#Opinion

Words, Football, Nuclear War, and the Delightful Rediscovery of Don DeLillo

If you’re like me, you’ve found two ways to consistently and satisfyingly occupy a fall Sunday: 1. Exploring the vagaries ...

Organizing Your Bookshelves: Version 2.0

Shelving your books alphabetically by the author’s last name is so 2010. Here are some new ideas for how to ...

Burn All the Books: Why I’m an eBook Devotee

Yesterday, Kim told you all about why hardcover books suck. I totally agree. And I’ll even go further: books, in ...

A Brief History of Booze and Books

Frank Sinatra famously declared that he felt sorry for people who don’t drink, ’cause when they wake up in the ...

Why Ron Weasley Should Have Died

According to my own rules about spoilers, I am compelled to warn you that significant plot points of a variety ...

Three Reasons I Hate Hardcover Books

Does it make me a bad book lover to admit that I don’t like hardcover books? Or, that I would ...

How to Read a Classic

First of all, let’s not get into semantics about what makes a classic… the type I’m talking about here is ...

Avoiding Some Characters at the Literary Water Cooler

In a recent Slate article, novelist Lionel Shriver wrote a “defense of unlikable characters,” wherein she claims that no one ...

Sneak Preview and Giveaway: CARRY THE ONE

I am so excited because I get to play Book Santa Claus today and spread joy and cheer to all ...

Need More Reasons to NetGalley?

Yes, I’m using NetGalley as a verb, as in: are you NetGalleying? Because those of you who use NetGalley know ...