crucible of ennui

I looked over at a sweet, elderly lady across the aisle and noticed we’re reading the same smutty book. She’s further along than me and has a few pages folded over.
hubba hubba nana.

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There are bookcases everywhere in our house. The living room, office, kitchen, Cat’s room, my bathroom and of course, the master bedroom. I’ve seriously pared down my book collection. I donate a lot to libraries and periodically box up stuff once I’ve read it. But there are some books I like to have out - [...]

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My favorite book ever, ever is Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. I don’t even remember how many times I’ve read it - usually 2-3 times a year since I was 11. I have an unabridged 2nd edition, a lovely pop-up book, a battered paperback that’s my everyday copy to read. But my [...]

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So I finished The Book of Lost Things. In 3 days. And the only reason it took me so long was that I had to sleep and work.
The best part was seeing the main character, David, evolve and grow in the book from a boy to the beginnings of manhood. The retelling of fairy tales [...]

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It’s been a while since a book totally pulled me in by reading the first few paragraphs, but The Book of Lost Things is a lot of fun! Glenn totally found a winner in this book.
I hope he likes what he’s getting to read for January. It’s Vince Flynn’s Act of Treason

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The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
Okay - this was the first book Glenn gave me to read. It took me a while to get into reading it. Once I did, though, I burned through it pretty quickly. My impression was there was a lot of descriptive passages that bogged it down for me. I wanted [...]

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Okay - so check this out! 
Glenn had the best idea for us. On the first of every month, we’re going to give the other a book to read. The rules are simple - it has to be something the giver has read or is in the process of reading. And the book has to be able to be read in a month. 
So on November [...]

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I’m at a loss as to what to read next. Now that the final Harry Potter book was release this weekend (and read) - I don’t know where to look for the next book to read. Should I go for a biography? or something considered classical literature? maybe something trashy? I may read Peony in [...]

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I hate zombies. Hate them. Some people have a thing against clowns. Some folks - it’s dolls and ventriloquist dummies. For me it’s zombies.
So I’m at the bookstore the other day and I see a copy of The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks, the son of movie great-Mel Brooks. How could I resist? A [...]

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