Hear Toni Morrison read from and discuss new novel, ‘A Mercy’

Apparently I’m not up on my author news – Toni Morrison has a new book coming out on Nov. 11! I caught part of an interview with Morrison on NPR about A Mercy. She talked briefly about the decision behind the title (trying to find the exact fit, that wasn’t Mercy, Compassion, or Grace), and how she [...]

Hear Marilynne Robinson read from ‘Home’

A couple weeks ago I went to a public reading from Marilynne Robinson on her new novel, Home. I ran into and sat with a couple of colleagues from a literary press that I interned with a few years ago, making the anticipated night even more fun. The reading was wonderful. There’s something magical about [...]

A new way to get boys to read?

In America, we have a great reading gender gap. Ideas I’ve heard for getting more young boys excited about reading include boys only book clubs, teaching/giving them books with male central characters and “boy” books like Hatchet or Maniac Magee, and using comic books and graphic novels to introduce them to other books. But until [...]

Disappointed by Inkheart

I also recently finished Cornelia Funke’s Inkheart.

I started reading this one because I thought it was the upcoming book for an adult YA book club hosted by a local, awesome children’s bookstore. I haven’t been to the book club before and turns out the website was sorely out of date. Dang. I love [...]

A strange ‘I Am Legend’ experience

I finished I Am Legend last night – rather unexpectedly soon. After learning all about Robert Neville’s post-apocalyptic world, his methods of survival and a little about his past, I had last stopped reading at a pivotal point in the story – when Neville discovers a woman, the only other plague survivor that he has [...]