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Learn After Reading: What I’ve Learned From Fiction

– You may think you have met the person of your dreams, but keep in mind there’s a chance they ...

If bathroom fittings could write… and other thoughts of Dave Eggers

Ever wondered what your shower would say to you? Dave Eggers has. The McSweeney’s founder and literary impresario’s latest work ...

Top Ten Made-Up Literary Couples

Miss Liberty Hardy’s hilarious post “Literary Missed Connections” got me thinking about how my favorite literary characters would act if ...

The Archaeologist and the Bookshelf

I like to think I have  learned a few things from all the various books I have read over the ...

12 Literary Predictions for 2012

Here’s how I see this literary year going down. Tell me if you disagree. January — The first literary mystery ...

Literary Missed Connections

Waiting in line at Burger King – m4w (Miami) You: Purple hair, multiple piercings. Me: Swarthy, long red coat. You said ...

Suck It, Tolstoy: I Read War and Peace

When I was a bit younger, I used to amuse my friends (and, more so, myself) by keeping day-long running ...

Retro “Christmas Chiller” Throwdown: Baby-sitters’ Club vs Sweet Valley Twins

When I was a tween, the most important books being published were Ann M. Martin’s Baby-sitters Club series and Francine Pascal’s ...

Holiday Villain Throwdown: Grinch vs. Scrooge

This week, the Throwdown is back with the answer to an old favourite: Who's the meanest one?  Dr. Seuss’ Grinch, or Dickens’ Ebeneezer Scrooge?

7 Surprise Twists I’d Rather Live Without [or The Airing of Grievances, Literary Style]

A truly surprising surprise twist—the kind that  makes you gasp or clutch your pearls or reexamine everything you thought you ...