reading

Film Facts: Famous Films You Didn't Realize Were Based on Classical Literature

Ely Bulnes

5th grade math teacher refuses to plan homeschool reading curriculum for her 5-year-old nephew despite her sister-in-law's insistence: 'My sister-in-law is saying it’s my duty as a family member to help educate her son'

Emmy Pratt

12-year-old boy's school librarian refuses to give him ‘The Hunger Games’ book because it's above his reading level, so his father buys him the series box set: ‘It broke my son's heart’

Lana DeGaetano

Behind-the-scenes Portraits from the Set of Little Women (2019) Captured in Vintage 19th-Century Photography Style

Ely Bulnes

Teen Star Wars fan secretly fluent in French, instantly decodes fanfic villain’s hidden identity: '[The author] had a good laugh and said she didn’t think her readership would catch that'

Isabella Penn

31-year-old stressed woman in legal trouble demands spiritual friend read her tarot cards to help ease her mind, her friend refuses, claiming she needs a lawyer, not a card reading: ‘Good friends have to give their friends hard truths'

Emma Saven

Fantasy reader intentionally spoils the ending of a 14-book series after another fan berates their intelligence online: 'I ruined months of reading for him'

Jesse Kessenheimer

14-year-old girl can't read above a 1st grade level, can't understand why literacy is necessary in life: 'When I’m an adult, I’ll just know how to read'

Emmy Pratt

7th grader melts down over English teacher making him read a book of his choice and write an essay every month: 'This is Honors English in 2025'

Emmy Pratt

18-year-old homeschool graduate can't sound out words or do basic addition: 'She couldn't calculate 50% of $30. She couldn't count to 30 at her fast-food job.'

Emmy Pratt

23 Book Club Posts for Lit Lovers Reading Too Many Books at One Time

Isabella Penn

It’s Okay If You Don’t Read as Much as Social Media Says You Should

Bar Mor Hazut

Homeschool mom brags about her 4-year-old not knowing her numbers and letters and her 8-year-old who can't read chapter books: 'So sick of this lazy hippie homeschooling mentality'

Emmy Pratt

Wannabe reader claims to read 100 books a week thanks to AI book summarizing app: 'Fahrenheit 451 was non-fiction'

Ally Perry

19-year-old daughter is tired of being her non-English speaking parent's sole translator, refuses to keep carrying the load alone after her older brother returns from living abroad and is excused from helping: 'My parents act like he's the golden child'

Emma Saven

10 Reasons I Loved Brandon Sanderson's Warbreaker and It's Not Just Because It's Free on His Website

Ely Bulnes