Book review of  The Girl Who Drank The Moon by Kelly Barnhill by Kaley Ingenito This is probably one of the most beautiful, creative, and well-crafted books I have read in the last five years. Please read it. There is something here for everyone! For kids (probably 9 and above) and pre-teens, this is a … Continue reading October Read: ‘The Girl Who Drank The Moon’ by Kelly Barnhill

by Regina Kenney List of the top 20 quotes from authors and poets about coffee. “I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now.”― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women “Good. Coffee is good for you. It's the caffeine in it. Caffeine, we are here. Caffeine puts a man on her horse and a woman in his … Continue reading Top 20 Literature Quotes about Coffee

by William Kenney “We are in Transylvania, and Transylvania is not England. Our ways are not your ways, and there shall be to you many strange things. Nay, from what you have told me of your experiences already, you know something of what strange things there may be.” If you haven’t read this one, do … Continue reading Why You Should Start Your Halloween Season With Dracula

by Colleen White If you’re one of the 57% of Americans who currently has a novel shoved under the edge of your wiggly coffee table, there are still four long, chilly months before the end of the year to help boost that NEA percentage! With that in mind, I give you four selections-one for each … Continue reading 4 Books To Jump-Start Your Reading Habit

by Lee Cross (Credit – Sergio Leone / Ennio Morriconne) If good is good and bad is bad, what do I mean by ‘ugly’? In a word - Necessary. That’s the gist behind the end of this blog series, ugly sex scenes are the ones that are absolutely and unequivocally necessary to the structure of … Continue reading Leopold Broom Investigates: Sex Scenes – ’The Ugly’ (Part 4)

by Lee Cross Terry Pratchett. Sir Terrance Pratchett. Dearly departed. A man who existed in two worlds… and one of them was disc shaped, carried by four giant elephants, on the back of a star turtle. There are about 40 Discworld books, including ‘The Discworld Companion’, which provide far more details and descriptions than I … Continue reading 5 Greatest Hits of Terry Pratchett’s Discoworld

by Lee Cross I’m not sure how you feel about Translated lit. I know for some people it’s a real corner stone of the stuff that makes it onto their ‘to be read’ pile; others who buy the books, put them on the pile but never manage to take them off again; and people who … Continue reading 12 Stories in 18 Languages by 61 Authors

by Kaley Ingenito  First off, I would like to publicly apologize to my mother- the saint of a woman who put up with the monster I morphed in to at the age of 11 that did not evolve into a respectable human until the age of 18. She could have justifiably murdered me on multiple … Continue reading Top 10 Teen Angst Books

by Lee Cross Could you read one book a day for seven days?... Would you like to try? It can be done! Here’s my picks for tackling seven in seven: (1) Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - Patrick Sueskind: Start with something very nearly unique and genuinely a classic to whet your appetite for … Continue reading 7 Books You Can Read In 7 Days