When Daniel Handler released The Bad Begining in 1999 under the pen name “Lemony Snicket,” he immediately captured readers’ attention and imagination. Over the next seven years, Handler released 12 more novels to complete A Series of Unfortunate Events. Since their release, the series has sold over 65 million copies worldwide and spawned numerous adaptations … Read more
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.” This is the famous … Read more
Jeff VanderMeer entranced readers with his 2014 novel Annihilation. The story follows the journey of four women who are on the 12th expedition into a mystifying and bewildering region only known as “Area X.” Each previous expedition has been filled with the disappearances of many expedition members and suicides, aggressive cancers, and mental trauma for … Read more
“My Dark Vanessa” shocked readers when it hit the shelves in 2020. Kate Elizabeth Russell’s debut novel explores the complex dynamics of a 15-year-old girl’s relationship with her 42-year-old teacher, who she believes is her true love. Moving back and forth between two different timelines, the reader experiences the beginning of the graphic affair between … Read more
“The Silence of the Lambs” by Thomas Harris is a crime, horror, and thriller classic. After winning the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel (more on him later) in 1989, it was adapted into the equally stunning motion picture starring Anthony Hopkins. One of the reasons that “The Silence of the Lambs” is such a … Read more