Once, as I sat listening to a lengthy wedding toast, a writer friend of the bride leaned toward me and deadpanned, "There's a reason for word counts." Such was my initial thought when Julie Orringer's ...

One of the unique things about Elden Ring and it's massive open world is how it allows players to interact with each other. Users leave messages on the ground that often point towards a useful item or ...

Ishan is a gaming enthusiast who loves playing RPG and action-adventure games. You'll find him playing Red Dead Redemption 2, Elden Ring, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, FIFA 22, God of War and many others.

Ronald Reagan signs autographs after a 1976 campaign speech in Los Angeles. Photo by George Rose/Getty Images If anyone is able to buy a copy of Rick Perlstein’s The Invisible Bridge, we’ll know that ...

When a novel begins with Jewish characters in late 1930s Europe, there is an excellent chance that one road — train tracks, actually — will lead to Auschwitz, as almost inevitably occurs in Julie ...

If you’re still looking for a “big” novel to carry into the summer holidays — one in which you can lose yourself without the guilty suspicion that you’re slumming — then Julie Orringer’s “The ...