Library Voyeurism: Admit It. You Do It, Too!
by Jas Faulkner One of the advantages of the current technology available for photo sharing is the ability to find details that would have otherwise gone unnoticed. Thanks to less Continue Reading
The Glass Room-Should or Shouldn’t It Be a Best 100?
The Glass Room Edwin Rolfe and Lester Fuller 1946 “In 1946 the phrase first appeared in the murder mystery novel Murder in the Glass Room (by Edwin Rolfe and Lester Continue Reading
Book Collecting on a Budget
by Carrie Bailey Old smelly musty historically significant books are my passion. The problem is that I can’t always afford the ones I want. The value of rare books is Continue Reading
Abandon Hope, Ye Seekers of Customer Service!
by Jas Faulkner Here’s the thing about me and customer service: I know there are wonderful people who work the phones and chat lines. They manage to make the experience Continue Reading
The Phantom Lady–Best 100 Mysteries Of All Time
The Phantom Lady William Irish (Cornell Woolrich) 1942 IP I know you’re all thinking, ‘oh no, not HIM again!’ but yes, Woolrich again, and again, and again, because he was Continue Reading
The Anatomy of a Book
by Carrie Bailey At some point early in our lives, most people are told to be careful not to damage a book’s spine or to “Look at that cover!” It Continue Reading
The Jealous One–Best 100 Mystery Novels of All Time
The Jealous One—Celia Fremlin–1964 used. I wouldn’t leave the bathtub until I’d finished reading. I wouldn’t have a conversation with the husband, until the last chapters were gobbled up. I Continue Reading
Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain
by Carrie Bailey You might have heard about the movie coming out next month from Disney titled Oz: The Great and Powerful. It’s another film based on Frank L. Baum’s Continue Reading