Book 81 was The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery. I think this was the first translation I've read this year - originally pub...

People seem to fit into neat little boxes. You get to know someone one way, and that's where they stay. But then, you find something out...

Two of my coworkers and another young friend of mine have all gotten engaged in the past three weeks. And just about three years ago, the h...

So, Vendela Vida, the author of Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name, is married to Dave Eggers, author of A Heartbreaking Work of Stagge...

Book 79 was City of Thieves by David Benioff. Here's the book jacket description: "Stumped by a magazine assignment to write about...

Good times. people in movies saying the title of the movie - A+

Many of you may have seen this already, but I can't stop watching and I show it to everyone I know. This, my friends, is a slow loris: A...

Here's the book jacket description for The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein: "Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a...

I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe is another one of those books that's been out for quite a while that I've always wanted to read,...

I went to visit my in-laws this weekend. When I walked in the door, my MIL gestured to the sideboard and said "I read that book the li...

Possible spoilers! Dead Until Dark is the first in the series of Sookie Stackhouse novels, the basis for the HBO series True Blood. Since I...

To all my friends and loved ones: You know you've been impressed with all the reading that I've been doing this year. You should be ...

Thank goodness for the Cannonball Read. I am reading all sorts of books that I've seen for years and have thought, "Oh, I really sh...

Wendy Wasserstein wrote one of my favorite plays, The Heidi Chronicles; I didn't know she had written this novel, Elements of Style, but...

Here's the back-of-the-book description for The Bridesmaid by Hailey Abbott: "After years of watching couples come to blows over ic...

My dad recommended Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell to me. Not only that, he sent it to me. I was skeptical. My dad's tastes run more t...

Short back-of-the-book description for Stiff: " Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our ...

Did I tell you I joined a book club? I did. Aside from the social aspects of being in a group of women, drinking booze and eating party sn...

I found this synopsis at Books On Board : "Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden, disappeared 40 ye...

Here's the book-jacket synopsis for A Ship Made of Paper by Scott Spencer: "Daniel Emerson lives with Kate Ellis and is like a fath...