M.L. Stedman

Making Waves: 5 Books About the Sea and Sailing
From Moby-Dick to The Old Man and the Sea, books about life on and around the water have always fascinated readers. There is endless mystery, mythology and romance associated with exploring and understanding the world’s oceans, possibly because there is still so much exploring and understanding left to do. That we rely so heavily upon… Read More »
Tags: In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, John Steinbeck, M.L. Stedman, Michael Ondaatje, Nathaniel Philbrick, One Megastorm and the Sinking of El Faro, Rachel Slade, The Cat’s Table, The Light Between Oceans, The Pearl

No Happy Endings- Books in Honor of A Series of Unfortunate Events
Today Netflix premiers its new television adaptation of Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, which, for me, means that tonight is going to be less about reading and more about watching. A Series of Unfortunate Events is a series of children’s books (thirteen, to be exact) about the orphaned Baudelaire children who are constantly… Read More »
Tags: A Series of Unfortunate Events, Books, David Nicholls, Don't You Cry, Hausfrau, Jill Alexander Essbaum, John Green, Jojo Moyes, kristin hannah, Lemony Snicket, Lit, M.L. Stedman, Mary Kubica, me before you, One Day, reading, The Fault in Our Stars, The Light Between Oceans, the nightingale
5 Refreshing Reads to Cool Down With in August
OK so, summer is great. We all know this. It’s probably the most anticipated season in the year—‘cause who doesn’t love the luxury of enjoying gloriously lazy days out in the sun, whether on the beach, having a picnic or doing a backyard BBQ? The flip side, though, is…it can get real stinkin’ hot outside.… Read More »
Tags: adam's rib, And The Mountains Echoed, antonio manzini, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Guy Browning, khaled hosseini, M.L. Stedman, Never Hit a Jellyfish with a Spade, Staff Picks, summer, The Light Between Oceans, The Nest