Bookdwarf

Traveling gives me a chance for some uninterrupted reading. I’ve been doing a lot of that lately and managed to finish a few books: Alive in Necropolis by Doug Dorst: I’m not sure why they gave this outstanding debut novel such a weird cover (the galley looked completely different). The cartoonish cover belies the fresh, [...]

I’m about to do some traveling over the next few weeks, so I won’t be posting much. Not that I’ve been posting much of anything anyway. August got away from me somehow. Hopefully a weekend with my sister in San Francisco and a week in the Berkshires will help me relax. Meanwhile, here’s some links [...]

I just read Jennifer Nix’s opinion piece in the Huffington Post on the Chelsea Green/Obama’s Challenge debacle. “Even more sad? This week, a hefty faction on the left–primarily independent booksellers (following Barnes and Noble’s lead)–is actively boycotting a brave attempt to bring the book-publishing industry into the 21st century, and effectively trying to keep a [...]

Bookninja pointed out this great article on the success of Sam Savage’s novel Firmin in Europe. “In a quite unsuspected outbreak of literary cultdom, Firmin, the first novel by a retiring 67-year-old from South Carolina about the adventures of an erratic, paper-gobbling, self-pitying rodent, has spent the summer knocking Ken Follett and Stephen King from [...]

Paul Theroux has mellowed a bit, but certainly not lost any of his perspicacity over the years. I loved Ghost Train to the Eastern Star. Theroux meets and makes friends with all sorts of people, from rickshaw drivers to fellow train riders to Orhan Pamuk. Some of the best parts of the book are his [...]

Who know that August would be so busy? It’s supposed to be my light month work wise, but I’m finding my days busier than ever. This is my time to get projects done between buying seasons. I have scheduled a vacation for early September. I’m heading to Great Barrington! I’m very excited about this. I [...]

Movie stills have been released from The Road, directed by John Hillcoat and starring Viggo Mortenson: I’ll be back posting next week.

Boldtype # 58 looks at mysteries.