Peter Damien
Peter Damien has been reading since time out of mind, writing for a very long time, and been hopelessly lost to a disgraceful addiction to tea for a few years now. He writes short stories, comics, a lot of articles, and novels at an achingly slow pace. When not staring at words, he spends a lot of time in the woods, as befits a man of his hairstyle. He lives with a billion books, a tolerant wife, too many animals, and also two small boys. When it comes to writing, the small boys are, frankly, no help whatsoever. You can find Peter on Twitter, if that's the kind of thing you're into.
Twitter: @peterdamien
The Sounds of Reading
Peter Damien
August 1, 2013
One of the most interesting things about Twitter (aside from how my Twitter feed is a lethal book recommendation engine ...
Books for the Reading Runner
Peter Damien
July 24, 2013
Running was always my preferred method of exercise, but it wasn’t until I moved to Washington state that it went ...
3 Steps to Reading Harder, Faster, Better, Stronger
Peter Damien
July 16, 2013
According to a much-discussed survey, the average American adult reads about four books a year. It’s a depressingly low figure ...
Reading AMERICAN GODS on Repeat
Peter Damien
June 18, 2013
This post is part of our Neil Gaiman Reading Day: a celebration of one of our favorite authors on the occasion of the publication ...
Barnes & Noble’s Mid-Life Crisis
Peter Damien
May 31, 2013
Much of the good ship Book Riot is off at Book Expo America this week, so we’re running some of ...
RAPTURE PRACTICE by Aaron Hartzler: A Review
Peter Damien
May 15, 2013
The Rapture is a belief among people who take their religions very, very literally. If you don’t know what the ...
Movie Tie-In Covers Are Great (And So Can You!)
Peter Damien
April 29, 2013
Over on Twitter, BookRiot Head Honcho, Raconteur, and Gadfly Jeff O’Neal said, and I quote, “Nothing brings out the lit ...
Reading Strategies for Difficult Books
Peter Damien
April 18, 2013
Maybe you know how it is: for a school class of some level, you’ve been assigned a book to read ...
Books and the Tiger in the Lifeboat
Peter Damien
April 4, 2013
This is not the article I wrote all about bookstores and dinosaurs, drawing a parallel between indie bookstores and huge ...
THE BURGESS BOYS by Elizabeth Strout
Peter Damien
March 28, 2013
Through various venues, I have spent years and years writing book reviews on a regular basis. I enjoy it and ...