It took me a long time to make my way through this book and I'm not sure a lot of it sunk in. (Pretty sure this is a me problem and not ...

When I mentioned to Sam that I was reading A Visit From the Goon Squad , he asked me if I was going to blog about it. I'm pretty sure I ...

I can’t remember how it was that I recently heard Claire Fuller has a fifth book out (although I can hazard a guess: Instagram has just rece...

After my earlier (and only) experience with John Banville, you might think I wouldn’t go back for more. But you would be wrong. I mean, Sno...

What a long, strange trip it’s been. But . . . mostly just long. I’ve literally been reading this book for months. (Full disclosure: this wa...

I have literally had this book for ten years without cracking it open, always intending to read it and never doing so. When deciding on whic...

This book was a gift from Sam along with all the Miss Marple mysteries (which I’ve already read and blogged about). I’ve really enjoyed read...

Did I say I don’t like reading about war? Maybe that’s because I'd never read about war waged by a woman.  I'd never heard of this b...

I have had this book for so long. I mean, dang, I bought it back when you could get a new paperback for fifty cents. I don't remember ex...

Sigh. I finished reading this book a week and a half ago and have dragged my feet about it ever since then. Each day that passes solidifies ...

I may not be a poet but You’ll humor me, I hope Or get to know a better one:  Her name is Wendy Cope She wrote a little poem called  “The Or...

Walden was on a long list of books I have always intended to read, most of which appear there purely because, for whatever reason, I feel I...