What’s Your Favorite Punctuation Mark?
Today’s Monday Question is simple. Let’s follow up Friday’s post by letting you chime in on your favorite punctuation mark. You already know mine—the question mark. Question marks make the world go...
View ArticleWhat’s Your Favorite Love Story?
So Valentine’s Day is on Saturday. Naturally, I’m overly eager to talk all about romance novels. You know me: I love a good romance novel. In order to beef up my extensive TBR list of romance novels,...
View ArticleWhat’s Your Rules On Spoilers?
Back when the new Great Gatsby movie was coming out, I wrote a post with a story about a friend who complained when I ruined the plot for him. Basically, as I was talking about the movie, I mentioned...
View ArticleSnowed-In Cabin Or Sunny Beach?
I love reading on the beach. With two boys under 5, I don’t get many opportunities when we go on vacation, but reading in a lounge chair, under and umbrella, sipping on a nice beverage—that’s probably...
View ArticleAt What Point Do You Quit On A Novel?
I touched on this last Thursday in regards to Naked Lunch. I’m about halfway through the novel now, so I’m thinking I can force myself through the final 100 pages. But I came THIS close to tossing it...
View ArticleWho’s Your Most Hated Fictional Character?
Wednesday is Tax Day here in the United States. April 15. It’s a dreadful day. Having paid my taxes yesterday, I’m reminded of how much disdain I have for the IRS. If the IRS were a character in a...
View ArticleWhat’s The Funniest Novel You’ve Ever Read?
As I’m reading through the early chapters of White Teeth, I’m reminded of how much fun it is to read a well-written, humorous novel. This one is pretty amazing. Looking back on the first 80 novels,...
View ArticleWho’s Your Favorite Superhero?
In light of my scathing critique of superhero movies on Friday, I thought I’d lighten the mood and let some of you superhero fans speak out. I want to hear about your favorite superhero–or superhero...
View ArticleWill You Read The New Harper Lee Novel?
I made this novel such a priority to read that I paused the Time list in order to read it. I figure this might be the only other novel I’ll ever read from Harper Lee, so I don’t want to miss this...
View ArticleThe Book That Takes Forever…
I started reading Midnight’s Children on August 19. That was two months ago! I believe this might have been the longest period of time I’ve taken to read one novel since I started the blog. For...
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