I have read The Rising Down, by Alexandra Harris (nominally published last Thursday). Fair disclosure: Initially I started reading only because a) I was sent a free copy by the publisher/author, and … (View Post)

Thanks for everything, Mike, what a thing you did! (View Post)

When she was 5, I sat in the doorway of my daughter's bedroom while she threw books at me. 132 books. It took nearly two hours. She does about one chore a month, and that grudgingly. She's not in edu… (View Post)

I can vividly remember watching my daughter fall asleep aged 3, maybe 4, and realising with a start that if something dreadful like a house fire happened, I would save her, over my wife, over myself,… (View Post)

I have read Wayfaring Stranger, by James Lee Burke James Lee Burke has - in my opinion - a decent claim to be one of the greatest living American writers, if not the greatest. You'll find him classif… (View Post)