars’ surface, it [...]
Hungry for More Hunger Games?
You know that feeling you get when you finish a really amazing book series? You didn’t want the book to end but you had to know how it would. You just want to bask in … well, more of that book. It sucks a bit, doesn’t it? If you’re finishing up the Hunger Games trilogy [...]
Google NGram Viewer Could Make Research Easy – Also Zombies Are on the Rise
Sometimes there’s a perk to being a grammar nerd. I recently came across the New York Time opinion article called A Matter of Fashion. Basically, the author is making a point that English grammar rules, like clothing, go in and out of fashion. (Tell that to your English teacher.) The inconsistency of grammar aside, the [...]
Teen Review: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
We nabbed this fantastic review from the Teen Summer Reading Program. If you’re looking for something new to read, try The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. Don’t take my word for it! Read this teen review: This book, to say the least, will stay in your mind for a long time after [...]
