Monthly Archives: February 2007

This is from BikeProf, who is a credible source because he actually finished a book draft! The Hobgoblin’s Rules for WritingWrite every day. At the worst, your typing will improve to the point that you can write more quickly than … Continue reading →

This is a book of its time and place, fin-de-siecle Europe. What interested me most about this book was the fact that it was the sensation of its time, selling more than 200,000 in Britain and America, spawning a successful … Continue reading →

There’s so much reading-related activity happening lately at Planet Kitten, I thought I’d just do one of those catchall posts. 1. Finished Trilby. An odd book, surely, dated and very late-Victorian in tone and topic. But I’m very glad I … Continue reading →

Oh, for God’s sake: Just when you thought publishing couldn’t get any sillier with the scrotum controversy and crasser with O.J. Simpson and Judith Regan, HarperCollins decides to trim down War & Peace and add a happy ending. All in … Continue reading →

Hi, everyone! I am here to ask for help: I have decided to make a transition from the corporate world to teaching. I know a lot of you out there are teachers, and I thought you might have some advice, … Continue reading →

Okay, now that it’s all over, I can confess: The last few weeks have been pretty horrendous. I will spare you the details. I will say, however, that if you are — or even if you don’t think you are … Continue reading →

Romance to the nth degree is what you get with this novel. What initially intrigued me is that this book was as popular in its time as another tome you may have heard of: Robinson Crusoe. And its author was … Continue reading →

Here’s an excerpt from The Notebooks of Robert Frost (ran across this on a web site — sounds like a great book, but dig the price tag! Ouch.): Adventurous is not experimental. Experiment belongs to the laboratory. Adventure to life. … Continue reading →

Happy Valentine’s Day Current Romantic Reads Persuasion, Jane Austen Love in Excess, Eliza Haywood Trilby, George duMaurier

A book about how to talk about books you’ve never read? (Written by a man who is a judge for The Booker Prize? Ah, you are saying, it’s all becoming clear how Black Swan Green made the Booker Prize longlist…) … Continue reading →