Unh… 20 Killer Series? It’s satisfying to have a stand-alone book. When you are writing it, that’s the story, and when you’re done you’re done. You can go onto something…Continue reading20 Serial Killers?
Travel by Book Several books and movies have sparked my wish to travel. In books, it was Pearl Buck’s stories of China, “Out of Africa” by Isak Dinesen, and Walter…Continue readingWhat inspires?
“My name is Jakub Pavlovsky and I’m a 21-year-old supporter of reading books. A few months ago, I realized that people weren’t reading books as much as they did before.…Continue readingRead anywhere
Herman Wouk, The Atlantic The Great (War) Novelist America Forgot Herman Wouk, just about to turn 100, deserves more critical acclaim than he’s enjoyed, an article by David Frum argues…Continue readingHe’s still alive?
After my mother finished reading Heidi to me, I wanted her to start all over again. When she said no, I picked the book up and taught myself to…Continue readingYour first book?
Richard Nieva asks at Cnet: Why have we always dissed women in tech? He reports on the countless women whose accomplishments in science, technology, engineering and mathematics have been trivialized,…Continue readingDissing women
Every author gets them – I’ve had a couple myself – but the justifications for the grade are often remarkable.“The only people that maybe could read it, are very old…Continue readingThose one-star reviews
Not any more! Boys like pirates, science and sports. Girls like princesses, fuzzy animals, and cooking. That’s how it was at Scholastic, a major children’s publishing house, until an 8-year-old…Continue readingBoys only?