Origin
Technological advances of our time can be captured through reading Dan Brown’s work over the past 20 years. He always seems to catch things that are on the cutting edge. In Inferno, their wild goose chase was brought to an abrupt end when they discovered that they could just Google something, instead of finding the […]
Women’s History Month: Spotlight on J.K. Rowling
Seldom has there been a celebrity female author like J. K. Rowling. Growing up, while other girls were putting posters of Britney Spears and Dawson’s Creek on their walls, I was clinging to the precious few interviews that this author gave, hoping to learn as much as possible about her and her craft. I loved […]
The DaVinci Code
The DaVinci Code is easily Dan Brown’s best-known work, and probably the most controversial. It has stirred the conspiracy-theory pot and ignited international religious debate over the origins of Christianity. Whew. That sounds pretty heavy. And yet, the book is an easy, fun read. So, perhaps the reason for the international conspiracy theories is because […]
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer is a story written entirely by correspondences of some kind: be it telegrams, letters or even diary entries. The story is about English writer Juliet Ashton who, immediately after WWII, is attempting to move on, like so many others in Europe, by starting […]
Angels and Demons
Angels and Demons is the first Robert Langdon book, and he wastes no time getting into the thick of it. Langdon, a Harvard professor and symbologist (because what other professions can a symbologist have?), is called upon to help solve cryptic messages that are left around the city of Rome shortly before the election of […]
Women’s History Month: Classic Female Favs
Let’s start Women’s History Month by giving a shout out to our favorite female authors! This list could go on forever and ever, so I’m going to focus on some classics, because these women really helped pave the way for other female authors. Hopefully, over the years, we’ll be able to compile a more comprehensive […]
Deception Point
Deception Point by Dan Brown is an exciting tale of science, deceit and politics. Michael Tolland is an early version of the character that Brown later develops more fully, into internationally recognized, Mickey-Mouse-watch-wearing Robert Langdon, and Rachel Sexton is a version of the fit, beautiful female expert that will appear in the rest of Brown’s novels. […]
Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk
Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk was a charming, witty, well-written adaptation of the real life of Margaret Fishback, who found herself a copywriter in early-to-mid 1900s in NYC, despite being a woman. Author Kathleen Rooney depicts this tough old woman through an evening walk on New Year’s Eve. At 85 years old, Lillian Boxfish sets […]
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