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Winter Reading
Photo from FlickrOne of the most defining characteristics of myself is that I detest the cold. In my opinion, the temperature should never drop below 70 except for maybe the time between Thanksgiving and New Year's, at which point snow should also be...
Review: Art of a sleepwalker
Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem follows the story of Chase Insteadman, a once famous (child) actor who now is famous only because he's dating this astronaut in space who can't come home, who finds out that she has cancer on her foot, who writes lette...
Movie Review: The Jane Austen Book Club
I wasn't really expecting much from The Jane Austen Book Club. And by that I mean I didn't really have any expectations, good or bad. I went into it without having read the book and only knowing two of the zillion person cast. One was Emily Blunt, be...
The 2010 Chunkster Challenge
I read about the Chunkster Challenge recently and was completely bummed I missed out on it. Fortunately, it's a yearly thing, so I can participate this time around. I enjoy reading the occasional uber-long novel. Something about dedicating 700 pages ...
GIVEAWAY Winner: Totally Killer
And the winner of Greg Olear's Totally Killer is......Sasha!Congrats, Sasha! I've sent you an email and you have 24 hours to respond with your mailing address. Thanks to all who entered, and thanks to the author for offering a copy for our readers!...
Review: Are you who you say you are?
Who knew that you could create a literary work based on Internet identity theft? And that it would be taken seriously? Yes, even with one of those classic email stories where there's a woman in Africa who is looking for someone to share her $43 milli...
