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Pen Pals #5 - "Sam the Sham"

R. G. Quimby wrote 17 hours ago: Back in the old days, I would have traded in my hot pink stirrup pants for a chance to go off to bo … more →

Tags: Stereotypes, Pen Pals, YA recap, Recap, 80's

It'sRealityShowClipTiiiiiime!: L.A. Candy14 comments

ihatewheat wrote 2 days ago: The first guest post is by Lauren (no relation to Conrad), who dared to read Lauren Conrad’s e … more →

Tags: Contemporary YA, Guest Blogger, The Hills

lincoln’s virtues: an ethical biography

halshop wrote 2 days ago: “Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our dut … more →

Tags: Politics

The Popularity Plan: Not so much of a plan, more of an unrealistic delusion23 comments

ihatewheat wrote 6 days ago: Is the plan a mathematical one? Are those the digits of Pi? Hey you guys, I’m Frannie. And thi … more →

Tags: sweet dreams

Not A Keeper6 comments

essenceofinsanity wrote 2 weeks ago: I saw My Sister’s Keeper last night.  I was quite excited about this movie for a variety of re … more →

Tags: Movies, ...really grinds my gears

How romance adds up

The Longest Chapter wrote 2 weeks ago: Available July 7, 2009 I once made a snide remark about a woman reading a steamy romance novel with … more →

Tags: Classics, Good Books, A Civil Contract, Georgette Heyer, Nora Roberts, Pamela Regis, romance novels, The Grand Sophy

Mary Kate and Ashley soar to new heights of horrificness34 comments

ihatewheat wrote 3 weeks ago: Knowing that I like crappy teen fiction, my bff Erin got me a whole bunch of MK and A and Full House … more →

omnivore’s dilemma1 comment

halshop wrote 1 month ago: When I moved to Boulder, Colorado in the late 80s, after being raised primarily in Minnesota, Boulde … more →

(Blog) Readers Beware, You're in for a Scare6 comments

R. G. Quimby wrote 1 month ago: Hey everybody. As you can tell, I haven’t put in my usual post this week, at least not yet. I’ve bee … more →

Tags: Danger, Personal Crap, Goosebumps, R L Stine

Libby needs a happy place

The Longest Chapter wrote 1 month ago: Here’s a fictional crime story with vague whiffs of Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood (Kansa … more →

Tags: New Books, Dark Places, Gillian Flynn

Ford Models of the World - "The New Me"5 comments

R. G. Quimby wrote 1 month ago: Grrr. So I’ve been waiting for a set of used Goosebumps books to arrive from an auction I won on eBa … more →

Tags: Model Fetish, Stereotypes

don’t think of an elephant!

halshop wrote 1 month ago: George Lakoff’s near classic primer on framing, Don’t Think of an Elephant! Know your Values and Fra … more →

Tags: activism, Politics

mustard sandwich and brown lipstick16 comments

ihatewheat wrote 1 month ago: I find it amusing that there are small details about books that stick with me. Especially with this … more →

Where do underpants come from?

The Longest Chapter wrote 1 month ago: I’m not sure I need to know the answer to that question, but in case I change my mind, Overloo … more →

Tags: New Books, Summer books, Thomas Pynchon, Richard Russo, Bob Greene, Ian McKenzie, Jean Thompson

Goosebumps #28 - "The Cuckoo Clock of Doom"7 comments

R. G. Quimby wrote 1 month ago: Let me just say that I think this title is made of win. In the future, I’ll be adding the words “of … more →

Tags: Danger, Goosebumps, questionable parenting, Stereotypes, R L Stine

"The Little Book of Plagiarism"

The Longest Chapter wrote 1 month ago: This week’s news about New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd claiming words that belonged to a … more →

Tags: Richard Posner, The Little Book of Plagiarism, what is plagiarism

((3-More-Or-Less Recommendations in-1))

deakristensen wrote 2 months ago: Warning: long post ahead! Maybe return tomorrow to read what you will get bored of today? Pretty ple … more →

What I'm reading

deakristensen wrote 2 months ago: I read rather a lot. I don’t want to do full book reviews, but I would like to tell you a Endu … more →

The e-book lacks intimacy2 comments

The Longest Chapter wrote 2 months ago: A few days ago, I participated on a panel about The Future of the Book.  I keep thinking about the c … more →

Tags: E-BOOK, future of the book, kindle, e-reader, bookplates


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