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Overall, fans report, the film version of Crazy Rich Asians was very faithful to the book. And, in spirit at least, the recently released movie based on Kevin Kwan’s 2013 debut novel stays very true to the book. But there are significant…
Want to be a better human? Read a book. A recent article on NBC News’ Better lays it all out: Whether you’re the reader who rips through a new book each week or the one still slogging through that bestseller your friend…
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje has been awarded the Golden Man Booker Award. From the Man Booker news site: The winner of this special one-off award for the Man Booker Prize’s 50th anniversary celebrations was chosen by the public. All 51…
Catherine Bach is a survivor, something that, after the accident, everyone she meets thinks to make a remark about. How lucky she is. How blessed. She was aboard an Airbus A380-800 that fell from the sky, and she walked away. How can…
Kyra Sedgwick has been nominated for the award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Miniseries for her work on Lifetime’s Story of a Girl, based on the novel by Sara Zarr. From Deadline Hollywood: …Lifetime’s Story of a Girl…
The Hulu series based on Margaret Atwood’s seminal dystopic novel The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) has been a success in every way such things can be counted. It has won awards and commanded a huge audience, both of which should bode well for…
Nicole Kidman will star in a HBO series based on Jean Hanff Korelitz’s 2014 novel, You Should Have Known. The series will be called “Big Little Lies.” From Deadline Hollywood: HBO is re-teaming with key auspices behind its breakout Big Little Lies,…
The longlist for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize, one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world, has been announced. The 13 novel list represents translated fiction from around the world. “The longlist introduces a wealth of talent, a variety…
Of the new novel, Need to Know (Ballantine), thriller writer Lee Child said, “If you read chapter one, you’ll read chapter two. If you read chapter two, you’ll miss dinner, stay up far too late, and feel tired at work tomorrow.” As…
In Chloe Benjamin’s luminous new novel, The Immortalists (Putnam), four siblings, all children, seek out a woman who, they’ve heard, can tell each of them the day they will die. Not how, but when. A casual few words: a month, a day,…