It’s summer time and the living is easy—at least for your kids. But maybe not as much for you, if you’re the always-on-call family cruise director. If you’re yearning to escape the hustle-bustle of summer activities with some good reads and adult conversation, why not call a meeting of your favorite reading buddies and check […]

Since closing the book on Harry Potter in 2007, with a time-jumping epilogue that seemed designed to squash readers’ hopes for an eighth installment in the series, J.K. Rowling has given us little reason to believe we would ever again read an authorized word on our favorite green-eyed wizard. She’s since written a novel about […]

The conventional wisdom among readers is that the book is always better than the filmed version. But lately, television adaptations have been giving the printed word a run for its money with faithful, artfully produced translations of some of our favorite books. We’ve read them, and now we’re watching them—or counting down the days until they […]

Looks like J.K. Rowling just can’t quit us. Since ending Harry’s seven-book story in 2009, she has graced us with loads of additional stories on Pottermore, spinoffs including Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (the screenplay for the forthcoming film adaptation of which is available now!), and, coming soon, sequel Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: […]