Madigan Reads

Hooray! Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is right around the corner. I'm still kind of amazed that a whole movie is being made o...

Nobody will ever convince me that skydiving is a good idea, but these fellows seem to be having fun.

Interesting stuff! The fast-draw really makes this video entertaining.

Here's a really neat looking thing.  Book Hive is an art installation at the Bristol Central Library to celebrate their quadricentennial...

Hurrah - it's good old Levar Burton showcasing Problems Only Book Lovers Understand.

Here's a spoof, pointing out that all dystopian movies are really the same.

Enjoy this video: Book nerd problems: Getting a book wet! This is a major emergency. Help is needed, STAT. Experience every dystopian no...

What caught my eye this week on the internets? Here's a smattering of news and other tidbits that I thought looked interesting. Neil...

I've seen plenty of wordless picture books in my day, but this is a first... The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak sure looks like fu...

Aww! Here's a heartwarming video on libraries put together by vloggers 2 Broke Geeks .

With the huge popularity of The Hunger Games and Divergent, it only makes sense for Lois Lowry's The Giver to come out as a film. I'...

Leave it to Sesame Street to put a wacky spin on The Hunger Games. Here, Cookieness Evereat competes to win. May the cookies be ever in your...

Divergent isn't coming out until April of next year. The trailer looks amazing, though - it's going to feel like a long wait!

Where do all the books in the library come from? Somebody's got to write them. Somebody could be you! November is National Novel Writing...

Several years ago, I had the good fortune to meet Jules Feiffer while he was on a book tour. He's a delightful man with a great sense of...

The record has already been smashed for the greatest number of books toppled in domino-like fashion. Seattle Public did one earlier this sum...

Here's the first trailer for Seventh Son - based on Joseph Delaney's The Last Apprentice  book series. I don't know how much of...

This is one of the most heartwarming things I've seen all week! Check out this video from one of my favorite libraries: Seattle Public. ...

Author Maureen Johnson is calling for fans to re-imagine book covers, making "girly" books appeal to guys and books for guys look ...

Have you seen this Google Chrome ad, featuring An Awesome Book by Dallas Clayton? I like the upbeat spirit, and Clayton's hipster vibe. ...