“I still remember the day my Father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time.” So begins Carlos Ruiz Zafon’s 487 page tome, The Shadow of the Wind. Set in Barcelona in the 1950′s, the novel follows Daniel, a young man in search of Julian Carax, the author of The Shadow [...]

Spinning :: Impasse :: Gravy :: You are :: September :: Divulge :: Training :: Crap! :: Results :: Shutting down :: Read my responses in the comments section. Feel free to leave your responses, too! Courtesy of Unconscious Mutterings.

If you love cupcakes as much as I do and live in NYC, then head over to GraceNotesNYC blog for the cupcake cagematch – 21 cupcake joints judged for best chocolate, vanilla, wildcard, moistest, prettiest, and overall. I’m surprised Butter Lane didn’t win more categories (wildcard winner), but I haven’t tried all the places on [...]

Death :: Identified :: Saturday :: Dumped :: Division :: Stilted :: Crimes :: Stumped :: Future :: Team :: Read my responses in the comments section. Feel free to leave your responses, too! Courtesy of Unconscious Mutterings.

It’s difficult to believe, but Elliott Smith would have been 40 today. I have written a number of posts on Elliott over the years, so I’m not sure there’s much more to say. Here are my favorites: Thoughts on his album New Moon Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing (book) My one and only experience [...]

One of my favorite podcasts at the moment is Books on the Nightstand. I was listening to their audiobook episode in which quite a few listeners recommend The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. A week later I uploaded it to my iPhone and I was on my way to listening to my first fiction audiobook. [...]

For August, Larry picked God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens. Though I am not fond of Hitchens in TV interviews, I’m interested to see if his writing is more compelling. I should also note I’m a fan of Richard Dawkins, which may make me biased. God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens Date: Monday, [...]