Robert Bruce

LATEST ARTICLES ( 529 )

• 2013 In Review

  Hello again, guys! Remember me?This has been the longest break I’ve taken from blogging since I started this blog three-and-a-half years ago, but it was well... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Top 10 Posts From 2013

  Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!Today is my last post of 2013. I’ll be back posting live on January 6, which will make this my longest hiatus since I started 10... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Next Up: The Day Of The Locust

  I thought this title sounded like a real pick-me-upper to read over the Christmas holidays. I’ll say I have zero familiarity with The Day of the Locust and its... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book #65: Call It Sleep

  

  Call It Sleep is a tale of two novels.The first 75% of the novel is fabulous. It’s emotionally draining and depressing–but fabulous nonetheless. Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• How To Respond When Your Best Work Is Behind You

  I’m not sure what I think about Elizabeth Gilbert. To be fully up-front before today’s post, I’ve never read anything she’s written, including the immensely... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The World’s Trickiest Tongue Twister

  It’s definitely not “She sells seashells by the seashore.”So what is the world’s trickiest tongue-twister?According to MIT researcher Stefanie... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Do’s And Don’ts Of Reading On A Plane

  Reading on an airplane shouldn’t be that difficult.You sit down, open a book, flip on your overhead light, and quietly read for a couple of hours while your... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Henry Roth’s Secret

  We speculated a little last week about why Henry Roth might have gone into a 40 year writing funk after Call It Sleep was published in 1934. Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The 101 Books Christmas Gift Guide

  

  Christmas is two weeks from today. Did you read that….Christmas is two weeks from today!OH CRAP. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BUY? Who knew Christmas actually came on... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Problem With The Name Henry Roth

  

  As you guys know, I do some research on the books from the Time list as I’m reading them. It goes without saying that Google is my friend. Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Who Do You Write Like?

  Yes, grammatically, the title of this post should be “Whom do you write like?”But, blah.I thought this little widget is interesting, though I have no idea how... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 101 Books Mailbag #1

  Welcome to the first edition of the 101 Books Mailbag!On Monday, I asked you guys if you had any questions for me about books, blogging, writing, and so on–and... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• This Is What Good Writing Looks Like

  Sometimes, I highlight a passage and then get all wordy about how awesome it is and how beautiful the writing is and how the author must be an angel of the... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Introducing The Top 101 Picture Books

  You know I love lists. That’s how this blog got started. And I love kids. I have two of them. So when Amy Smith from the blog Motherhood and Miscellany... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Curious Case Of Henry Roth

  While researching Henry Roth, author of Call It Sleep, I found his obituary as it appeared in The New York Times on October 15, 1995. Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Introducing The 101 Books Mailbag!

  I want to try something new today to kick off December.Awhile back, I wrote a post in which you guys could ask me a bunch of questions about books, writing,... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Giving Literary Thanks, Year 2

  Last Thanksgiving, I told you about some literary-related things I’m thankful for. Tomorrow, Thanksgiving returns here in the United States, so let’s do it... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Next Up: Call It Sleep

  At the time of this writing, I’ve read the prologue to Call It Sleep by Henry Roth. The prologue is about 10 pages, and it almost made me cry. Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book #64: Ubik

  

  You’ve gone and done it, Philip K. Dick.You’ve gone and made me write a review in which I can’t ramble about how much I dislike science fiction.You see, I... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Your Search Questions Answered, Volume 18

  Let’s get right to it today. You know the drill.These are unedited, uncensored search terms that find their way to my blog, paired with my observation on each. Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE