Reporter Justine Wade talks about the parody book “If You Give a Pig the White House” and the criticism it’s receiving.
New novel tackles love and incurable diseases
How does one love another that they can never touch? This is the heartbreaking question at the root of Rachael Lippincott’s YA novel “Five Feet Apart,” based on the screenplay by Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Laconis. Lippincott was born in Philadelphia and graduated with a BA in English writing from the University of Pittsburgh. One …
A book that can bring a lot of light
Brittany Claramunt @BrittClaramunt bclaramunt@foghornnews.com Russian is not my first or second language, nor do I know much about its culture, but that didn’t stop me from reading “Shadow and Bone” by Leigh Bardugo. Shadow and Bone is the first book in a trilogy that follows a girl, Alina, who is saved from going to war …
McQueen rants about ‘FAKE NEWS’
Dan McQueen, the former Corpus Christi mayor who infamously resigned after 37 days in office, wrote a book, although reading it is much closer to an experience. I could write an entire thesis on the book, there is truly so much to talk about. But let’s start with the cover. The cover of “37 Day …
Podcast turned book brings new faces to familiar story
“Welcome to Night Vale” is a novel based on a podcast of the same name. The story is the first book written for the podcast by series creators Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor. Unlike the previous books we reviewed, “Mostly Void, Partially Stars” and “The Great Glowing Coils of the Universe,” which were novelized transcripts …