In my world, there would be as many public libraries as there are Starbucks. – Henry Rollins, punk rock god, author, public speaker, generally fascinating guy Read more
Yearly Archives: 2015
Hot Guys with Books
Another classically handsome fellow: Clark Gable Read more
Review: Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision NOT to Have Children by Meghan Daum
This was a very personal read for me. I am approaching a landmark birthday and I am single and childless, and I’m not depressed about any of it. I am not afraid of getting older, since I don’t feel old. I would very much like to meet someone special, but I am not pining away, nor am I desperate and… Read more
New on the Shelves…
More new books this week, starting with A Scourge of Vipers by Bruce de Silva: To solve Rhode Island’s budget crisis, the state’s colorful governor, Attila the Nun, wants to legalize sports gambling; but her plan has unexpected consequences. Organized crime, professional sports leagues, and others who have a lot to lose–or gain–if gambling is made legal flood the state with… Read more
Review: Extreme Food – What to Eat When Your Life Depends On It by Bear Grylls
I love survival books! They’re all part of my plan to be prepared for the Zombie Apocalypse. And after reading Extreme Food: What to Eat When Your Life Depends on It by Bear Grylls, I know which bugs I can cook, which mushrooms to avoid, and that if the situation is ever so dire that my best food source is a… Read more
Quotables
“Harry Potter isn’t real? Oh no! Wait, wait, what do you mean by real? Is this video blog real? Am I real if you can see me and hear me, but only through the internet? Are you real if I can read your comment but I don’t know who you are or what your name is or where you’re from… Read more
Hot Guys with Books
Another one not reading a book, I know, but how could I resist? Daniel Craig is my favorite Bond, hands down, and the one that most reminds me of the Bond in the books. Read more
Review: Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick
I’ve been making the drive back and forth to our Cincinnati office the last two weeks (about 3.5 hours in good traffic) and audiobooks are the perfect entertainment. I can catch up on my reading while I drive and some books are just better on audio. This week, I managed to pick up two books with similar themes, although told… Read more
New on the Shelves…
I am still trying to catch up on the backlog of new books I haven’t told you about! Today, it’s A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara: Brace yourself for the most astonishing, challenging, upsetting, and profoundly moving book in many a season. An epic about love and friendship in the twenty-first century that goes into some of the darkest places… Read more
Quotables
I could never have dreamt that there were such goings-on in the world between the covers of books, such sandstorms and ice blasts of words, such staggering peace, such enormous laughter, such and so many blinding bright lights, splashing all over the pages – Welsh poet Dylan Thomas Read more