Books, Arts, and Culture

I love a good bookish gift and I especially love giving good bookish gifts. While there are so many options out there, as someone who keeps...

Ah, it’s the end of the year and what a great year it’s been! I hope that 2022 brought you some amazing reading, and that you...

‘Tis the season for baking! Well, I bake all year long, but the winter holidays are an especially sweet time for pies, cakes, and cookies. I’ve...

I don’t think there’s a wrong time of year to buy books as gifts for kids. It’s perfect in the dark wintry days when being inside...

Awards season is so fun. The red carpets, the glamorous outfits, the A-list authors. Oh, did you think I meant those other awards? This is Book...

I tend to read the least when I am writing the most. This bad habit completely baffles me, given the number of times exposure to great...

As 2022 wound down, once again the floor-to-ceiling bookcases that cover every wall in my study groaned with more volumes than they could hold. I only...

This year I almost exclusively read Iris Murdoch novels. I read, in no particular order: The Sea the Sea, The Bell, The Sacred and Profane Love...