I’ve been thinking about something Evelyn Goldman posted to her book blog weeks ago. In […]
The No-Go List; Or, Titles I Love But Hardly Ever Recommend
Being a librarian, I tend to sort what I read into categories. There are the […]
Gimme, Gimme; Or, I Will Read Everything This Author Publishes
Every issue of Library Journal includes pages of prepub alerts that cover dozens of authors that are […]
Books for Bookish People: Books that Feature Authors with Secrets
Last night, I finished reading In the Distance with You, by Carla Guelfenbein (review pending) and […]
The Happily Unhappy Reader; Or, Why Don’t I Read Happy Books?
Recently, a reader said to me that she wanted to read something happy. She had […]
Reading Registers; Or, Bouncing Between Genres*
For several years now, my reading choices have been driven by publication dates. Most of […]
A Weird Fiction Thing I Like: Stories About Buildings Full of Strangers
One of my weird, bookish thrills is finding new genre-lets that delight me. My most […]
Where and When; Or, Set the Stage for Me
A lot of the books I’ve read lately have taken me to places and times […]
This is Your Brain on Literary Criticism; Or, Back in the English Major Saddle Again
This spring, I am once again assisting with an upper division English course. This time […]
A Curious Case of Shelf Envy
A few days ago, Thomas Otto of Hogglestock posted that his “Century of Books” challenge had […]