As a rom-com enthusiast, I have a set list of tropes I enjoy and those I don’t. While I could spend hours on the couch with a book featuring a well-developed friends-to-lovers relationship, I’ve been...

On Sunday, I went to the Barnes & Noble in League City, Texas for the first time in six months. Aside from an expanded science-fiction section, the store was exactly as I remembered it: the nonfiction...