Thoughts on the written word (and frequently, the butchering thereof). Reviews, miscellaneous information, and copious quotations abound.
JD Salinger died today at age 91, which came as a bit of a surprise, since I had no idea he was still alive.
Scott Westerfeld’s Leviathan takes place in an alternate pre-WWI Europe that is as much about possible futures as it is about alternate pasts.
The way you experience a book is subjective.
124 sci-fi/fantasy books The Guardian thinks you should read.
The Hipless Boy is a little bit more silly and sexy – and a lot less pretentious – than many other graphic novels, and for that it should be applauded.
Sarah Waters’ The Little Stranger, a post-war gothic tale about what can only be called a really creepy house, has made the shortlist for the 2009 Man Booker Prize.
I do not read vampire books because I want to know about feelings. I read them because I want to know about throat-ripping.
Stephanie Meyer’s The Host is science fiction that doesn’t feel like science fiction. Pity it falls flat.
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters goes on sale Sept. 15.
After years of listening to the audio book for Fragile Things, I finally picked up the print version. It’s just not the same.
The BBC believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up?
The romance you know and love, now with zombies.
Nick and Alan have spent almost all of their comparatively short lives running from the Magician’s Circle with their insane mother in tow.
Daring prison escapes, libel, accusations of perjury, less successful daring escapes, beheadings and scandal. And gravity.
Carrie Ryan’s post-apocalyptic thriller is more than just another ride on the zombie train.
Many books with LGBT content have had their Amazon sales rankings removed over the last couple days.
Strong female characters can’t make up for purple prose.
The reasoning behind random blanks in literature.
This post is not about porn. It is about books.
Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book won the Newbery Medal!
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 debut novel from Marie Philips, Gods Behaving Badly takes a humorous leap at updating Greek gods’ attributes for the modern world.
The Wrongs of Woman: a Gothic novel with feminist implications.