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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 →

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 →

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 →

Françoise Sagan

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 →

Ebola, global warming, heat death, yadayadayada, it seems as if even day a new type of medical or environmental horror is attacking us from the headlines. The Vallows are sciencey people, engineers, doctors and research scientists and me, a cartoonist … Continue reading →

Readers, I have a broken arm and it such a pain in  the butt to type with one hand. Instead of writing anything, I am reading dozens of books from across the spectrum which I will report back on when … Continue reading →

This is grotesque: How Can a Gentleman Appear Well-Read?