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• Short Story: The Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka

  

  I really give short shrift to short stories, pun intended. The reason is the same I hear expressed by other readers: by the time you become deeply engaged with... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Photo of the Day

  

  This leaf is fallen from the maple tree in front of our house. It's so dazzlingly red when the sun shines through; it casts a pink reflection through our... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Receptionist: An Education at the New Yorker by Janet Groth

  

  . Algonquin Books: June 2012 [Library copy.] I could sum up this book in one quick blurb: Pretty blonde takes advantage of an informal meeting with literary... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Sunday Salon: September 30, 2012 Edition

  

  Not the first time I haven't posted a Sunday Salon until Monday. Probably won't be the last. First, the Booker Shortlist contenders, which I frankly don't feel... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2012 BOOKS

• Book Acquisitions!

  

  Such a gorgeous autumn day! Sunny, just a bit windy and temperatures in the low 70s. The trees are turning glorious shades of yellow and red and I had the day... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2012 BOOKS

• Book Blogs Are Harming Literature! Or, Here We Go Again...

  Have you heard? Apparently the head judge person, a/k/a God of All Things Literary, for the Man Booker Prize feels bloggers aren't equipped to discuss... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• I Guess It's Book Blogger Appreciation Week...

  I hear tell it's Book Blogger Appreciation Week, when all we who do the aforesaid are to pat ourselves on the back for our efforts and recognize others we admir... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Man Booker Shortlist 2013 - On She Raves

  Alrighty. It's official. The shortlist: Tan Twan Eng - The Garden Of Evening Mists (Myrmidon Books) Deborah Levy - Swimming Home (And Other Stories/Faber &... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• There's a Dinosaur on the Spaceship!

  

  Yes, I'm a Whovian. Not the sort who can rattle off chapter and verse from every episode, but more the "We ARE watching Doctor Who tonight or SOMEONE IN THIS... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2012 BOOKS

• 2012 - Reading and Contemplation at the 3/4 Mark

  

  September, 2009 It's September: the days are becoming noticibly shorter, the temperatures beginning to drop a little - after a miserable summer of drought and... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Little Free Library Movement: Winslow, AR Branch

  

  Take a book, return a book. It's sweeping the world! "Little Free Libraries" are just what they sound like: a volunteer movement to build these tiny "take a... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Mortality by Christopher Hitchens

  

  Mortality by Christopher Hitchens. Twelve. September 4, 2012. [Review copy from publisher.] Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the ‘transcendent’ an... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Banned Books Week Coming Soon.

  

  Last year at around this time I was able to do a lot of banned book giveaways - packages with multiple books, plus library t-shirts - mostly because Borders... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Little Free Library: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  

  Another in the series of Little Free Libraries (take a book, leave a book) across the globe. Isn't this one gorgeous? Love the Tudor-esque house and the little... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Being and Nothingness: A Gentle Rant...

  I say it's a gentle rant because earlier I drafted a partial post that's an uncharacteristically harsh, Christopher-Hitchens-would-be-proud, screed in which I... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Welcome, My Lovelies...!

  

  Either Typepad has gotten tremendously ill and is regurgitating bad facts or my stats have gone through the roof, thanks to a posting about himself, Sebastian... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Blogging: Status Quo and the Future

  

  An opinion piece, in lieu of a Sunday Salon installment today: I was pondering the other day - yes, it happens - on book blogs, specifically why people read the... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Little Free Library Movement: Lexington, KY Branch

  

  "Little Free Libraries" are just what they sound like: a volunteer movement to build these tiny "take a book, leave a book" structures around the world. Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Sunday Salon on a Friday: August 12, 2012

  

  Source: ffffound.com via Lissie on Pinterest Oh, don't be silly. I don't mean YOU, Dear Readers. I mean the rest of the world, the rude people who ignore the... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• She's Leaving Home

  

  In the midst of it all, we're getting my daughter and oldest child ready to leave for college. We're down to less than a week now, shockingly enough, and the... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2012 BOOKS