by Vanessa Knoedler Looking for a ghoulish Halloween read? Interested in a modern take on vampires? (I mean… who isn’t, as long as it isn’t mired in teen angst?! Or maybe especially if it is…) Consider Justin Cronin’s The Passage. It brings together secret government facilities, fugitive chase scenes, a deadly virus rampaging through the … Continue reading Halloween Book Recommendation: ‘The Passage’ by Justin Cronin
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Halloween Book Recommendation: Sheridan Le Fanu’s ‘Uncle Silas’
by Davy Kenney Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu is possibly one of the most underrated Victorian spook-smiths. If you are a Bram Stoker aficionado, you will easily recognize many borrowed motifs in stories like “Carmilla” and “An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street.” But beyond his influence, Le Fanu is a master of horror. Long … Continue reading Halloween Book Recommendation: Sheridan Le Fanu’s ‘Uncle Silas’
Social Reading Event: Grab Your Horror Book and Head to the #HauntedPubs
*Spooky Books deserve Spooky Settings* That’s why the Literati Pulp team is grabbing their horror books and heading to haunted pubs to read with the ghosts. We will be visiting famously haunted pubs in Dublin, London, Minneapolis, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Boston until Halloween. Join us by tweeting your scary read in your favorite pub-haunt using … Continue reading Social Reading Event: Grab Your Horror Book and Head to the #HauntedPubs
8 Books to Read to Commemorate World Mental Health Day
by Colleen White The best novels offer us a glimpse of a world we couldn’t otherwise experience, providing insight into the thoughts and actions of characters novel in their difference or striking in their similarity to ourselves. Perhaps it’s this ability to peer into the thoughts of a book’s main characters that make stories that … Continue reading 8 Books to Read to Commemorate World Mental Health Day
The 80th Anniversary of ‘The Hobbit’
by Lee Cross It’s been 80 years since The Hobbit was first published. How do you follow a statement like that; truthfully, I don’t know, and it could be argued that every pure fantasy writer has spent the last eight decades trying to follow in the legacy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendary book (just a quick … Continue reading The 80th Anniversary of ‘The Hobbit’
Top 6 Books In The Redwall Series
by Kaley Ingenito I was a little late jumping on the Harry Potter band wagon. No disrespect to JK Rowling. Its just that my father recommended the series to me when I was cresting my most angsty phase of pre-teendom and was unwilling to take suggestions from anyone speaking from a place of power. I … Continue reading Top 6 Books In The Redwall Series
Which Famous Writers Share Your Astrology Sign?
by Regina Kenney Maybe astrology is a whole lot of hooey... But it is a fun mental exercise to dwell on different personality traits, see commonalities between people and ponder how they relate to your own self. (And maybe it's not all hocus-pocus, mumbo-jumbo! There is a growing body of science about the affects of … Continue reading Which Famous Writers Share Your Astrology Sign?
6 Books That Should Be Made Into A Movie, Again
by William Kenney The recent announcement that yet another attempt to make Frank Herbert’s classic Dune into a movie made me think: “How long does Hollywood have to wait before giving my favorite novel another chance at the big screen?” I mean, we’ve had three men put on the mask and play our friendly neighborhood … Continue reading 6 Books That Should Be Made Into A Movie, Again
5 Quirky Aspects of Skoob Books in London
by Regina Kenney For Literati Pulp's #BuyUsedBooks month, my brother and I took to the streets of London to find the best second-hand bookstores the city had to offer. Though there are many great bookshops in London (top ten list coming soon) one stood out as the best... Skoob Books has everything you would want in … Continue reading 5 Quirky Aspects of Skoob Books in London
9 Books That Will Be Released As Movies This Year
by William Kenney After reading Leopold’s blog Are Books Always Better Than The Movies? I thought it would be a good idea to see what books I have to binge before the end of the year so I can see the movie in theaters. If you’re anything like me, you want to read the book … Continue reading 9 Books That Will Be Released As Movies This Year
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