You know how whenever you discover something great and you totally love it, you just have to force it on other people you are SURE will love it too? No? Just me?  Hm. (Maybe that’s the “pit bull” part of my personality that Jen of Devourer of Books identified so accurately when we tweeted about what happens

Last night I finished reading Karin Lowachee's The Gaslight Dogs so the poll for what to read next is now closed. It was a close race between Changeless and Servant of a Dark God, but Changeless won by 1 vote so that will be next. As much as I'd like to stay and finish a review, I'm afraid I have to go clean now. Yuck.

We should keep in mind that a proposed course of action may in itself be lawful, but the actor contemplating it should weigh first all the circumstances. He might conclude that it is unlawful, that it is vicious and bad. This is what the Apostle Paul means when he says, Rom. xiv. 23, that “whatsoever is not of faith is sin.” In this passage he uses “faith” to mean the judgm...

I’m a self-admitted Terry Brooks whore. I recognize at this point that it’s likely nostalgia that colours my impressions of his novels, but I usually enjoy what ever he puts out. That said, I’m genuinely excited about Bearers of the Black Staff and the ways it promises to expand the mythos of the Shannara universe. I ...

“What is Mothering Sunday?” you may ask, as well you might if you’re living in America as I am. Apparently, it’s Mother’s Day for our lovely British friends! And, Persephone books is honoring us mothers with this delightful offer: It is Mothering Sunday this weekend. If you order two Persephone Classics by midnight on Wednesday, we will send

When I saw this book on Jorge’s desk, I had to pick it up to see what he was reading.  From the very first page I knew it was a book I, too, would have to read: Warning! Do not read beyond this page ! The next page read: Good. Now I know I can trust you. You’re curious. You’re brave. And you’re

The state of Illinois owes my school district alone over 7 million dollars. Who knows what the buffoons who have been running our government have done with our taxes; now Governor Quinn wants to raise them again, as if we can trust that will solve the problem when what we’ve already given has been so poorly

Our problem is that you only have your own story. One story makes you weak. But as soon as we have one hundred stories, you will be strong. If we can show that what happened to your village happened to a hundred villages, then the power is on our side. We need to collect the

One year you're national champions, the next you are having this conversation: Yesterday, my students said to me, "Is your team even in the tournament this year?".  (I may have been regaling them with the Carolina basketball psychodrama all term.)"Thanks," I replied, scowling at them, "I appreciate your concern." They went on, cruelly: "Duke's in first place! What happened to y...

If you are what you eat, then Rich Pelley would like whatever Sophie Dahl is having in her new cookery show. Here goes … Hi, Soph! You've got a new cookery show, The Delicious Miss Dahl. Now that you're thin and that, is it all Ryvita, low-fat cottage cheese and Special K on diet toast? You forgot grapefruits and hard-boiled eggs! No. It's more likely to be fish pies and mush...