books: Clutch Cargo Lips

Have I mentioned Neil Gaiman on this blog yet?

Reading his “Blueberry Girl”. I love the words, but also love Charles Vess’ artwork. [...]

NPR’s next read: Anansi Boys

How cool is this? NPR’s Bryant Park Project’s bookclub is reading Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys this month! Pick up your copy and read along. You won’t regret it. (Now where did I put my copy?)
If you like audio books, check out the audio book of Anansi Boys read by Lenny Henry. It’s one of the [...]

Review: Life Among the Savages

Before Erma Bombeck and Jean Kerr wrote about life as housewives and stay-at-home-mothers in the 1950’s, Shirley Jackson had already published her account.
You’ve probably read, or at least heard of Shirley Jackson, but you might not remember where or how. Think back to your high school English classes. Remember reading The Lottery? If that doesn’t [...]

Hurry. Read American Gods. For free.

A few years ago my daughter said she wanted to read a book called Coraline because she saw it in the book tent at the National Book Festival. I didn’t buy it there, but asked about it the next time we were in a bookstore. The book was not available for purchase at the store, [...]

Not loving Love in the Time of Cholera

I’m seriously considering quitting book group. I’ve not been into the past couple of books we’ve read and because of that I don’t read. I feel that I need to be reading the book group selection so I read nothing.
I’ve got a pile of books to read and want to just dive into those. Maybe [...]