“I describe it as a fantasy novel about the real world we live in, or a realistic novel about the fantasy world we live in.” Anthem is Noah Hawley’s terrific, page-turning sixth novel, and his first after his Edgar Award-winning bestseller, Before The Fall—it’s also our January 2022 Barnes & Noble Book Club pick. Noah […]
Classic adjective. clas· sic | \ ˈkla-sik \ 1a: serving as a standard of excellence: of recognized value Some things never go out of style and when it comes to Black classics, there are so many categories we could talk about: music, movies, food, hairstyles, the list goes on. This has nothing to do with color (well, mostly) — it’s about culture. Often, we have so many […]
John Green is a man (/YA author/vlogger/producer/nerdfighter god-king) who needs no introduction. Paper Towns is Green’s epic 2008 road trip novel, that has inspired a sure-to-be-epic movie adaptation. And Halston Sage is the up-and-comer cast to play Lacey, a queen bee with hidden depths who joins nebbishy, golden-hearted hero Quentin on his quest to follow the trail left […]
Happy birthday, Mister President, happy birthday to you! It might be an historic election year, but on this date, our commander in chief is celebrating his own milestone: Barack Obama, 44th President of the U.S., turns 55 years old today. And to honor the Prez on his birthday, we’re rounding up a list of recommended […]
Alison Umminger’s dark debut is already one of my favorite books of the year. After a bullying incident goes too far, teenaged Anna uses her stepmom’s credit card to set out for seedy, sunny Los Angeles. There, she’s taken in by her B-list actress sister, whose life feels marginal in every way: her career is stalled, she barely keeps food in […]