Bookdwarf

Andrea Walker at the Book Bench noted the cover for Serena by Ron Rash. This is an excellent book, one which inspired me to write a staff recommendation: If the intense cover alone doesn’t draw you to this book, perhaps knowing that this novel features one of the greatest female protagonists I’ve ever come across [...]

I’ve long admired Joshua Glenn who wrote for the Ideas section of the Globe. His new book looks fantastic. He’s reading at the Harvard Advocate on Thursday. Details are below: WHAT: Release party to celebrate The Idler’s Glossary by Joshua Glenn. WHO: Joshua Glenn is a Boston-based author, editor, and former Globe columnist and blogger. [...]

A plethora of interesting new books showed up on my desk today. What should I read after Olympos (about three quarters of the way through now)? The Forever War by Dexter Filkins: Everyone I’ve spoken with who has read Filkin’s book has nothing but high praise. I’ve avoided reading most books about the Iraq war [...]

I’m back in nerd-dom, reading Dan Simmon’s follow-up to Iliium, which I had read on vacation. Olympos picks up shortly after the end of Ilium. I swear if I tried to explain the plot, your eyes might start to bleed. I tried to explain it to Mr. Bookdwarf, but after 5 minutes he just told [...]

Award season has begun in the literary world. Last week, the Nobel Prize for Literature was announced: Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio. Right. Most Americans immediately hit google when they found out. Then we had the Man Booker Prize on Tuesday: Aravind Ariga for The White Tiger. I was rooting for Amitav Ghosh’s amazing The Sea [...]

In perusing i09, my favorite Sci-Fi blog, I came across two stories which I couldn’t wait to share! First, in this interview, Ridley Scott says he’s filming a version of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. “Because when you look at the two players or visionaries in the field, at that moment [it] would be Huxley [...]

I don’t usually talk politics here, but I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to post this hilarious flow chart from BoingBoing (who got it from someone else): Are you laughing yet? Flow charts have gotten a bit gimmicky lately, but they can still be funny. My absolute favorite is from Toothpaste for Dinner: I’m not [...]

Another great interview at the Meeting House, this time with Kelly Link! New Boldtype, this month’s theme is Science. I am jealous of this library. Mine is almost as good, if you like IKEA shelves and cats? A more lengthy article on the sale of my store. We don’t need your stinkin’ Nobel!

My office is about to have a party to welcome Jeff, the new owner of my store. So while I’m swilling champagne, busy yourselves with this: Robert Birnbaum talks with Howard Zinn. The National Book Foundation has announced the “5 Under 35″ for this year. It’s an interesting list. NY Magazine has an conversation between [...]

In momentous news, Frank Kramer sold Harvard Book Store to Jeff Mayersohn yesterday afternoon. Here’s a photo of them after they returned from the closing: That’s Frank Kramer on the left, and Jeff Mayersohn on the right. You can read more about it on Shelf Awareness.