The literary approach to making conversation is to connect what you have read to something the person might be interested in. Steer away from obscure or overly academic works, favoring popular culture references. Indicating tha...

Whether you think of it this way or not, you’ve probably been binge-reading all your life. My first big foray into binge-reading was a series called The Saddle Club, about three girls having crazy horse-related adventures in th...

In Helene Wecker’s compulsively readable debut novel, supernatural worlds collide as a female golem, Chava, and a jinni, Ahmad, meet on the streets of 19th century Lower Manhattan. Each is the product of a magical acciden...

  If you’re a gamer, you might have a hard time keeping busy during the next couple of months. The biggest games of the year have already been released-Far Cry 3 lived up to the incredible hype and Tomb Raider ...

Under the Bright Lights by Daniel Woodrell is a Deep South crime noir with prose drunk on poetry. This book is part one of The Bayou Trilogy, and the author’s first published (1986) novel. Since its publication, Woodrell has go...