Have you finished watching (or maybe re-watching) your favorite show? Check out these book recommendations based on some popular shows! All of the books listed here are available through Libby and Overdrive. If you love The Big Bang Theory, read Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman: If you loved Broad City, read We … Continue reading
Many true crime fans know Colorado Springs, Colorado as the city where Joe Kenda worked as a detective for over twenty years. His work investigating homicides became the basis of the Investigation Discovery series Homicide Hunter. It turns out this isn’t the only thing the Colorado Springs Police Department is famous for. The city is … Continue reading
“Dunkirk” by Joshua Levine tells the harrowing story of the Allied evacuation from France during World War II. It is important to note, however, that the full title of this book is, in fact, “Dunkirk: The History Behind the Major Motion Picture”. While this book does, indeed, cover many of the stories surrounding the Dunkirk … Continue reading
Today Crazy Rich Asians is out in theaters! The movie is based on the book Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan, which was first published in 2013. Crazy Rich Asians is the first in the series, followed by China Rich Girlfriend and Rich People Problems. Starting off the series, Crazy Rich Asians highlights three super-rich … Continue reading
Towards the beginning of Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley, Tom Ripley is looking at checks he has collected fraudulently. He has been calling people and telling them they owe back taxes. However, instead of cashing the checks, he simply collects them, as if he is performing the whole ruse for his own amusement or … Continue reading
Nathanael West did not lead a charmed life. Of the four novels he published, none sold well during his lifetime and two publishers went out of business shortly after releasing West’s work. On top of that, West and his wife died in a car accident in 1940, although this was less of a surprise as … Continue reading
I apparently have a certain affinity for books titled The Drop as this is the second book with that title that I’ve read in a little over a year. The other was Michael Connelly’s The Drop. While I enjoyed both books, I’d have to say that if you are going to read one crime novel … Continue reading
Patricia Higsmith’s The Price of Salt was the famed suspense writer’s second novel after Strangers on a Train. Due to its realistic and non-judgmental portrayal of a lesbian relationship, Highsmith first put the novel out under the pseudonym Claire Morgan. Only years later was it revealed that Highsmith was the book’s author. The two main … Continue reading
The four members of the Fang family are far from your typical all-American family. Annie, the older of the two Fang children, is an actress who has been in a successful superhero movie. However, at the start of things in The Family Fang she finds herself in a mess. Her on-set protest about a … Continue reading
Every day when she’s on the train into London Rachel watches a young couple (she calls them Jason and Jess) lounging outside their home and wonders what it must be like to be them. Her train frequently gets stuck at a signal by their house and this gives her ample time to ponder and day … Continue reading
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