January 2009

Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book won the Newbery Medal!

If you have ever been frustrated by a. gross online grammar, b. improper apostrophe use, or c. people who type LiKe ThiS, then you should probably watch this video.

The main problem with writing about and thinking about books all the time on one hand, and access to writers’ blogs and interviews on the other, is that it’s very hard to take any sort of literary achievement seriously.

Evelina moves beyond 18th c chick-lit into something a little more interesting.

The Monk is notable in part because everyone in it is completely insane.

The final episode of Royal Canadian Air Farce aired New Year’s Eve. Sniff.

Happy New Year! It was, for me at least, a delightful one (It also might have involved discussing debt equity in the small hours of the morning. I deny everything.).