What are they up to?, written 3 days ago, <div style=";font-family:Georgia,";">One part of my Internet ritual is looking at my favorite HF author's websites to see what they are working on next. So I thought I would do the stalking for you and let you know what's up. <div ...

The Ego Has Landed With a Whimper, Not a Bang, written 5 hours ago, At the 2007 London Book Fair, UK literary agent Ali Gunn was shopping around a book proposal with the tag "What PRIMARY COLORS was to Capitol Hill, EGO will be to the media world." For a few days, buzz abounded...

National Year of Reading in the UK - 2008, written 3 days ago, Believe it or not, it's almost over with only a few weeks to go. (Where did that year go?) Did you notice any major steps forward? Any big thrusts from those who carried the torch to get people (and, more importantly, children, especiall...

Blotmonath (November): the early English calendar, written 4 days ago, Before they converted to Christianity and adopted the Roman calendar, the early English (‘Anglo-Saxons’) reckoned time using a system of lunar months. Each cycle of the moon, probably from full moon to full moon, was a month...

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow, written 11 hours ago, If you have a lot of computer savvy students who also like to read, this would be an excellent book for your collection. Marcus, who has always found a way around most school and parent controls through technology, uses his skills to regain som ...

A murder mystery serial set in Stratford-upon-Avon in the 1880s, featuring Detective Inspector Swann and Detective Sergeant Parker.

I enjoy reading and reviewing new books every chance I get. I like to read just about anything except for horror, girly fantasy (unicorns, etc), comic books, graphic novels, manga, sports, astrology, and anti-Christian. I live near Disney World in Orlando

AN ANCIENT SKY (Collection of Poems Written by Jennifer Meyerson), written 4 days ago, AN ANCIENT SKY (Collection of Poems Written by Jennifer Meyerson)

Of Earth, written 2 days ago, The following story is a one-episode installment from the beginning of the 5th Chapter of Knowing Mars. We’ll continue from Chapter 5 later this week. Thanks for reading! In Early 2543, Kyp Ebner returned to Earth after two and a half years away, to attend to some ...

A Very Old Book with Enormous Wings of Wisdom, written 1 month ago, For the first paper in my Intro. to Literary Studies class, our professor wanted us to pick any story from our textbook and write a thematic analysis of it.  I thumbed through the table of contents and saw an entry by <span styl...

Tuesday Thingers 11/18/2008, written 1 day ago, This week's Tuesday Thingers from The Boston Bibliophile: Popular this month on LT: Do you look at this list? Do you get ideas on what to read from it? Have you read any of the books on the list right now? Feel free to link to any reviews you've done ...

Lost, written 1 month ago, I lost my internet a couple weeks ago due to poverty. Hope to get it back in about a week. It?s been a pretty rough month. Ah well...

On long delays… And some news., written 2 days ago, As is obvious to anyone who’s been following my latest serial is aware, it’s been slow going. This isn’t the result of a lack of drive or interest on my part, I assure you. Rather it’s a factor of the weight of other writing obligations a...

More Pandora, written 1 week ago, After my Pandora work, I started thinking about representations of Pandora, which led me to these. All are late-nineteeth/early-twentieth century works by British artists. Henry Meynell Rheam, Study for Pandora, 1902 I find it interesting that in this paintin...

Good and Bad Days!, written 2 weeks ago, A day for the ages! New President! Congrats to Sen. Obama!  Condolences to Michael Crichton's family. One of my favorite authors, a young man, a cancer victim! Sorry to see you go so s...

Choose Your Own Adventure Books, written 1 week ago, Do you remember the Choose Your Own Adventure book series? If you grew up in the 80s I’m guessing you might. I know I do. Here’s what Wikipedia has to say on the subject. Choose Your Own Adventure was one of the most popular children’s serie...

The story of General Custer, told by the soldier who hated him.

Tuesday Thingers, written 1 day ago, Popular this month on LT: Do you look at this list? Do you get ideas on what to read from it? Have you read any of the books on the list right now? Feel free to link to any reviews you've done as well. Here's the list and my answer: 1.The Graveyard Book by Neil ...

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The end of politics. Politics tries to create a space..., written 6 days ago, The end of politics. Politics tries to create a space where life can be lived. That space never opens. No more politics on this blog. Things are happening