Welcome back, Germ readers! I hope your holiday vacations were spectacular and that you are taking a much-needed break from school (except for you AP students…I …
The Official 2016 Germ Reading Challenge
One of the best things about reading is that you have the chance to experience a life of things that aren’t available to you or …
This Modern Love
“We are fragile. Exploding like feathers from pillows of chaos.” – Christopher Poindexter Love. What is it? There are a multitude of adjectives that could …
Self-Portrait by Isabella Lewis
Diverging into crevices, rotting away, hidden. An intellectual decay, a sophisticated savage, deploring for substance, my sustenance. Longing for a cover to devour, for a …
4 Wearable Gifts for the Book Lover in Your Life
When I’m not hunting in bookstores for the newest books to read, I’m searching for the latest fashion trends to fit my wardrobe. These two …
The Penguin Hotline: The Cure to Your Bookish Holiday Queries
I don’t know about you, but, personally, the start of Christmas tends to put me in full-on battle mode. As much as I absolutely love …
Review: Here Be Dragons by Sarah Mussi
“But I hanker for stranger wilder things: the big wide world with all its adventures.” — Sarah Mussi, Here be Dragons. Sometimes what you really need …
Frankenstein: Prose vs. Graphic Novel
Recently I have heard some advice for people who want to read classic literature but have trouble truly focusing on the story. I was told that …
5 Ways to Celebrate Book Lovers Day
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies,” said Jojen. “The man who never reads lives only one.” – George R. R. Martin, A …