“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
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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
Review: Deep Shelter by Oliver Harris
Let me start off by saying: I loved this book. Nick Belsey is a sorry excuse for a cop, probably a worse boyfriend, but he is smart and determined and he just does not quit. Deep Shelter by Oliver Harris is a terrific story, full of twists and turns, with a lot of great characters. Belsey is trying to find a… Read more
And finally…
I know I haven’t been around here much lately. I’ve been busy! Lots going on and the holiday and NaNoWriMo – but now, I’ve got one less excuse. Go me! I know that I haven’t been around here much lately — lots going on and the holidays and NaNoWriMo. Now, I’ve got one… Read more
Happy Thanksgiving!
Quotables
“I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.” – Benedict Cumberbatch, British actor and booklover Oh, and how I wouldn’t like to be curled up with him! Read more
Quotables
“If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the… Read more
Quotables
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only once.” – George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones author Read more