Ever since my first post pairing books with LEGO sets, I’ve tried to understand the obsession with matching books and beverages. Alas, despite all my research and effort, I still don’t know what mystery tastes like. So, I’m bringing back book-to-brick pairings with some of our favorite spring releases — build your library and your […]
Ocean’s Godori by Elaine U. Cho has it all — space, murder, romance and characters to love. Cho joins us to talk about what lead her to write the book, cultural identity in sci-fi, her inclusion of pop culture references and more with guest host, Kat Sarfas. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Kat Sarfas […]
From big screens to little screens, some great books are leaping off the page in 2024.
“I love being immersed in the grand project of a novel. When I was a kid, I was drawn to books about secret worlds, like The Secret Garden, or The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe where you disappear to the back of a wardrobe…” How many times have you re-read Emily St. John Mandel’s […]
A clandestine research program masks an even more troubling secret in a new work of science fiction from China.