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The Confidence Index: What Maisie Knew
Full disclosure: This Confidence Index will undoubtedly be colored by the fact that I read What Maisie … Read the full post
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What Is Your Comfort Reading?
After the sickening news from Boston, I find myself in a room with no books, and thus climbing the … Read the full post
Saying Hello To a New Bookstore
Heading into the Elliott Bay Book Company felt like a first date, or an interview. I wanted to make … Read the full post
Saying Goodbye to a Beloved Bookstore
When I stepped inside the Crawford Doyle bookstore last month, I knew it would be the last time for … Read the full post
Bergdorf Goodman’s Literary Windows
While tootling along Fifth Avenue on a bus last week, a friend and I spotted the front windows of … Read the full post
Paperless Post’s Literary In-Jokes
Have you ever taken a close look at the stationery samples and templates on Paperless Post? A Valentine … Read the full post
7 Favorite Author Couples
No matter where you stand on the Valentine’s Day spectrum (sneering or as sweet as a conversation … Read the full post
Bookish Boozing: 5 Literary Wine Labels
Judging by the wine labels I’ve been looking at lately (like Jimmy Carter, with lust in my heart), … Read the full post
Nonfiction Books That Should Be Reshelved as Fiction
Turns out that the library sign in Manly, Australia, directing readers to the fiction section to find … Read the full post
How to Pack a Suitcase Full of Books
How many of us traveled after the holidays with a pachyderm’s weight worth of new books in our suitcases? … Read the full post
Best of Book Riot: Authors Discuss How to Ask Good Questions for Q & A
To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running some of our favorite posts from the last six … Read the full post
Best of Book Riot: 12 Celebrities Who Should Have Their Own Imprints
To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running some of our favorite posts from the last six … Read the full post
Whatever Happened to Kendall Hailey?: Part 2
Now that I’ve tracked down Kendall Hailey, author of the terrific memoir The Day I Became an Autodidact, … Read the full post
Rediscovering a Writer: Whatever Happened to Kendall Hailey?
PART 1 Not long ago, something seized and joggled my memory’s elbow, and I thought of a wonderful … Read the full post
5 Great Multi-Purpose Gift Books
It’s time for another edition of multi-purpose gift books! As with last year’s recommendations, … Read the full post
5 Questions for Jen Adams of THE BOOKS THEY GAVE ME
Could this be the ultimate meta-gift? The Books They Gave Me, a paper-and-glue collection culled from … Read the full post
Nancy Huston Scores the Bad Sex in Fiction Award
Good thing E. L. James has her Person of the Year in publishing award to keep her warm, since she … Read the full post
Inscription Encryption
I’ve kept a copy of Edie: American Girl for twenty years purely on the basis of its impeccable, … Read the full post
Ice, Ice Baby: A Review of ANNA KARENINA
A woman nearly waltzing as she’s being dressed by a servant. Pieces of scenery whizzing to and fro. … Read the full post
Go Postal with the Letter Writers Alliance
When I heard that someone had released a new kind of carrier pigeon, I had to learn more. The pigeon, … Read the full post
