Monthly Archives: July 2010

Ever used the term “Hack Writer” non ironically?

Posted on July 22, 2010 by kara

I do, every day. 75 signs you’re a bibliophile

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Born To Check Mail

Posted on July 18, 2010 by kara

From today’s New York Times Book Review: While reading “Hamlet’s BlackBerry,” I sporadically paused to check my iPhone — whenever its ping signaled the arrival of a new e-mail message. I hated to turn away from William Powers’s elegant meditation on … Continue reading →

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Never be Cross or Cruel, Never Give us Castor Oil or Gruel

Posted on July 16, 2010 by kara

Why we dig Nanny novels, diaries and exposes, from From the NY Times.

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A Literal House of Horrors

Posted on July 14, 2010 by kara

The isolated retreat that Edith Wharton designed for herself in The Berkshires is straight out of The Shining.

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On the Nightstand

Posted on July 14, 2010 by kara

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group Publication Date: January 2005 Language: English Pages: 304

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Republic of Booklessness

Posted on July 12, 2010 by kara

“Free To All,” is chiseled in old, non-digitized stone over the main entrance to the Boston Public Library; and in the words of Thomas Jefferson, carved in un -photoshopped gilded letters on the mantle of the  super secret Trustees’ Room … Continue reading →

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Never Let Me Go movie trailer actually looks pretty good

Posted on July 4, 2010 by kara

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The Borders at the Top of the Hill

Posted on July 3, 2010 by kara

This hideous Borders bookstore in Chestnut Hill, PA opened in August 1994, and failing to “meet the company’s objectives,” was shut down earlier this year. The store sat at the top of the hill, where Bethlehem Pike meets Germantown avenue, … Continue reading →

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