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.

Posted on July 5, 2015 by kara

Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson July 10, 1905-May 28, 2002

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things no man has ever said, ever.

Posted on June 17, 2015 by kara

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66 Bookstores on Route 66

Posted on June 9, 2015 by kara

from AbeBooks It’s arguably the most famous road in the world. Route 66 – just saying those words makes you want to hit the road. But did you know there are many wonderful used bookstores along the way from Chicago … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Daphne du Maurier

Posted on May 13, 2015 by kara

Rebecca is one of my favorite novels, ever. . via the Paris Review The moment of crisis had come, and I must face it. My old fears, my diffidence, my shyness, my hopeless sense of inferiority, must be conquered now … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 2, 2015 by kara

Ruth Rendell died today and the world feels emptier already. I probably spent 2.5 solid years reading all her books. And i keep thinking it she’d had more time (she was 85), there would have been more. She was writing … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 21, 2015 by kara

Françoise Sagan

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my new book just arrived.

Posted on April 16, 2015 by kara

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My Haters, Myself

Posted on April 16, 2015 by kara

via Amanda Hess at Slate My Haters, Myself – Mastering the art of the haterbrag. (Photo by Corrie Hulse) Jennifer Weiner has sold millions of books, spent a combined five years on the New York Times best-seller list, and amassed 109,000 followers on Twitter. … Continue reading →

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On the NIghtstand

Posted on December 2, 2014 by kara

The Paying Guests By Sarah Waters (Riverhead Hardcover, Hardcover, 9781594633119, 576pp.) Publication Date: September 16, 2014  

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RIP PD James

Posted on November 28, 2014 by kara

                    Crime writers P.D. James (left) and another one of my favorites, Ruth Rendell One of my favorite crime novelists,  PD James, has died aged 94. Her agent said she died … Continue reading →

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