“Let’s be reasonable and add an eighth day to the week that is devoted exclusively to reading.” Lena Dunham, American actress, writer, producer, and director Read more
Hot Guys with Books
New on the Shelves…
Here’s one I found on my Kindle that I am really enjoying, Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff: The critically acclaimed cult novelist makes visceral the terrors of life in Jim Crow America and its lingering effects in this brilliant and wondrous work of the imagination that melds historical fiction, pulp noir, and Lovecraftian horror and fantasy. Chicago, 1954. When his father Montrose… Read more
New on the Shelves…
Another promising title that showed up while I was gone, A Man of Genius by Janet Todd: A Man of Genius portrays a psychological journey from safety into obsession and secrecy. It mirrors a physical passage from flamboyant Regency England through a Europe conquered by Napoleon. Ann, a successful writer of cheap Gothic novels, becomes obsessed with Robert James, regarded by many,… Read more
Quotables
“When I am dead, I hope it may be said: “His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.” —Hilaire Belloc, writer, orator, poet, sailor, satirist, man of letters, soldier and political activist Read more
New on the Shelves…
I’ve been out of town and some new books showed up while I was gone! First up, Gianrico Carofiglio’s A Fine Line: When Judge Larocca is accused of corruption, Guido Guerrieri goes against his better instincts and takes the case. Helped by Annapaola Doria, a motorbike-riding bisexual private detective who keeps a baseball bat on hand for sticky situations, he discovers that… Read more
Review: Baggage by S.G. Redling
This was a great airport book – totally took my mind off delays, screaming kids, annoying airport tv, etc. Instead, while I was reading Baggage by S.G. Redling, I could spend my time yelling (just inside my head) at Anna, who really hates February: Over the years, terrible things keep happening to Anna Ray on February 17. First, there was the… Read more
Quotables
“Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won’t have as much censorship because we won’t have as much fear.” — Judy Blume, author Read more
Review: The Undoing by Averil Dean
The Undoing by Averil Dean begins with one drastic action and no explanation. Julian is alone and does something nearly unthinkable. The interesting thing, for the reader, is that it is entirely out of context – there is only the vaguest of hints about how we came to this point. Then we jump back a day, to see what brought… Read more