MORE Archives - Page 65 of 86

Book Glow editors handpick every product we feature. We may earn commission from the links on this page.

Review: The Irrationalist: Solving The Mystery Of Descartes’s Death 0
- BOOK REVIEWS
- July 22, 2019
November 10, 1619. In a clearing within the Black Forest a gentleman and his servant begin an argument, resulting in a rapier duel to the death. When one is disabled his antagonist runs him through the chest and walks away. René Descartes died in Sweden in 1650, and based on most accounts, from pneumonia. The Irrationalist
READ MORE
When Someone Says To A Book Lover “I’m So Bored”0
- BOOKS & HUMOR
- July 15, 2019
When someone says to a book lover, “I’m so bored,” the inevitable response goes something like this: 1. “But what about all these books?” via GIPHY 2. “I have the antidote: it’s called reading.” via GIPHY 3. “Don’t you have a library card?” via GIPHY 4. “Have you ever heard of a library?” via GIPHY
READ MORE
What Happens When Truth Catches Up With Fiction?0
- ARTICLES, ESSAYS, POETRY, STORIES
- July 3, 2019
Novelist-poet-playwright Doris Lessing famously said: “There’s no doubt that fiction makes a better job of the truth.” It is interesting, however, that—at least in the case of climate fiction (cli-fi)—the truth is catching up with fiction much faster than anticipated. In my book, Tales from The Warming, I tried to apply Lessing’s dictum to telling
READ MORE

4 Important Dates to Remember In The World Of Literature During July (Video)0
- BOOKS & HOLIDAYS, VIDEOS
- July 1, 2019
Celebrations for Tom Sawyer, Ernest Hemingway, a certain type of book that sparked a battle between Marty McFly and Biff Tannen in Back to the Future Part II, and all paperbacks make up the most important dates to remember in the world of literature during the month of July. July 1-31: Read an Almanac Month
READ MORE
When Book Lovers Say “Not Without My Book”0
- BOOKS & HUMOR
- June 27, 2019
When book lovers encounter these 10 situations, they inevitably say, “Not without my book.” 1. When you leave the house. via GIPHY 2. When you commute to school or work. via GIPHY 3. When you go to recess or coffee break. via GIPHY 4. Or lunch break. via GIPHY 5. When you have to wait
READ MORE
Review: Copper Sky Highlights Women’s Struggles In An Early 20th Century Mining Town 0
- BOOK REVIEWS
- June 24, 2019
Most of our stories and images of mining towns are about men, so I was intrigued by this novel about women in Butte, Montana. Copper Sky, by Milana Marsenich, tells the connected stories of two very different women in this town. The novel starts off slowly, with a lot of repetition of the key facts.
READ MORE