“The taste for books was an early one. As a child he was sometimes found at midnight by a page still reading. They took his taper away, and he bred glow-worms to serve his purpose. They took the glow-worms away and he almost burnt the house down with a tinder.” – Virginia Woolf Glow worms! Why didn’t I think of that?… Read more
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. You know the rules: grab your current read, open to a random page and share a two sentence teaser with us (no spoilers!). Be sure to tell us about the book, so we can add it to our TBR list! This week, my Teaser is from… Read more
“You need to read more science fiction. Nobody who reads science fiction comes out with this crap about the end of history” – Iain Banks, who left us far too soon I actually feel this way about a lot of topics. If people read more good books, they wouldn’t have such dumb, uninformed opinions about things! Read more
Today, I’ve got a special treat! I’ve got an excerpt from a great end-of-summer thriller – Chimera by David Wellington. Here’s a little about the story: Ten years after wounded Special Forces veteran Jim Chapel returns home from Afghanistan, he is drafted into a new war soil. A small band of fugitives has escaped from a top secret upstate NY military… Read more
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. You know the rules: grab your current read, open to a random page and share a two sentence teaser with us (no spoilers!). Be sure to tell us about the book, so we can add it to our TBR list! This week, my Teaser is from… Read more
“Her reputation for reading a great deal hung about her like the cloudy envelope of a goddess in an epic.” – Henry James Have you noticed that we readers get a reputation? It seems to happen particularly among my friends who are light readers. I am always being asked, “Have you read the new” this or that, recently released or reviewed… Read more
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. You know the rules: grab your current read, open to a random page and share a two sentence teaser with us (no spoilers!). Be sure to tell us about the book, so we can add it to our TBR list! This week, my teaser is from… Read more
“I’m old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised.” – Polish author Wis?awa Szymborska I know that I would agree, and so would a lot of my friends! Read more
Even an average guy gets an above-average mark when he’s carrying a book. Now, Bradley Cooper is way above average to start with, but with a book, the literary gals (and some of the guys) are just melting. I love the fact that he’s looking a little scruffy and this is clearly not posed for the cameras. Read more
I was so excited to get a chance to read and review this! I find Neil Gaiman’s work really interesting; even the books I haven’t loved have intrigued me. The Ocean at the End of the Lane is definitely a one-sitting read: once you pick it up, you will be hard-pressed to put it down. Note to authors: please give your characters names!… Read more