The Life of a Reading Coward

I recently decided that I’m a coward when it comes to reading. I’m not adventurous, or brave, or intrepid in any way at all. Instead, I often stick to the same genres, same authors, same series, etc. I am one of those people who read the same book over and over and over, but (to [...]

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Portland Event of the Week: 4/17

I love YA and kid’s books, and so I’m always excited when a writer that I’ve grown up with is in Portland. I read Louis Sachar’s Wayside School books when I was in like 3rd grade – the fact that I’m excited about his writing (I enjoyed Holes and plan to buy this new sequel) [...]

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Flashlight Worthy Lists

Growing up, I read in bed every night. This wouldn’t have been a problem except that I always fell asleep mid-read. Meaning: my glasses didn’t come off, but would hang lopsided from my face, my light wouldn’t turn off, but would continue to shine above my head, and my dad couldn’t just go to sleep, [...]

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Reading Lists:

Last year, my friend Kyle and I gave each other lists of 10 books to read over the summer. Here was his list for me: 1. Cry, the Beloved country-Alan Paton 2. Battle Royale-Koshuea Takami 3. Starship troopers-Robert A. Heinlein. 4. Kafka on the shore-Haruki Murakami 5. The city of dreaming books-Walter Moers 6. The painted Veil-W. Somerset [...]

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