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Although it wasn’t published until after she died, Northanger Abbey was the first novel Austen wrote and finished.

Have you ever wondered why there seems to be an uptick in crashes involving deer as we head into the winter months? If you aren’t a hunter, then it might be news to you.

A playfully delightful children’s book, The Willoughbys is full of references to famous works of children’s literature. The book centers around the 4 Willoughby children.

Do you love the scandal and intrigue of Victorian dramas?  Try these!

When Toni Morrison gets brought up in conversation, it’s usually about her books The Bluest Eye, Beloved, or Song of Solomon. But her entire eleven-book catalog is worth reading and rereading.  

The Nature Conservancy

Smoky Valley Ranch combines an 18,000-acre working cattle ranch with native grasslands and a wildlife refuge.

A satirical musical comedy wrapped in an Archie Comics/Hanna-Barbera IP, Josie and the Pussycats is singular: a cult classic capsulation of pop counterculture in the early 2000s.

This book is a blast from beginning to end. One of the blurbs on the cover says, “as close as you’ll get to a Hollywood blockbuster in book form,” and after reading it, I think that description encapsulates this book perfectly. 

A Boston family opens up their home to an 11-year-old British girl, during the WWII bombing raids in England.  Beatrix Thompson slowly becomes Bea to the Gregory family; they grow to love her, and she comes to love them with a fierceness that

A credit freeze is an effective way to block unauthorized access to your credit file. It is a security wall preventing anyone from applying for a credit card, car loan, instant credit, or any other loan in your name.

Willow has such an excellent sound! I don’t know if there’s any music from her that I don’t like, but I really enjoy this rock sound she found.

Willa Cather’s 1918 novel My Antonia follows Antonia Shermida and her family’s story of moving to Nebraska from Bohemia, as told retrospectively through the lens of Antonia’s childhood friend, Jim Burden. 

Do you love a good hotel story?  Try these!

I am unashamed but not proud to say The Ice Pirates is one of my favorite movies. The camp, funny, action-packed, full-throttle 1980s flavor shoulder-pad sci-fi has it all because no one edited any of their ideas.