Netflix’s One Hundred Years of Solitude is a rare literary adaptation that understands reverence is not enough. It needs shape, silence, heat, grief, and patience. The series gives the Buendía family a world that feels alive, then lets that world collapse under the weight of everything it refused to remember.

What did I think of "All the Beauty in the World"? Having recently visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the first time (I'm kinda shocked about that myself!) and as a longtime fan of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler—I was looking forward to Patrick Bringley’s All the Beauty in the World . I wanted a glimpse behind the scenes of this extraordinary museum, and the book did not disappoint. Bringley writes with intelligence, warmth, and a wonderfully hum

Published in October 2025 by Grand Central Publishing, Vagabond: A Memoir is a delightful surprise and an unexpectedly charming read.

Choose happiness (ChatGPT enhanced image) I used to hate roller coasters. They scared the hell out of me and every time that I would convince myself that they "might be fun" or would get on one to placate my friends and try to get value from the super expensive park entrance fee, I would be cranking up that first big hill but eying the service steps along the uphill and think: "it's not too late! I could just get out and walk down." And then one day, I got on one of those old