A Fort Made of Books

Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens Recommended Ages: 13+ Death by drowning in the River Thames. Murder by blunt object, made to look l...

I had two days off, back-to-back, after Memorial Day. I decided to spend them with my parents, whom I hadn't visited in a while. I combi...

I continue to make strange (and sometimes dubious) discoveries in how the English language is to be spoken, at least according to the cultur...

My second time through... This late little while, I've been suffering from a nasty recurring dream. Conscious of my college degrees, ...

Daniel Deronda by George Eliot Recommended Ages: 14+ The last completed work by one of the greatest English novelists, this book proves ...

The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean Recommended Ages: 12+ It's the 13th century. Kublai Khan has conquered China, spreading the ...

Star of Stone by P. D. Baccalario Recommended Ages: 12+ In Book Two of the Century Quartet, four kids with Leap Day birthdays come toget...