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Bask in the binaural beauty of The Adventure Zone

By Patrick Kansa August 15, 2018 In Fiction, Reviews 0 MaxFun, McElroy 0

Let’s start this one off with a question – why do we read? Why do YOU read? For me, when it comes to fiction,

Hachette Has Found God

By Heather Quinlan August 15, 2018 In News 0 christian publishing, hachette 0

In a move that will surprise no one, Hachette has bought another publishing house—Worthy Publishing Group,

The girl who would have been a killer queen

By Heather Quinlan July 30, 2018 In Reviews 0 Queen Margaret 0

To quote Sunday’s New York Times’ Book Review: “Picasso desperately wanted to marry her. Peter Sellers would have settled for an affair.

Who’s the Star of The Exorcist?

By Heather Quinlan July 26, 2018 In Reviews 0 demonic possession, Devil 0

Having already covered “is this a demon or is it just a crazy pregnant lady?” of “Rosemary’s Baby,”

Romance is dirty and here are the novels to prove it

By Heather Quinlan June 27, 2018 In Book Reviews 0 erotica, novels 0

Author Victoria Dahl starts her article with a confession, “I’m a romance novelist and I don’t love Valentine’s Day.” That’s not much of a confession,

Gather ‘Round, It’s Book Club Favorites

By Heather Quinlan June 26, 2018 In News 0 alice hoffman, book club 0

S&S has found an ingenious way of getting people to read their books—starting their own book club.

According to Publishers Weekly,

Robert Zemeckis to Resurrect “The Witches”

By Heather Quinlan June 21, 2018 In News 0 movies, roald dahl 0

Roald Dahl’s 1973 novel “The Witches,” about a little boy who gets mixed up with a coven, was given the big-screen treatment back in 1990,

Palahniuk Ripped Off

By Scott McKenzie June 4, 2018 In News 0 No tags 0

Guitarist Steve Vai recalls asking Frank Zappa for advice. “What’s the one thing you would tell an aspiring musician?” the awe struck kid asked.

Sally Field, BEA 2018, and the “C” Word

By Heather Quinlan June 1, 2018 In News 0 bea, Donald Trump 0

The first thing I noticed upon entering the Javits Center’s #BEA2018 was the above poster of a young Sally Field,

Philip Roth Has Died

By Heather Quinlan May 23, 2018 In News 0 claire bloom, goodbye columbus 0

Philip Roth died yesterday at the age of 85 from congestive heart failure. And … what else can be written about Philip Roth that hasn’t already been written?

The Bonfire Extinguished

By Heather Quinlan May 15, 2018 In News 0 a man in full, bonfire of the vanities 0

Pamela Paul, editor of the New York Times Book Review, described Tom Wolfe’s death as the “passing of an era.”

He was known for coining phrases such as “radical chic”—a derogatory term for pretentious liberals—and “the Me Decade,” which described the self-indulgence of the 1970s.