I remember, already an adult, being surprised by my cousin’s confident pronouncement that it was “every little girl’s dream” to live in New ...

I loved this little book. I read it in one day, which is something you can do when you're home sick but not quite  dying.  Originally pu...

This book was written a lifetime ago. (1997!). I've enjoyed (and been impressed by) Cusk’s more recent books, and was surprised to find ...

I don’t know how long ago I started reading this book. I have started and finished perhaps a dozen others in the meantime, maybe even more. ...

We made another trip to the lovely Collected Works bookstore in Santa Fe last week, and Sam found this new book for me there. I've read ...

This was a fun book. And very meta! I came across it in the eighth issue of Oh Reader magazine (which, by the way, I have just realized I ...

I found this pretty little hardcover book at Half Price Books (where else?) and really liked the artwork on the cover. It looked like it cou...

Sam read this book first, and he absolutely loved it. We haven't really discussed the details yet (I'm sure he didn't want to gi...

I’ve never read Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad , and I’ll have to remedy that soon. For those of you who aren’t so remiss—apparently you...

Here’s another one from my recent buying spree. I read and enjoyed King’s Euphoria a while back, and bought (but inexplicably still haven’t...

Remember how I said I’d recently gone on a spree and ended up buying about 11 new books? It was kind of Sam’s idea. Sam wanted something new...

I found this book through one of those Buzzfeed articles that so often convinces me to waste time. The article in question was a compilation...