Following the enormous popular and critical success of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale (an adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s 1986 novel), the likelihood that there would be a Season Two was a pretty good one. Media success doesn’t rest easily. As a result, the show’s second season (which is currently streaming on Hulu) is running off-book. It’s a pretty … Continue reading Going Off Book…A Handmaid’s Tale Season 2 If/Then…
And a very happy Free For All Birthday Wish to Japanese novelist and poet Natsume Sōseki! Natsume was born in 1867 in Babashita, in the Edo region of Japan. His birth was not planned, and, as the sixth child in the family, his arrival placed financial and social strains on his parents. As a result, Natsume … Continue reading Five Book Friday!
The holiday season is approaching with remorseless resolve, dear readers. If this is a time that makes your heart flutter, then we wish you heaping helpings of good cheer! If you’d rather hide in a blanket fort until it’s all over, that’s perfectly alright, too. We wish you warmth and good books, no matter the … Continue reading Five Book Friday!
The time has come again, beloved patrons, for All Hallows Read, a monthly indulgence in all things spectacularly spooky, deliciously dark, and gloriously ghoulish! All Hallows Read was started by the Great and Good Neil Gaiman in 2010 with this blog post, which called for a new Halloween tradition, and stated, in part: I propose … Continue reading Happy All-Hallows Read!
And a very happy Free For All birthday wish to one of my favorite poets, Siegfried Sassoon. Sassoon was born in 1886 to a wealthy Jewish family who had made their fortune as traders within the British Empire. He enlisted in the British Army in advance of European War, and was serving with the Sussex … Continue reading Five Book Friday!
The nominations for the 2017 Hugo Awards were announced in April, dear readers, and anticipation is steadily building over which novels will win. The Hugo Award is the the longest running prize for science fiction or fantasy works, having been established in 1953. Up until 1992, the award was known simply as the Science Fiction Achievement Awards, but … Continue reading The Hugo Awards and Puppies
*This post is part of Free for All’s “Making Magic” series, which will focus on Kelley’s exploration of the opportunities in the library’s Creativity Lab as well as musings about art, creativity and imagination. During a recent fly tying class at the library, I was reminded of the power of looking at things in new … Continue reading Making Magic: The View from Here