The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison H. Bartlett
BONUS: A final book for “55 at 55” Bookstores and libraries are magical places, inviting us to discover new reading …
BONUS: A final book for “55 at 55” Bookstores and libraries are magical places, inviting us to discover new reading …
I began my year of “55 books at age 55” with an A: Alice I Have Been. So it’s fitting …
Most of us know Flannery O’Connor from her classic short story, “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” (1953), the …
I like Anna Quindlen’s writing: novels such as Black and Blue and essays enjoyed over the years. I have a …
Long live the detective novel, done well. I’ve spent the weekend in 1924 Morocco, an occasionally harrowing but continually captivating …
I’d never heard of Cloud Atlas—published in 2004—until my friend Dan mentioned that he was reading it in advance of …
This seemed like an ideal book for me: set in a small English village and featuring an intelligent, charmingly old-fashioned …
I’ve been struggling to write about some of the books I’ve been reading lately, three of them mysteries: this one …
Having read the next two entries in the Ruth Galloway series, I’d planned to crow about being caught up. But …
If you glance through the writers represented on this blog, you’ll find few men. Over the years, I’ve been disappointed …