First Line Friday: July 18
“Years later, when Lydia recalled that day at Downing Street, she would often find herself thinking about the door.” —A[…]
Read more“Years later, when Lydia recalled that day at Downing Street, she would often find herself thinking about the door.” —A[…]
Read moreIf you’re like me, you don’t remember a lot of detail from the books that you read. I am perfectly[…]
Read moreThis classic of zombie apocalypse literature is back in the news, as Ali Velshi from MSNBC has featured it on[…]
Read moreToday is the 81st anniversary of D-Day. Few remain who participated in that historic operation, but they–and all of the[…]
Read moreIt’s time for me to engage in one of my infrequent rants. And maybe it’s not even really a rant[…]
Read moreToday is World Aquatic Animal Day, so to celebrate, I’m featuring a couple of great books about the denizens of[…]
Read moreQueen Elizabeth I, the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty, died on this day in 1603. She was succeeded by[…]
Read moreSummary: What makes puzzles—jigsaws, mazes, riddles, sudokus—so satisfying? Be it the formation of new cerebral pathways, their close link to[…]
Read more“On my seventh birthday, my father swore, for the first of many times, that I would die face down in[…]
Read more“Your future contains dry bones.” —How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin This story begins with a prophecy,[…]
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