Where the Crawdads Sing
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens opens with a picture of a map and the discovery of a dead body in the marshes of North Carolina. I was intrigued immediately when I saw it in the bookstore, though I put off reading it for a while. Ultimately, though, my curiosity won out as it …
Five Feet Apart Giveaway!
To celebrate the release of the movie Five Feet Apart, starring Cole Sprouse and Haley Lu Richardson, The Bibliofile is partnering with the movie to give away a hardback copy of the book Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott! Sign up below! And be sure to watch the movie trailer and share on Twitter for …
Books to Movies & TV in 2019: 50 Upcoming Adaptations
2019 has some promising series or movies based on books, great news for book lovers and film alike. Of course, while most semi-popular books are getting adapted into movies and TV series nowadays, actually seeing them make it to the screen is another issue (as opposed to lingering in developmental limbo). Here’s a list of …
The Dreamers
Early on in the The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker, two college students discuss the Trolley Problem, a very popular thought experiment in ethical decision-making. It’s a scenario (would you kill one person to save five?) that has made its rounds again and again in academics, pop culture and in meme form, sometimes referred to …
Best Kindle Unlimited Books (43 Books You’ve Heard of) 2018
I was looking into Kindle Unlimited recently and thought it might be useful to do a post on the better-known titles in the catalog. If you’re not familiar with it, Kindle Unlimited gives you unlimited access to over a million books. The catch is that it’s limited to selected titles, many of which may be …