Serendipity
I’m a pretty voracious reader and have been since I was but a wee child; I can still feel the sense of wonder that came along with the first time I was given books of my own (Little Golden Books,...
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I come from a family of non-readers. That is really not an overstatement—none of my siblings read anything but the newspaper. My mother has been reading the same book for the last 30 years. She’s...
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Linkspam, 11/2/12 Edition
Fifty Shades Linkspam is a bit light this week due to me getting distracted by Hurricane Sandy and spending way too much time looking at weather websites and not as much time trawling for links. New...
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Ah, The Library
I did something on Saturday I haven’t done since moving to my current town in 2001—I went to the library. That may seem really odd for someone who’s spent the last 8 years reviewing books, but let me...
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NY Times: Notable books of 2012
The Scream, Edvard Munch When I think of the word notable, I must have a somewhat different view from The New York Times, which recently published its list of 100 notable books for 2012. Of the 53...
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Books and Holidays
Books and Christmas just seem to go together around our house. It seems that nearly every year, my husband gives me a book, and I naturally give him one in return. Now it’s true that some years we’ve...
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Looking Forward: 2013
Watching the Dark, the 20th Alan Banks novel If you’re anything like me where books are concerned, then the start of a new year brings all sorts of excitement because it means potential new offerings...
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Defining a Text in the 21st Century
a stack of books Here at my house, we are rather eagerly awaiting our daughter’s college graduation, just as many parents across the country are. Because she’s a member of her school’s Honors...
View ArticleShort Fiction Online: What’s Free, What’s Good
If you want to find some of the really exciting short fiction being written right now, the best place to look for it is right here on the internet. I follow a few of my favorite writers on Facebook,...
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Linkspam, 11/22/13 Edition
Betta, by Visarute Angatavanich Hear What Happened At Boston’s Symphony Hall After JFK’s Assassination Isaac Asimov’s science fiction prompted look into whether he was communist informant Sadly,...
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