If there's a question I've always hated, it's "What books would take you with you to a desert island?". Particularly s...

Click to enlarge ( link ) Unshelved offers a humorous but actually rather upsetting take on budget cuts for libraries. This week's ...

Rather without planning to, I found myself reading the slim Netanya by not-yet-known to the English speaking world Dror Burstein. I've ...

To say that I loved Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke would be putting it a bit strongly. I liked the book. It was interesting, it ...

The Stacks Let's be proud for a moment: I haven't purchased any books since late November. Folks, I think this is a record. I dec...

In recognition of International Women's Day, I want to take some time to address an issue that I've long struggled with. The differ...

I was rather hesitant in approaching Ender in Exile . I've read the Ender books one after the other, gradually realizing that while Orso...

Acceptance speech I'd like to offer my enthusiastic, hearty congratulations to Shaun Tan of The Arrival fame and Andrew Ruhemann for...

In the past several months, it seems like everyone's gotten an eReader. If in the days of the book blogger survey only around 30% of bl...

I spoke in defense of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy last month, after reading the Reading Ape's great post on the matter of t...

Standing at the top of the stairs Despite the fact that my own Borders will not, in fact, be shutting down (list found via A Reader's...

Browsing book blogs, reading reviews and especially writing them means that I have a little bit more of a notion of what new (or not so new)...

Neil Gaiman is not my favorite author. He's good, he's someone I like to read and though I know of many readers who like him a grea...

"But I’ve never been a writer of fairy tales. And if I’ve learned anything through that river of memories, it is that we can’t live in ...

Okay. I haven't read this book, I don't know what it's about, and I really, really, really don't care to read it based on t...

This counts as fantasy My father is a slow reader. Reading Gabriel García Márquez's masterpiece was a project for him - several year...

The Time Quartet I originally didn't want to include too many young adult books in this list of powerhouse science and fantasy litera...

After reading Meir Shalev's wonderful A Pigeon and a Boy several months ago, I decided that I liked Meir Shalev. I began to read The Bl...

When Teresa of Shelf Love mentioned "high fantasy" several weeks ago, I found myself reading through a rather enlightening Wikipe...

First in a trilogy - cliffhanger ending, but still its own book Once again, a thought provoking post from Greg Zimmerman of The New Dork...