Author: Eleanor Hicks
Some friends are like peanut butter and chocolate— they just naturally go together. Some friends, though, are more like peanut butter and onion— a pairing that makes you sit …
Okay, so you’ve polished off the list of long books, and now you need a break. You’re looking for something short and sweet, a story you can digest easily …
When I was a kid, I loved long books. When I was reading something, I wanted it to last forever. But then I got older and busier and suddenly …
Fan theories are fun. There’s a certain satisfaction in connecting the dots to make a new picture, and even the most outlandish theories can make you look at a …
Eleanor Hicks
November 19, 2016
Book Lists, Book Lovers, Classics, Fantasy, George R.R. Martin, Grab Bag, J. R. R. Tolkien, Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, Young Adult
As we demonstrated last week, the world of fiction is full of strange and grisly deaths. So full, in fact, that the strangest and grisliest refused to be confined …
Amazon helped pioneer e-reading with the Kindle. Now, the retail giant is once again changing the way people read, this time by releasing an app that lets kids read …
Eleanor Hicks
November 12, 2016
Book Lists, Charles Dickens, Classics, Crime Fiction, Edgar Allan Poe, George R.R. Martin, Horror, J.K. Rowling, Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, WTF, Young Adult
Death comes for us all, including our favorite book characters. Sometimes, those fictional deaths are heartbreaking. Othertimes, they’re deserved. And sometimes…well, sometimes they’re just plain weird. And kind of …
Eleanor Hicks
November 6, 2016
Book Lists, Book Lovers, Charles Dickens, Dr. Seuss, Edgar Allan Poe, George R.R. Martin, Gifts for Book Lovers, Human Interest, J. R. R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, Jane Austen, Lewis Carroll, Potterheads
It’s November, which means the holidays are officially on the way! It’s time to deck the halls, roast the turkey, and do some serious shopping— and we’re here to …
First published in 1866, Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment is widely considered to be one of the best realistic psychological novels ever written. What is perhaps less widely …
J.K. Rowling is no stranger to having her written work adapted for the screen. Her Harry Potter books spanned eight movies, her 2012 novel, The Casual Vacancy, was turned into …
I love getting packages in the mail, so I’ve been intrigued for a while now by the idea of subscription boxes and the promise of getting something fun in …
Lovers of the peculiar, rejoice! It seems that author Ransom Riggs has taken a page from the J.K. Rowling playbook, and is expanding his strange and magical world across …
Few writers can boast of being either as prolific or as popular as Stephen King. The acclaimed horror writer has authored over 50 best-selling books, many of which have …
Few things are more fun than a good plot twist. There’s nothing quite like thinking you know exactly where a story is headed, only to be blindsided by something …