Archive for September, 2013
Book Quotes
My Sacred Place…Funny Book Quotes
“Nowhere is more sacred than the place I read my books.” -William Yatscoff Rate this post
Book Quotes
Health Books - A Problem for All of Us
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910) Rate this post
Interesting Books
John Green: A Primer
John Green. Just the name sends fans of young adult literature into reading frenzies. He made geek chic and has authored some of the best YA novels of the past ten years. Not familiar with his work? This primer will introduce y...
Interesting Books
What’s So British about Female British Writers?
A Tradition of “Great Literature” from Female British Writers Great Britain has maintained its reputation as a literary continent for the past few centuries. Shakespeare, Donne, Dickens and the Brontës are but some ...
What Should I Read Next
Review: Heartburn by Nora Ephron
Heartburn by Nora Ephron is the funniest book you’ll ever read about heartbreak and betrayal. It’s full of wry observations about the compromises we make to marry – and then stay married to – people who are very different from ...
Book Lists
A Bibliophile’s Miscellany: Family Memoirs
A well-written family memoir is a beautiful thing, though sometimes subject to accusations of solipsism. What’s the point of all that introspective navel-gazing? I disagree that autobiographies are inherently narcissistic; beca...
What Should I Read Next
Book Review: Under the Bright Lights by Daniel Woodrell
Under the Bright Lights by Daniel Woodrell is a Deep South crime noir with prose drunk on poetry. This book is part one of The Bayou Trilogy, and the author’s first published (1986) novel. Since its publication, Woodrell has go...
Bibliotherapy
What to read? (Part 3) A Matter of Taste
What is literary taste, and how does one develop it? If the question of like / don’t like is insufficient, what other considerations come into play? My guru in this matter is little-read English novelist Arnold Bennett, whose L...
What Should I Read Next
Review: Red Doc> by Anne Carson, A Medley of Monsters and Men
Anne Carson’s Red Doc> (released March 5th from Knoph) is a follow-up to her acclaimed 1998 novel in verse, Autobiography of Red. It is part poem, part play/tragedy/opera, part novel, and it is what we have come to exp...
Book Trailer
The Werewolf Asylum - Book Trailer
I am a huge fan of werewolf series and this book trailer really got me going. Sometimes I think the lack of information is better than having too much information. ‘The Werewolf Asylum’ by Gareth Barsby really makes...
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What’s Barack Obama reading?
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Review: A Man of Parts by David Lodge
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Five Great Book Origin Stories
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Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth
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Banned Books Reading List
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The Little Book of Muses Trailer
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Dead Man’s Alibi Trailer
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Fancy Clapping Trailer
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Who is Killing the Great Capes of Heropa? Trailer
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Review: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
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Summer Reading Special: Escapist Travel Books
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My Brother - Read a Kindle
