by ta | Jul 3, 2007 | Challenges
If you enjoy the reading challenges that are out there, here are a few more. You can also look at other people’s challenge lists to get ideas for things to read. The Armchair Traveler Challenge: Read 6 books (fiction or non-fiction) from July-December. The...
by ta | Jul 2, 2007 | Biography, Non-fiction
You might like this book if you are into Alternative/Indie Rock. You would like it even more if you are a GenXer, particularly if you were born in 1970 and were obsessed with the band Guided By Voices. This is a memoir of Sellars’s coming of age in music. The...
by ta | Jun 26, 2007 | Fiction
This book was a pleasure to read. Widow, Maggie McElroy, heads off to China to settle a matter that has come up regarding her late husband’s estate. While there she has agreed to interview, Sam Liang an American-born chef with a ties to some of China’s...
by ta | Jun 20, 2007 | Fiction
Maggie and Jem seem like opposites. She is the quick-witted, city girl and he is the slow, steady country boy who has just moved to London. With the help of their new friend, Mr. William Blake, they find that they might have more in common than it would seem. As with...
by ta | Jun 13, 2007 | Fiction
As usual NPR has several stories on summer reading. Here are links to a few of their recommended lists. We would love to hear what you are reading so feel free to leave us a comment with your picks for the summer. Booksellers’ Picks for the Beach — or the...
