We're on vacation until August 6th. Until then, buyer beware: this  isn’t   the book you’re looking for…

Got a spare hour and 11 minutes this weekend? Then you might want to give this animated adaptation of Orwell’s  Animal Farm  a whirl. Enj...

I just finished reading The Paris Wife  by Paula McLain, and not long before that, I tackled Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London ,...

I read and loved Nineteen Eighty-Four , and there’s no denying the lasting influence it has had on our culture. ( A-hem! )   I’ve al...

We don’t often talk politics here, but I know some of you writer-types are still smarting from the recent election. No, no, no, not...

Welcome to Literary Death Match where two books engage in a fight to the death for the title of Best Book in a category arbitrarily ...

This week, we are returning to a good first line, as opposed to a bad one. This week’s stellar first line is from a novel that is obviously...