The second season of "A Series of Unfortunate Events" is filled with even more clever visual jokes and references than the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

For kids who hide indoors with a pile of books until the autumnal chill arrives. By Lemony Snicket Lemony Snicket’s “The Bad Beginning,” Book 1 of “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” will be reissued in ...

The author of seven novels, three “not-novels,” and 26 books under his nom de plume Lemony Snicket, Daniel Handler has added a memoir to his oeuvre. Sort of. “And Then? And Then? What Else?” is a ...

This is simply a horrible book. We figure you'd be disappointed if we said anything else. The latest installment on the terrible misadventures of the Baudelaire orphans is dark and weird. (A covered ...