Reading Envy

Back in April, I made a pile of most of the first page of my to-read list, and worked through until I had tasted each one . From there I d...

Istanbul: Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk Along with The World's Literature group , I have been reading a lot of books set in T...

The Best of Connie Willis: Award-Winning Stories by Connie Willis My rating: 3 of 5 stars Connie Willis is a writer of ideas. In longer...

There is a meme going around today about Beach Reads.  I've skimmed a few of the posts, and as I suspected, most people are focusing on ...

The last time I read and blogged a mighty tome, it was the late summer of Ulysses in 2011 . It was a satisfying experience, more so just to ...

I've been working through my list of approved titles in NetGalley by expiration date (reading the next to expire first).   If you are a...

When I was in Nashville for a conference, I made time to visit Parnassus Books , owned by author Ann Patchett.  Ann is the author of State o...