By: Manuela Soares With Mother's Day coming up this weekend, it seemed like a great time to write about some of my favorite literary mothers. Additionally, some of the other writers here chimed in with their favorite literary mothers, so keep scrolling and check out this week's Friday Favs! Molly Weasley - Harry Potter Series... Continue Reading →
By: Manuela Soares Happy Tuesday readers and welcome back to another Top Ten Tuesday here at Functionally Fictional! This week I thought I would cover something that all readers have an opinion on and that’s books to movie/TV adaptations. Love 'em or hate 'em, they happen all the time, and sometimes they're great, other times... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie I've been thinking about rewatching One Tree Hill lately, so when I saw that Isabelle @ The Book Duchesses did this tag a couple weeks ago, I couldn't resist. Without further ado... Nathan Scott A character with a talent you want Ben Evans/Piper HayesLove is a Lyric by Michelle MacQueen Music has... Continue Reading →
By: Manuela Soares Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling This series is one that I grew up with, Sorcerer's Stone was published in the U.S. when I was in fifth grade, and I was captivated by the world when my teacher at the time read it to the class. Ever since, it was a part of... Continue Reading →
By: Christopher Bartlett Almost everyone has those favorite pieces of fiction where once the climax starts, no matter how late it is or how tired they are, they just can’t stop till it resolves. In some cases, resulting in hours of lost sleep as they turn page after page. Followed by a day of limping... Continue Reading →
By: Christopher Bartlett When most people think of a personal weapon in a movie, television show, or book, it is usually a gun or some type of laser weapon. Today, though, we will look at those that don’t fall in that category. The most common after the gun/laser is probably the longsword/broadsword/bastard sword. We see... Continue Reading →
By: Mariah Brown This Top Ten post will be about the supporting characters of some of my favorite books. Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter series, mainly Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling, is a wonderful and quirky character. She has her own look on life and has fun... Continue Reading →
By: Stephanie Wyatt I know, I know. Side characters aren’t compelling enough to be main characters; that’s why they aren’t main characters. Hear me out though. Haven’t you ever had a side character in a book that you just felt like you could be roommates with them? Couldn’t you just picture taking them to Wal-Mart... Continue Reading →
By: Mariah Brown Hello all. I am doing the Top Ten Tuesday a little differently this time. As it is the end of the month of love and spring will be starting soon, I wanted to bring together the staffs' top favorite books so that you can get to know what everyone likes a little... Continue Reading →
By: Stephanie Wyatt Fanfiction is the answer to every reader waiting for the next book in the series, or if you want to explore the relationship that almost happened before the love interest came onto the scene. My favorite way to explain fan iction is the book Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell, so if after reading... Continue Reading →
