Eeriness & Whimsy Collide in We Have Always Lived in the Castle
The occult, the maddened, and the dark have always weighed on our minds. We devour ghost stories, murder mysteries, and haunted houses...
The occult, the maddened, and the dark have always weighed on our minds. We devour ghost stories, murder mysteries, and haunted houses...
As an avid dream-journaler and interpreter, I'll wake up in the middle of the night and jot down notes on my phone before falling back...
I don't like hardback books, and it forever grinds my gears that books come out in hardback first, as I have to wait months to buy my own...
I'll admit, I only read this book because I saw that Michael Ondaatje was coming to Pittsburgh as part of the Pittsburgh Arts & Lecture...
I can't remember how old I was when I experienced the most terrifying moment in my life. I remember a gaping black door, wind whipping...
Going to high school for 8 hours a day and then staying after for an hour or two for band practice and cross country was grueling enough....
Contrary to what the cover implies, this book is not about two people embracing in a cold sardine can that looks terribly uncomfortable,...
Supermarkets are one of the scariest places on earth. Identical aisles of bags, cans, and boxes paralyze the mind, force shoppers to...
The recent spate of earthquakes on the West Coast sent ripples down my spine, as I sat on my porch baking in the summer sun, thousands of...
Growing up around Pittsburgh, every time I ventured into the city, whether with my mom when I was younger, or by myself or with friends...
When I travel internationally, one of my favorite things to do is read a book set in that country by a native author. Of course, you...
In middle and high school, one of my favorite shows was Pretty Little Liars. I waited for new episodes to come out, and if I was busy at...
Recently (within the past two years), I've been drawn to Japanese literature. It started with Haruki Murakami and then quickly extended...
Book cover design is immensely important, not only because because people really do judge books by their covers, but also because books...
There are weekends when I don't leave my apartment. Not a single toe steps out the door. And I'm perfectly fine with that. But a whole...
I often feel like I'm in the throes of an (almost) mid-twenties crisis, which is why the impending midlife crisis terrifies me to no end....
Born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, Suki Kim moved to America with her parents at the age of 13. She later began a career as a...
The big city of Seoul pulses. Cars zip along freeways, people rush to and from work, and buildings are always open, no matter the hour,...
A new fungal disease known as Shen Fever begins to spread, and the infected are mindlessly stuck repeating their daily tasks (reading,...
Paris, the city of love. Or rather, the city of love and then loss, those winding alleys and riverbank paths where the sun that once...