For the love of books
Happy birthday Rick Riordan! Today we celebrate 56 years of the man who taught many now-20-somethings more about Greek mythology than their schools ever could.
During the summer of 1924, Ernest Hemingway found himself in quarantine with wife Hadley, son Jack, their nanny, and….Ernest’s mistress. Awkward!
It’s hard to find ways to connect with people while we all social distance. However, as the world sits at home, we are beginning to notice over social media, telephone calls to those we haven’t spoken to in a while, and even waving at others across the street for their daily walk that we have a lot more in common that we usually might think. The biggest thing we share is our Earth, and in honor of Earth Day here are some spectacular modern titles about the collective challenge facing us across the globe. Rising Elizabeth Rush’s book takes …
Today we remember Nobel prize winning author Gabriel García Márquez who died on this day (April 17) in 2014. Márquez rose to international acclaim during the Latin American Boom, a literary movement in the 60s and 70s that introduced its readers to the enchanting world of magical realism and historical fiction. Márquez was among the leaders of this movement, and now his most notable works are household names. Among these titles are One Hundred Years of Solitude, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, and of course Love in the Time of Cholera. First published in Spanish in 1985, the original title …
Finding yourself in front of the TV a lot these days? If you can’t think of what to watch next, here are some bookish suggestions for every member of the family. These titles are classics; heard, watched, and referenced so many times that I bet you didn’t know they were originally based on books! So after you watch them again, read up! Mrs. Doubtfire It is impossible to forget Robin Williams in this family favorite. However, six years before Mrs. Doubtfire hit the big screen in 1993, teens in the UK were reading Anne Fine’s 1987 novel Madame Doubtfire. …
