A while ago, there was a meme going around on Facebook asking folks to list 10 books that have touched or changed them in some way, without thinking about it. Just spit them out. This was my list. 1. Clive Barker’s Books of Blood 2. Slowly, Slowly in the Wind by Patricia Highsmith 3. Carrie… Read more »
Posts Categorized: I Read Therefore I Think
Good Reads, Not-So-Good Reads
I currently have about 20 books on loan from the library. Excessive, I know, but I promise I’ve been weeding out the duds and trying really hard to read the gems. One recent sorta-gem was Revenge by Yoko Ogawa. I say sorta-gem because the first three or four stories in this collection of linked tales… Read more »
New Books Bought; More Authors Met
It is always important to be a man or woman of your word. As my generation grew up saying (in the streets of Bed-Stuy), “Word is bond!” Living by this “code” is the only reason I left my house to attend the Meet Your Local Author Day at La Casa Azul Bookstore yesterday. Don’t get… Read more »