Booklists: War, and Procrastination

Both tips from RAO:
In Slate, “Procrastination Lit: Great novels about wasting time,” a “small and unnerving category of literature that is not only about procrastination but that, in form and style, enacts the frenetic paralysis of irrational delay,” compiled by Jessica Winter. Books included are three by Thomas Bernhard (In The Lime Works, The Loser […]

LibraryThing Goes All Secret Santa (And You Can, Too!)

From LT website:
SantaThing: Secret Santa for Book Lovers
The idea is simple. Pay $25. You play Santa to a random LibraryThing member, and buy them up $20 worth of books, based on their library or a short description. Someone else does the same to you. LibraryThing orders the books and pays the shipping, so no addresses […]

Halloween Reads

I feel like I’m pushing the season but since I just received my LL Bean catalog in the mail today, with a big balsam wreath plastered on both front and back covers, talking about Halloween doesn’t seem so unseemly …
Fiction Addiction offers title and author for 15 Halloween Reads. I’ve got links to lots of […]