Quiet
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain has been getting loads of …
Category Archives: Reviews
Silas Marner
In that far-off time superstition clung easily round every person or thing that was at all unwonted, or even intermittent …
Unpacking My Library
Lookng for a delightful snack of a book high on the voyeur rating scale? C’mon, you know you are! Who …
The Swerve
Before my turn came round for Stephen Greenblatt’s The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, I thought it was just …
Moby-Dick in Pictures
Moby-Dick in Pictures: One Drawing for Every Page by Matt Kish is as fat and heavy as a phonebook (when …
Good Mail Day
Danielle’s recent foray into PostCrossing and her blog post about it and letter writing sent me off to the Letter …
War of the Worlds
Are there many people who haven’t seen one of the many adaptations of H.G. Wells’ book War of the Worlds? …
Rereading Women
The essays in Rereading Women: Thirty Years of Exploring Our Literary Traditions by Sandra M. Gilbert are all so interesting …
Just My Type
I don’t consider myself a font person per se. I mean I saw the movie Helvetica and quite enjoyed it …
Solitary Summer
Elizabeth von Arnim is one of those writers whose books are so cozy and comfortable and just all around wonderful …
