It’s exhilarating (and a little scary) when our favorite books are made into motion pictures. The idea of seeing a novel that we’ve loved on the big screen is incredibly appealing, but us book nerds always wonder whether the adaptation will live up to their imaginations…which is all part of the fun. A number of books are making […]

As anyone who has ever used the Internet knows, cats are everything. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, more than 36 U.S. million households sport a feline companion. Where dogs are blindly loyal, a cat’s ambivalence speaks of alien wisdom. That’s likely why there are so many great cats in sci-fi and fantasy: if your cat […]

One of my favorite stories to tell is about “the time I was seven years old and I rode an elephant in the circus”; an absolutely true story that is perfect for the two truths and a lie game. It was one of the most bizarre experiences of my life, and with all the how […]