I know this site isn’t called ‘Bout Movies, but I’ve got to weigh in on the new Sherlock Holmes movie hitting theaters this week. Although you cannot judge a book by its cover, you often can judge a movie by its trailer. And based on the trailers that I’ve seen for Sherlock Holmes, all I can say is “Why?”. The Sherlock Holmes stories were written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The original Sherlock Holmes writings were mostly short stories. Holmes appeared in fifty-six short stories written by Doyle, but only four full-length novels....

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There's a certain feeling in the air. It's starting to get a little colder, a little brighter and a little kinder. It must be Christmas! Are you looking for books about Christmas to get you in the spirit of this festive holiday? 1. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Everybody knows the story of A Christmas Carol. Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his late business partner, Jacob Marley, one Christmas Eve. He warns Scrooge that he will never be happy as long as he stuck to his greedy ways and that he will be visited by three ghosts. Just as...

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Jodi Picoult has done it again. She comes out with a new book every year, and this year's book is called Handle With Care. If you are unfamiliar with Picoult's style, you should know that her books often deal with controversial topics and are told from a variety of viewpoints. This book is no exception. A part of me sometimes thinks that it is boring to read the same style of book, but because I read other books in between my Picoult reads, I can handle the occasional Picoult read. This is the story of Charlotte and Sean O’Keefe and their daughter...

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Some books become classics for a reason. Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe is one of them. The actual title of Defoe’s book is The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner. The wordiness of the title on the cover is an indication of the story that lies beneath. Defoe’s writing is filled with long, cumbersome sentences that are delightfully layered with meaning and content. Robinson Crusoe was first published in 1719, yet it feels relevant and fresh even in the light of the 21st century. Nearly three hundred years after it was written,...

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This book is the best book I have ever read aside from the "Harry Potter" and "Twilight" series.  It is part of a series written by Ally Carter and is comprised of this book, "I Cross My Heart And Hope To Spy", and also "Don't Judge A Girl By Her Cover". The first book kept me up to 11:00 pm just to finish it.  It is about a girl named Cammie who is secretly a spy.  Her friends call her Chameleon because she blends into crowds so easily.  She goes to a special school for only certain girls.  The school hand...

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