If you have read No Country For Old Men, remember to dive into the vast but impactful body of literature that Cormac McCarthy produced in this article below. Cormac McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who died in June 2023, was a giant of the American literary scene whose vivid prose shaped and influenced a generation…
Before 2023 ends, the year of some of the best book-to-screen adaptations, let us quickly glimpse at the book-to-screen adaptations in 2024 that we are going to wait for with bated breath! For book lovers, adaptations of their favorite works can generate some strong emotions. Book adaptations have run the gamut of quality, from instant…
Explore the 10 best female detective books in English literature that will have you lose your good night’s sleep over cruel, tricky, murderous plots Most young girls who grew up reading Famous Five wanted to be George. That’s not to disparage poor Anne at all. She often suffered the brunt of our uncharitable thoughts. George…
Learn more about Mary Doria Russell’s The Sparrow (1996), one of the best sci-fi (?) books that will leave all generations fascinated below! To begin with: the question of genre. Labelling a book one genre or the other goes a long way towards setting reader expectations. There are presumptions associated with certain genres. Mary Doria…
Dive into the 10 best book-to-screen adaptations in 2023 that have left readers and cinephiles impressed alike 2023 has been one for the Hollywood history books! We’ve seen two major strikes, both of which continued for well over 100 days. The Writers Guild of America called off its strike on 24th September–after 146 days of…
Before we jump into the myth pool of monsters and the various monster archetypes that became cultural touchstones, we must first ask ourselves what exactly is a monster. The Latin root ‘monere’ speaks of a portent. A monster is a messenger bearing a warning of catastrophe, a herald of the bad things to come. If…