With snow and ice interfering with everyone’s ability to get out and about, there’s never been a better excuse to… Read more Children’s Authors You Should Check Out – Even If You Can’t Read Dutch

With snow and ice interfering with everyone’s ability to get out and about, there’s never been a better excuse to… Read more Children’s Authors You Should Check Out – Even If You Can’t Read Dutch
Does it matter what writers look like? The politically correct answer is, of course, no. Yet this week I finished… Read more Opening Pandora’s Box: On the Power of Popular Culture
Many moons ago, I was a member of a reading group. The members have since gone their separate ways, but… Read more On the Joys of Starting a Mini Reading Group
I’m probably the last person on earth to read We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver, and I’m… Read more We Need to Talk About Books
Back when I started this blog I thought I would add a post at least every week. Of course work… Read more Why Books Are Better Than TV (Okay, Sometimes)
I have been feeling a bit conflicted over the past few days or so. I have just finished reading Norman… Read more Why Do I Love Norman Mailer and Why Do I Not Feel Bad About It?
A while ago, I wrote about Moravagine, calling it the weirdest book I’d ever read. I stumbled upon it when… Read more The Joy of Literary Treasure Hunting
It’s been a while since my last post, but I have been enjoying a well-deserved break. As most people I… Read more When Reading Feels Like a Guilty Pleasure…
Many moons ago, when I had just reached the legal drinking age and was introduced to the wonderful world of… Read more What Cheap Booze Taught Me About Literature
… and I’m still not sure what to think of it. Leafing through 500 Cult Books, always a great source… Read more This Is Quite Possibly the Weirdest Book I’ve Ever Read…