Author Archives: kara

About kara

We know our letters just fine, and we know our numbers to a certain point, but books were always the realm of four-eyed poindexters with bowler hats and cravats. That’s why it pleases us so that America’s proud illiterates are finally stepping up and pushing back against the crushing tide of education that threatens to swallow us all into its gaping maw of checked facts. Champions of the Ignorantiat will not like it here.

Read these books

Posted on September 28, 2015 by kara

The Neapolitan Novels. Three of the  four novels have been published in English: My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, and, now, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay. Taken together, the novels span some 50 years, chronicling the life-long friendship … Continue reading →

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rip Jackie Collins

Posted on September 19, 2015 by kara

                    Ms. Collins in 1968. CreditBob Dear/Associated Pres

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a book for our sad, sad, time

Posted on September 3, 2015 by kara

  via mentalfloss   f you’re going to be buying $800 furniture for your feline, he’s going to have to start earning his keep. This book will show you how to make him the next big thing on the ‘net. … Continue reading →

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Now Reading

Posted on August 24, 2015 by kara

The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante Europa Editions, Paperback, 9781933372006, 188pp. Publication Date: September 2005  

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Bookstore Confidential

Posted on August 15, 2015 by kara

There was interesting situation in Twitter this afternoon. A  gentleman I follow, Marc Lamont Hill was at a Barnes and Noble in Center City Philadelphia when he witnessed this happening and live-tweeted it:  

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The Road Scholar

Posted on August 15, 2015 by kara

It was a novel idea. Just cold dump your unwanted old books onto the highway, just toss ’em right out your car window as you speed on by. Unless you get caught, then you get a humilating nickname like the … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 30, 2015 by kara

My current favorite author is The Mysterious Elana Ferrante   via London Review Bookshop, ‘Elena Ferrante’ is the pseudonymous author of several highly acclaimed Italian novels, most recently the Neapolitan Quartet, the fourth and final part of which will be published … Continue reading →

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RIP Ann Rule

Posted on July 27, 2015 by kara

  I don’t care what you say, the woman wrote FORTY-THREE books. FORTY THREE. October 22, 1930 – July 27, 2015

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Posted on July 21, 2015 by kara

E.L. Doctorow, 1931 – 2015  

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The Big Cheat: Goodbye Columbus

Posted on July 20, 2015 by kara

The Big Cheat focuses on the movie versions books. Goodbye Columbus , Philip Roth’s scathing satire of a nouveau riche Jewish family, was made into a 1969 American romantic comedy drama film starring Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw. Let’s explore the Neo Colonial splendor that … Continue reading →

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