The English language has an estimated one million words, though many are gifts from other languages. The Eton Institute suggests that the average English speaker has a vocabulary somewhere between...
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama by Nathan Thrall is a compelling exploration of personal tragedy interwoven with the systemic struggles of life under Israeli occupation. This non-fiction narrative...
The first few days of any new year always feel like a strange, frozen state. But as January draws to a close, it's time to catch up, including on your reading list for 2025. Save this post, because...
2024 brought some literary pleasures into my life: a posthumous Gabriel García Márquez book was published, and some of my favorite books by Latin American authors were brought to the screen in the...
Ah, Jilly Cooper’s Rivals. Have you seen it yet? Have you read the book? If not, then run, don’t walk - the book is brilliant and the recent Disney+ adaptation is the most fun you can have with...
Some years ago, a friend of mine became a mistress to an Oscar-nominated director. She confided that he did not treat her very well. She also confided that his wife knew everything, and was being...
We're ending the year with one of our best collections of new books, and this time we're bringing you some of the non-fiction that resonated in 2024. Perfect for reflecting and learning about the...
This month over at Five Books For, we've been exploring wintry books that are perfect for reading on cold nights, especially if you're wrapped up warm in front of a fire. With that in mind, this...
Some books break you open, and some widen your cracks to let in light. They dim the comfort of the mundane and call upon you to face your thoughts. If you’re fortunate, you meet up with those often...
Everyone wonders how an elderly gentleman can climb down chimneys every Christmas and deliver all those presents in one night. The answer is simultaneously simple and implausible: magic. Although...
