Professionally speaking who do you admire? Is there one person or several with whom you feel are simply at the top of their game? Another question, do you have access to them? Personally, there are many people that come to mind when I think about...
• Thank #RandomHouse via #Netgalley for this ARC of The Warehouse by Rob Hart • Today is publication day for The Warehouse by Rob Hart. There has been a lot of hype surrounding this novel and the movie rights have already been acquired by Ron Howard. This...
Face value. We all judge things, at least somewhat by face value. Whether it's fair or not really doesn't matter because it happens in most cases almost instantly. I judge books by their covers everyday. If they look cheesy, low-budget, or just plain dumb I pass them...
The weekend. These might be two of the best words. Even if I'm just sitting at home, which is most weekends, it should still be celebrated with wine, dessert, and copious amounts of reading. I have a funny story that happened about a year or so...
Rather than 'something borrowed and something blue,' this is 'something old and something new.' I was looking at my bookshelves today and thought of something. About twelve years ago, due to a move and then not having any bookshelves I got rid of almost all my...
Do books that win or are finalists for literary awards make you more interested in reading them? Are awards such as the Man Booker, PEN/Hemingway, or the Pulitzer enticing, or do you even care? Personally I've felt both ways. A few years ago I was sort...
When I began thinking about starting this blog, writing about anything book-related was the main and most basic perimeter. After starting it, I also wanted the blog to develop organically. Now I'm not sure who wants something they are creating to feel anything but genuine...
• Thank you #Scribner for this ARC of Turbulence by David Szalay • I have a stack or two of homeless books in my bedroom. I am out of shelf space so they reside in a somewhat neat but hoardish stack next to a full book...
Stories about ordinary families are those which interest me most. Domestic dramas represent humanity at its very core and they are our best and closest chance to become the fly on the wall inside our neighbors' homes. So now that I sound like a total...
This past weekend was spent with a group of some of my favorite people, who also happen to be part bookworm. We had our first bookclub sleepover and it was so fun. Our August book was Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. ...