World’s Smallest Library Fits Into a Phone Booth…Literally

Phone booth libraries are the next big…okay, the next little, tiny thing.  After the bookmobile program shut down in a small English town, the residents set up a community-run, 24/7, book-swapping library in a defunct phone booth. Read more and see photos at inhabitat.com.

What’s Barack Reading?

According to an article titled Barack Obama’s Favorite Books at abebooks.com, the President’s summer reading list included: The Way Home by George Pelecanos (thriller set in Washington D.C.) Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas Friedman (environmental nonfiction) Lush Life by Richard Price (urban crime novel) Plainsong by Kent Haruf (novel set in rural America) John [...]

Five 2009 Novels

I’m always looking for the latest thing to hit the bookstands.  Here are 5 knockout novels recently published: 1. Burn by Linda Howard – Money changes Jenner Redwine’s life when she wins a lottery jackpot. But it also costs her plenty: Her father rips her off and disappears, her fortune-hunting boyfriend soon becomes her ex, [...]

22 Year Old Author Publishes 9th Novel!

I want this book:  A Madness of Angels: Or The Resurrection of Matthew Swift by Kate Griffin.  Here’s a description of the plot: “Two years after his untimely death, Matthew Swift finds himself breathing once again, lying in bed in his London home.  Except that it’s no longer his bed, or his home. And the [...]

Angels of Destruction, a Book by Keith Donohue

Author, Keith Donohue, sent me an email to let me know his new book, Angels of Destruction, is out (thanks, Keith!).  You might remember that name from a previous post I did about his book, The Stolen Child. If you’re interested in finding out more about this author, you can read his blog, called Pluck’s Bicycle.  [...]

Stephen King, Werewolves, and a Literary Meem

Grab the book closest to you.  Turn to page 31.  Count down to the eighth sentence.  Write down the next 5 lines (keep writing into the  next line, if needed, until you finish the last sentence).  “Later, no one will be able to say where the sound came from; it was everywhere and nowhere as the [...]

Book: The World Without Us

Alan Weisman’s book, The World Without Us, is described by The New Yorker as “a sort of pop-science ghost story.”  And we are the ghosts.  Ever wonder what the earth would be like were we all to disappear?  According to Weisman, much much better. Nicholas Lezard, in his book review at The Guardian, writes: “What [...]

Display Your Love for All Things Kelley Armstrong

You already knew Kelley Armstrong writes terrific books, but did you know you can now display your love for all things Kelley Armstrong with t-shirts, sweat-shirts, mugs, and steins from her cafepress.com store?  Everything is currently being sold at cost, but may be marked up after Halloween to cover administrative costs, so go buy stuff today. [...]

American Literature Abuse Society

Literature abuse, or “readaholism,” is a very serious problem.  Okay, it’s actually a silly one that was totally made up, but this great website for the American Literature Abuse Society (ALAS) is very funny and worth a read.  They also have a special section for when the problem gets completely out of control – that’s right, when [...]