During the seven year run of Gilmore Girls, main character Rory Gilmore read 340 books on screen. Now one writer aims to read them all in real life. Patrick Lenton…Continue readingCan you read like Rory Gilmore?

Like this windmill, for example. In 1957, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tennessee Williams lived in the campus windmill at Stony Brook Southampton campus, Southampton, NY and wrote the play, ‘The Day…Continue reading50 Places Every Literary Fan Should Visit

…so naturally this story caught my eye. Research suggests the smell of cocoa entices shoppers to hang around, and even boosts sales of certain genres. Hey, if that’s true, don’t…Continue readingMy name is Alma and I’m a chocoholic…

Libraries in Jeopardy: The Miami-Dade County Commission has decided not to raise the property-tax rate this year, their vote paving the way for major library cuts. Under the worst-case scenario,…Continue readingNational priorities: Bombs or books?

When I was born, I was the 77,020,091,140th person to have lived since history began. How do I know? I went here and plugged in my birth date. What’s your…Continue readingThe world at seven billion

Well, for example: “I don’t understand why you can’t get published. Bad books get published all the time” Other things not to ask a writer —— I just got an…Continue readingWhat shouldn’t you say to a writer?

Scientists discover tiny solar panels that create themselves. —– The late SF author Iain M. Banks has had an asteroid named after him, J.L. Galache announced: “…asteroid (5099) was officially…Continue reading‘It’s life, Jim, but not as we know it…’

People in India spend an average of 10.7 hours per week reading. The citizens of Thailand and China do almost as well. Americans read about half that. In fact, Americans…Continue readingAmericans don’t read, not much anyhow.