Real Valentine’s Day dates are often disappointing, which is why when the going gets tough, the tough turn to fiction for a truly satisfying, lasting relationship with someone who will never arrive 30 minutes late to a dinner reservation you made two months in advance, ahem. In any case, our quiz below will help you sort out […]
We can’t get enough of Downton Abbey. From Lady Mary’s love triangles, to the sumptuous costumes, to every disapproving glare from the Dowager Countess, it’s the definition of must-see TV. For those who have already devoured every crumb of this mega-popular BBC drama, we suggest the following addictive alternatives.
Fiction is fiction and nonfiction is nonfiction, and in case you get those mixed up, fiction is the “not real one” and nonfiction is “the real one.” Those lines can get blurred, however, when a real-life person from the real world shows up for a little while in what is otherwise a not-true story. It’s […]
Over here at the Book Blog, our main passion is books—but you know we also love us some movies. Especially when those movies are based on books! When done well, they’re magical visualizations of the lovely stories we treasure in our heads and hearts. When done poorly, we get to go to town on them […]
Happy birthday, Jane Austen! Everyone’s favorite novelist of manners would be all of…well, a lot of years today, but a lady of a certain era never reveals her age. In celebration, I plan to reread Pride and Prejudice, which has inspired more second looks than an overloaded corset in a crowded ballroom. First, it was a book. […]