Or maybe this should be Cold Guys with Books – Richard Madden: Read more
Yearly Archives: 2014
New on the Shelves…
Another new book! Lineup by Liad Shoham A brutal rape in a quiet Tel Aviv neighborhood has the police baffled. There are no witnesses, suspects, or clues, until the victim’s father steps in and finds overwhelming evidence pointing to Ziv Nevo. Veteran detective Eli Nahum questions Nevo, but can’t get anything out of him. That’s because Nevo has a secret.… Read more
New on the Shelves…
Oh boy, do I have a stack of books to share with you! Check this out…A Bowl of Olives: On Food and Memory by Sara Midda From the author of the international bestseller In and Out of the Garden and the wondrous sketchbook Sara Midda’s South of France comes a long-awaited treasure of a book. Drawn from the artist’s wealth of impressions and memories, it… Read more
Quotables
This is so true for me – sometimes, you find a book or a story at just the right time and it doesn’t just speak, it shouts to you and it stays with you always. “Stories you read when you’re the right age never quite leave you. You may forget who wrote them or what the story was called. Sometimes… Read more
Hot Guys with Books
If you can’t get enough pics of people reading, check out Hot Guys Reading Books and Everybody Reading Books – because lovely ladies read, too. This one is particularly awesome – David Tennant, who is fabulous in so many ways: Read more
Review: Want You Dead by Peter James
Want You Dead by Peter James is a woman’s worst nightmare. You date a guy who seems terrific — he’s handsome and charming, doesn’t mind spending money on you and seems to really enjoy your company — and he turns out to be a crazy stalker. In this case a OMGCRAZYWTF stalker. The kind that breaks into your house, burns… Read more
Quotables
“There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I haven’t kept long enough.” – Irwin Shaw, American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author Read more
Hot Guys with Books
Snagged from Tumblr (as so many great pics are): Colin O’Donoghue (Captain Hook) reading James Joyce Read more
Take Your Child to a Bookstore Saturday, December 6th
Saturday, December 6th is the fifth annual Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day. What a great idea! I loved libraries and bookstores as a kid, and I think that most kids do — what a treasure trove of cool stuff! All the colors, all the books, all the related toys and games, the pens and stickers and all the… Read more
New on the Shelves…
I’ve got a stack of new books to tell you about! First off, Three Hundred Million by Blake Butler: Blake Butler’s fiction has dazzled readers with its dystopian dreamscapes and swaggering command of language. Now, in his most topical and visceral novel yet, he ushers us into the consciousness of two men in the shadow of a bloodbath: Gretch Gravey, a cryptic… Read more