Books, Arts, and Culture

Sometime around February, both somewhat crassly and in complete seriousness, I took to describing the still-newish 2019 as The Year of the Great Unclenching. The frenetic...

I hate when people declaim on comics and graphic novels not being “real” books. They have words, they tell a story, they evoke emotions; they are, therefore,...

It’s important for kids to see positive representations of characters standing up for what they believe in. These four middle grade novels are about kids standing...

For me, a small time teenager in tiny Ireland, it started with Whip It!, the Drew Barrymore film which sent a spotlight into my soul. The idea...

Sorry, friends, cold and flu season is here. Stock up on your Vitamin C and wash your hands frequently. On the chance you do end up...

Winter is here, but The Winds of Winter release date? Well, that’s another story. Trying to foretell the coming of the sixth book in George R.R....

Those bright yellow hardcovers are almost as iconic as Nancy Drew herself. They aren’t the originals—these Nancy Drew covers were used for the shortened, revised versions...

I recently deleted my Goodreads account. I hadn’t updated it in months, was 38 books behind on the challenge I set for myself at the beginning...

A recent close rereading of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol had me realizing just how brilliant and prescient Charles Dickens was. If the reader ignores the dated...

Often when we talk about Colorado, we think about mountains, ski resorts, cattle ranches, and 300 days of sunshine. Yes, these are all parts of the...