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Up for a Russia Spy Thriller Not on the Nightly News? Try Red Sparrow

Mary Sullivan
Should I Watch?
I came to Red Sparrow by way of a movie critique that I heard on the radio last week. Based on the plot summary alone, I knew instantly that I had to see it. Jennifer Lawrence as a Russian spy trained to set ho... Read More...
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Does the movie version of The Glass Castle hold up?

Mary Sullivan
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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a best-selling memoir for a reason. Her wild ride of a childhood is compelling and her storytelling is impossible to resist. Jeannette did not have a normal upbringing by ... Read More...

Is Everything, Everything Worth Watching?

Mary Sullivan
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If you swoon for the longing of forbidden love and if you’re a sucker for a mystery unraveling, you need to read Nicola Yoon’s young adult novel Everything, Everything (2015). This fast-paced read is about a gi... Read More...

Looking for an Adult Adventure Movie? Try The Lost City of Z

Mary Sullivan
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When the book The Lost City of Z came out in 2009, I read it with zeal. I’ve always had a taste for stories of high adventure and exploration—man versus nature and himself. So when I saw that David Grann’s hist... Read More...

Lauren Oliver’s YA hit, Before I Fall, Hits the Silver Screen. Is it Worth Watching?

Mary Sullivan
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The Book I put off reading Before I Fall, a young adult novel by Lauren Oliver, because I knew it was about a dead girl. Dead sounded depressing. When I finally cracked it, I was further disheartened to find t... Read More...

Fences: From Playwright to Screenplay

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August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize winning play Fences was adapted into a feature film, directed by and starring Denzel Washington. Fences is the story of Troy Maxson (Washington), a sanitation worker living in 195... Read More...

Who Will Win on Oscars Night? Hidden Figures Gets Our Vote

Mary Sullivan
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The 89th Academy Awards are this Sunday, and while the world casts predictions about who should win, my vote goes to the triumphant adaptation of Margot Lee Shetterly’s book, Hidden Figures. The movie by the sa... Read More...

Should Fans of the Book Bother Seeing Tim Burton’s Miss Peregrine?

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Let me begin by saying that I have a prejudice against fantasy. Monsters, goblins, things-that-go-bump-in-the-night are excruciating to me. I fear I’m exactly the kind of adult Peter Pan never wanted to become:... Read More...

Interview with Zach Anner, Author of If at Birth You Don’t Succeed: My Adventures with Disaster and Destiny

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Outlander: Ready for Season 2

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Outlander, the series based on Diana Gabaldon's bestselling novels, will return to television for its second season in exactly eleven days, not that I’m counting, so I thought this might be the perfect opport... Read More...
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