So November wasn’t the hottest month for some couch reading snuggling was it? Well, it wasn’t at least in BookPairing land, but I hope it was for you out there reading this! I did have some fun posts in November … Continue reading
Get a book into the hands of everybody on your holiday shopping list! Welcome to my BookPairing Holiday Gifts series. I remember growing up listening to my stepdad and stepbrother sit around the table talking about all the zany business … Continue reading
Let’s get this one out quick right away. The movie won (for me at least). Now, let’s look at why. Cloud Atlas (the novel) by David Mitchell starts with the story of a young man traveling across the Pacific in … Continue reading
A Friday wrap-up, my first entry into the monthly themed meme Where in the World Are You Reading? and all of you are probably still too bloated to care! This month’s theme for Where In the World Are You Reading? … Continue reading
“I’m not a bad guy” starts off Junot Diaz’s latest This Is How You Lose Her–a collection of connected short stories that catalog the previous relationships of our narrator, Yunior. At one point, he calls it “the cheater’s guide to … Continue reading
Get a book into the hands of everybody on your holiday shopping list! Welcome to my BookPairing Holiday Gifts series. You may actually be able to call this one “Gifts for everybody on your list” considering that we all seem … Continue reading
Get out of the house and into a bookstore (erm high school…)! Who: Sherman Alexie, reading his new book Blasphemy Where: Dobson High School Auditorium, Mesa, AZ When: Thursday, November 15 at 7 PM More event details here.
As many bookish folks may already know, November is the month for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). The concept is pretty straightforward–write every day in order to hit the goal of 50,000 words, the length of a novel. It is … Continue reading
Ready for some double time pairing? Howzabout one for the dramatic realm this week? Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller Miller’s quick snapshot of how the American dream fails one family, leading to end of the family’s father, and … Continue reading
Let me start by apologizing. If you’re in Phoenix you probably feel like you just put away your swimsuit and are absentmindedly still making mojitos. I need to let you know that, well, we’re at that time of year again. … Continue reading
