#Opinion

GENRE KRYPTONITE: Vince Flynn — A Poor Man’s Tom Clancy

We thought Kit’s post about the genres we have an inexplicable weak spot for was so inspired that we thought ...

Mr. Darcy’s Guide to Wooing Women

You can’t stop new adaptations of Pride and Prejudice. (I’ve learned this through bitter tears.) And there’s really only one ...

You Don’t Have A Favorite Author

As a proud and pugnacious fanboy of literary fiction, I am often asked THE question that all of his fellow ...

Judging A Reader By Their Cover

When the great Venn diagrams of this world are drawn, and what a day that will be, one of the ...

All Hail the Library Book Sale

Confession: I like to own my books. All of them. I like seeing the spines on the shelves to remember ...

Sweet Crush, Thy Name is History

Dear Diary, I have a new crush. Its name is Exploring History and it’s published by National Geographic! It’s the new ...

Steve Jobs, Champion of the (Type)Written Word

The news this week, ever since Wednesday’s passing of Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs at the age of 56, has ...

Glasgow Snuff Films: Where Great Books Go To Die

The sight of Halle Berry and Brad Pitt chills my blood. Trust me, I’ve seen them. The pair stalk the ...

Books We “Like”: Uncollected Thoughts on Facebook and Reading

I don’t think I was alone in finding myself perturbed when Facebook changed the look of its “Arts and Entertainment ...

Soaping up the Classics

I like to pretend that the classics are a soap opera. It started when I was in tenth grade and ...