I have never been one to mark books as my own. I know quite a few people who order custom bookplates or even rubber stamps so they can put their name into every book in their home library, but that’s not my style at all. Probably because I never buy anything except cheap paperbacks, and [...]
Everyone has different reading preferences. Some people enjoy reading with some quiet classical music playing in the background, while others need complete silence in order to get into their book. Some people love reading at the beach under a big umbrella, while others prefer sitting in a bookstore or coffee shop sipping a latte as [...]
Plot summary (with possible spoilers): Newspaper reporter Jim Qwilleran has just been given a new assignment at the Daily Fluxion. He’s to become the lead reporter for the paper’s “Gracious Abodes” magazine, which will feature photos and stories of some of the most distinctive homes in the area. Qwilleran, who has been used to the [...]
Plot summary (with possible spoilers): Published in 1857, Tom Brown’s Schooldays by Thomas Hughes was one of the first of the so-called “school novel” genre that detailed what life is like at one of Britain’s many public schools. This particular novel concerns a boy named Tom Brown, to whom the reader is introduced while still [...]
I’m not a huge Nicholas Sparks fan, and in fact have disliked more of his novels than I’ve liked. But I don’t exactly hate his works either, so I wasn’t opposed to trying out the 2002 novel Nights in Rodanthe, especially because it was very short and seemed like a quick, easy read. It turned [...]
The latest Michael Connelly book that I listened to in audio form was the 2007 novella The Overlook, featuring LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch. Apparently, this work was originally published as a serial in the New York Times Magazine, and then was made commercially available in the usual hardcover, paperback, and audiobook formats. As a [...]
After enjoying only one week at the top of the heap, the latest Mary Higgins Clark thriller Just Take My Heart plunged to No. 4 on the NY Times Bestseller List, as a slew of newcomers took over the rest of the Top 5. Leading the way was First Family from David Baldacci, a thriller [...]