I’m happy to report that I’ve finally finished reading Middlesex. I was to have finished it back in March with my book group, but only made it about half way through. It’s not that I didn’t like the book. In fact, Middlesex is one of the best books I’ve read in 2008. Life just got [...]

Teaser Tuesday is hosted by Should be Reading: Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that [...]

Hearing :: Aggression :: Charged :: Traveler :: Hydrate :: Detox :: Qualify :: Prison :: Frontal :: Pep talk :: Read my “answers” in the comments section. Feel free to leave your answers, too! Courtesy of Unconscious Mutterings.

This week’s challenge is to make a list of the best books of 2008 that I’ve read. 1. In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan2. Real World by Natsuo Kirino Yeah, it’s a really short list. To be honest, I tend to wait for the paperback to come out. I’ve read a [...]

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz Date: Monday, November 3 @ 7:30 PM Location: Solas Bar

October’s Book Group Selection ( polls)Poll ends Friday night!

Heist :: Hack :: Dane :: Stings :: Monkey :: Junkie :: Pumped :: Brass :: Fight! :: Vouch :: Read my “answers” in the comments section. Feel free to leave your answers, too! Courtesy of Unconscious Mutterings.

WHEN: Thursday, September 25, 7:30 PM WHERE: SOLAS BAR (232 E. 9th Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues). See a map. More Info: St. Mark’s Bookshop Reading Series at Solas BEN GREENMAN is an editor at the New Yorker and the author of several books of fiction, including Superbad, A Circle is a Balloon and [...]

If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world, and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.- E.B. White

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