Courtney Rodgers

Courtney has been reading and collecting books almost as long as she's been alive. She holds a B.A. in Theatre and Creative Writing. Courtney has been writing with Book Riot since 2019, and is a Bibliologist with TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations. She's currently brainstorming for her next creative project. You can follow her on Instagram.

Why Shakespeare Adaptations Suck

Unpopular opinion time! Hear out this reader and theater person who is decidedly of the opinion that Shakespeare adaptations suck.

10 Books That Should Be TV Miniseries

So many great stories are getting adaptations, and one reader selected ten series and books that should be TV miniseries.

5 books by Irish Americans You Didn’t Read in School

Once a year, Americans in green shirts proudly boast their Irish heritage. Between 1870 and 1930, roughly 4.5 million Irish ...

10 LGBTQ+ Books by Canadian Authors

In recent years, the LGBTQ+ book space has been dominated by American books. These books are important and needed. The ...

Why I’m Not Reading About WWII Anymore

I love reading historical fiction; I always have. Growing up, I was fed a healthy diet of Little House on ...

No More Book Shopping

A Rioter decided to make 2019 the year of not buying anything. As you might've guessed, book shopping turned out to be the hardest to quit.

Speak or Swim: IN OTHER WORDS and the Trials of Learning a Language

"Children of immigrants, like Lahiri, experience shame for being other, their mother tongue ostracized rather than celebrated."