Articles on books and reading, authors and musings… in no particular order…

My latest ramblings… Click on the title to read.  

• Maggie Smith’s Favorite Reads
• Workers at Dawn
• Books in Translation
• Need Help? Hire a Personal Assistant
• Children’s Books by Weighty Authors
• Around the world in 80 Books
• Happy People Read and Drink Coffee
• Liane Moriarty Recommends Books
• Can You Pass the Test?
• The Books You Leave Behind
• Book Lovers Live Longer
• A Library in a Phone Booth
• Nora Ephron Made Me Laugh
• Ann Patchett Picks Her Favorites
• A Sample List from Semple
• Bookstores and Travel
• Hygge

• Looking for a Book to Discuss?
• What Do Little Boys Read?
• Books That Shaped America
• Travel Through Children’s Books
• No Pulitzer for Fiction This Year
• When Technology Overwhelms, Get Organized
• Is Tap Dancing Obsolete?
• An Ark Full of Books
• The Subconscious Shelf
• Put the Dust Jackets Back On
• Books to Look for in 2012
• Book Club Picks: Give Them something to Talk About
• The Joy of Quiet
• The Smell of an Old Book
• The Bookstore’s Last Stand
• Reading for High Fliers
• The Washington Wives Book Club

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• Books to Talk About
• Do You Have Your Smiley Face On?
• National Book Award Mistake
• Burning the Evidence
• Can Yoga Make You Fat?
• The Power of a Poem
• Just Call Me Doc
• What’s On Your Bookshelf?
• Great Lines for a Diva
• Banned Books Week
• Sometimes It’s Just the Right Thing To Do
• You Can Always Read a Book
• Of Bugs and Books
• Required Reading for Freshman
• Favorite Last Lines
• Calendars – Paper or Electronic
• Could You Please Keep It Down
• What’s In a Face?
• Books for Book Club Discussions
• Summer Reading List
• The Proust Questionnaire
• Would Jane Austen Tweet?
• Words on Wheels
• Novel Destinations
• Best Read Cities
• Don’t I Know You From the Dust Jacket?

• Where Writers and Readers Feel at Home  
• The New Yorker Cartoons of the Year   
•  Marginalia 
• The Books We Can Never Read  
• Do Your Books Have Brown Covers?  
• Something About Horses
• J.D. Salinger Slept Here
• Miss Manners
• Books to Find
• The Day the World Stood Still
• Lost and Found
• Redux – How Soon They Forget
• What if All You Need is a Little Comfort Food
• The Answer is in the Stars
• Read out Loud
• Thanks for the Memories, George
• From Blog to Book Success
• What Was He Thinking (Roald Dahl)
• Eat Twinkies to Lose Weight
• How Do You Say Goodbye?
• Telling Your Real Age (Gail Godwin)
• How Much Is Your Attitude Worth
• Thanksgiving in the Good Old Days (Louisa May Alcott)
• Countdown to Christmas
• Top Ten in ’10
• The Imagine Diet
• Book Gifting
• In Honor of Edgar Allan Poe – Father of the Short Story
• Edgar Allan Poe Birthday Tribute
• Noteworthy for Prime Time
• Most Notable for 2010
• The Last Week of a Marriage
• Happy Boxing Day
• Those Books Speak to Me But I Don’t Remember What They Said
• When Seeing the Movie Inspires the Book
• Happy Birthday Agatha Christie
• Are You Reading What He’s Reading?
• Muscles Weak? There Must Be A Pill for That
• Staycations – Read Your Way to Anywhere