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Cats Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. Vonnegut has been on my to be read list forever. I was pleasantly surprised and now will have t0 start reading through his books and stories. He is smart, subtle and a really great author ...

Let's say it is a rainy Sunday afternoon. You are in the local bar striking up conversations with ease and in walk 3 well known authors ready for a beer and a chat. Which 3 authors would they be? What would you like to ask them about or talk about? Writing process? Moments from their lives? What...

I love Edward Markham. I was lucky enough to find a first edition of some of his poems in very good shape. I am now inspired to sit and read his work... The Man with the Hoe By Edwin Markham 1852–1940 Edwin Markham Written after seeing Millet’s World-Famous Painting God made man in His own...

I just finished Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos. It was the first book I have read by him and I really enjoyed it. I felt like I was getting a real, gritty picture of New York in the 1920s. There is much to be admired about the "Jazz Age" but some pretty dreadful issues as well. Women were...

I read a collection of short stories that included : Ambrose Bierce: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, A Diamond As Big As the Ritz and A Good Man is Hard to Find but it is now lost somewhere in my book collection. I wanted to mention Diamond Big as the Ritz but couldn't remember who wrote it...

It has always been a major pet peeve of mine that publishers or booksellers charge so much for e-books. Yes, they have the overhead, the editors, offices, promotions like they would with a book made from trees but - they do not have the materials costs, the distribution costs, costs for art for...

I am a book collector. I have an e-reader but I will always have my personal home library. I have lovely signed first editions of some excellent author's books. There are beautiful leather bound and fine press bound books. I love the feel of the book in my hand. I love never having to worry...

may in know who then writer is as being into deep lust of reading i often get busy with some thing form someone and want to get more about the author amd his work to catch up with .. I gave a list of links to some of what I consider to be his best books. Just click on the blue links and go...

As a child, I too, became carsick if a car trip took longer than about 30 minutes. It made trips to Nana & Grandpa's home a real problem as they lived 2.5 hours away. I used to get carsick when reading in a car for even a 10 minute trip. Since I bought my Nook, I am able to read in the car. I...

I am a longtime fan of Clive Barker. He seemed to take a turn with Imagica and the books after that. I really love the early Clive Barker. I met him at a book signing and he was really nice. I think I had about 12 hardbacks and he very nicely signed them all including one to me that he drew an...

I see your point, Meadow. As I watch her manipulate folks (mostly men) to get what she wants, she almost seems to grow horns... However, she was a product of her time. A woman's lot in life depended upon how well she could manipulate men. Owning her own property and business was unheard of...

I tried to read One Hundred Years of Solitude a number of years ago and did not get very far - though I have said on this forum that I generally finish what I start. I have felt like it was a failing of mine not to have finished it. So much so that I added a fine bound, leather copy of it to my...

Sparkchaser, That was Amazing! I thoroughly enjoyed it... smart, funny, interesting - very well done!

I envy you your first, signed In Cold Blood. I am a Truman Capote fan and have a few of his signed firsts but not In Cold Blood - they are becoming so expensive I am not sure I will add one to my collection. I am a great admirer of they way Capote uses language. He has a rare talent. Welcome!

I find the idea ghastly! I read books for the pleasure of discovering new worlds, for the beauty of the way some authors can actually paint images with words while others use words sparingly so that your imagination is stirred by the pleasure of imagining the characters, location, etc... One of...