A couple of weeks ago, after almost three years of it sitting on my shelf, I finally read Henrik Ibsen's "Peer Gynt" . A grand...

Now this is a new take on the Kindle's future from Joe Wikert's blog: I'm not convinced Amazon has a long-term commitment to th...

Once again, the Guardian lets me in on a brilliant award, one where Philip Roth, Amos Oz, and John Banville can be counted among the shortli...

The National Book Award finalists have been narrowed down even more precisely - to the winners. The full list can be found here . And an ob...

Not much in recent weeks has made me as happy as discovering that I can check out the continuing "Magic Tree House" books through...

Among many negative reviews for the book "Then We Came to the End" (which I actually quite enjoyed), I couldn't help but notic...

Publishers Weekly released their " Best Books of 2009 " list. Unremarkable, typically. This time, however, the list has caused cer...

The very best books are touted for all sorts of things. People like the writing, the characters, the stories, the emotions, the atmosphere.....

Once again, someone decides to spread stories of gloom and doom about the future of the written word. This time, it's Philip Roth , who...

Also known as translation failure of the week... The salon they entered was large. It had three windows. -p. 40, "The Family Moskat...

The following were seen on a flight going between the U.K. and the U.S.: Two people (a man and a woman) in the same row (on opposite sides o...

Disclosure: I like my Sony PRS-600 Touch Edition. The evening I bought it, I plugged it in, let it charge fully, installed Sony's incred...

I've been to Sony stores around the world. I've handled the old 505s, the fairly poor quality 700s (sloppy original touch screen), a...

Last week, Hilary Mantel won the Man Booker Prize for her novel "Wolf Hall". The surprise came in that Mantel was the expected ...

The Guardian's post from a couple of weeks ago , one that I think will go unnoticed by most, suggests that increased awareness might hel...

The Primo Parade marches on with the most recent Levi read: "If Not Now, When?" . The title, which comes from a song the characte...

I'm a little late to Banned Books Week but it's definitely something that deserves mention. I've been going through various lis...

The ideas of flights and pursuit are recurrent in dreams and are equally enrapturing. Excellent witty things are said by everybody. It is tr...

"No books were harmed in the making of this video." (via Bookstore People )

Everyone has heard by now about the Harry Potter theme park (warning: website has looping music and no mute button). It's an intriguing...