Cool Online Articles!!!

There have been TONS of book articles I've been saving up for you guys. Here they are!

• According to this article from CBC News, a girl in Canada was forbidden from reading while riding the bus! 
• Have you ever read a contemporary YA book and thought the story just wasn't realistic? This article from Mic.com wonders what YA book plots would be like if they accurately reflected teens' real lives. 
• Remember how great it was to get a brand-new coloring book? The whole book was like a fresh canvas, and you felt like da Vinci, van Gogh, or Pollock, depending on your mood. Well now you can get that same feeling again, without buying a Shrek 3 coloring book that you secretly hid from your college roommate (or was that just me?). There are now coloring books for adults (or teens)! This article from the Washington Post explains why adult coloring books are so popular.
• Are there too many books in the world?? This article from The New York Review of Books wonders if we have too many literary options available to us.
• This article from Barron's calms our fears about eBooks vs. printed books. (It's okay! Books are still getting printed!) Apparently eBooks aren't getting more popular, and printed books aren't getting obsolete! 
• Speaking of eBooks and printed books, which do you think is the greener option? According to this Q&A on Grist.com, the best way to help the environment by reading is by visiting the library! Check out books from the library and share the literary love!
• For anyone who was severely underwhelmed by the Insurgent movie adaptation, check out this article from Buzzfeed. Maybe we should have been underwhelmed by the book itself?
• Neil Gaiman waxing poetic about Douglas Adams? Yes, please!
• This article from Buzzfeed shows some awesome book-themed infographics and charts. They range from what book to read next, to how long it would take you to read a certain book, to how being a reader is good for your health! Seriously, can we get these as posters??
• Need bookshelf suggestions? This article (another one from Buzzfeed; I have a problem) shows you 27 new ways to display your books!

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