Top Ten Foodie Fiction Reads to Feast On

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature from The Broke and the Bookish. This week is a Thanksgiving week freebie and my list is food-themed. You know those books that make you so hungry when you’re reading- like the Capitol dinners in The Hunger Games (there’s even a Hunger Games cookbook!) or the decadent concoctions in Chocolat.  Many […]

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The Movie Date: Deadfall

The Movie Date is a weekly feature where we discuss movies that may appeal to YA readers. Andrew is The Reading Date’s resident movie critic and this week he discusses Deadfall, directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky. After robbing a casino before Thanksgiving, a brother and sister stranded in the snow make their way separately through a […]

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Waiting On The Other Way Around by Sashi Kaufman

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event brought to you by Breaking the Spine where we spotlight upcoming books we can’t wait to read. I recently came across this contemporary YA book, and bonus – it’s set on Thanksgiving! How timely! The Other Way Around by Sashi Kaufman Publication Date: March 1, 2014 from Carolrhoda […]

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Thankful for Friends

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Hope you have a lovely day filled with food, family and friends. As is our tradition we’ll be fitting in a few favorite Friends Thanksgiving episodes before dinner: I’m thankful for all you – thanks for all the support this year! It has been great fun chatting about books and movies with […]

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