Book Review: The Casual Vacancy
J.K. Rowling hit literary (and literal) gold when she wrote Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The series made her world famous, and rightly so.…
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Wine Tasting in Eger, Hungary
By Katy Kelleher When Americans talk wine, there are a few places that tend to pop up in conversation again and again. France, Italy, California…
Book Review: Smilla’s Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg
I long to travel to snowy regions and see the place where the ocean turns to thick, churning ice. But since I can't hop a plane to Greenland, I do the…
The View from Mount Battie
By Katy Kelleher I’ve only lived in Maine for a few months, but I am already beginning to feel like a native. There is something…
Anna Karenina: The Movie
By Katy Kelleher Great film adaptations of classic novels are all alike; every junk Hollywood movie is terrible in its own way. Which way will…
Discovering Edna: A Visit To The Whitehall Inn
By Katy Kelleher One hundred years ago, The Whitehall Inn stood in front of Route 1 in Camden, Maine, just like it does today. But a…
Literary Pit Stop: RiverRun Bookstore in Portsmouth, NH
By Katy Kelleher In the age of digital books and online shopping, it is harder than ever for an independent bookstore to survive. Unable to…
Murder She Wrote: Reviewing “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn
By Katy Kelleher Books, like all other products we consume, are subject to trends. What was popular mere months ago might suddenly feel stale, and…