June 2007

Too many books is what I’m reading now. It’s starting to get to me. And I don’t think it would be so bad if it weren’t for the fact that I’m still reading Moby Dick. Yep, I’m one of those people now, slogging his way through the middle of it. Will I give up? I…

My home library is getting out of control. There, I’ve said it. That’s the first step, right? I’ve admitted my problem. My wife has been after me to go shelf-shopping for about a year now but thanks to my superhuman ability of put-offing-ness combined with the fortress-like layers of denial that cradle my book-buying habits…

Just the other day someone asked me, “why a blog about books?” I had a smart answer ready about the blogger set-up screen and form-anxiety. It was a quick answer and somewhat witty but it wasn’t entirely true. The real answer is somewhat more confused and along the lines of another question, “What else besides…

I am a sucker for a good first line in a novel. It’s really easy to fail to write a good one. And the pressure! No one wants to have another “It was a dark and stormy night.” I’ve only read a few of these first lines in context but I don’t plan on leaving…

Who doesn’t love pop-up books? How about insanely detailed pop up books that have a following with adults as well as children? According to The Cool Hunter: Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart have taken it upon themselves to transform this childish novelty into something close to art. Their trilogy of pop-up books, known as Encylopedia…