Jonathan Yardley's Second Reading: Notable and Neglected Books Revisited Europa Editions, 2011 Originally published in "The Washinton Post" between 2003 and 2010, these pieces were accompanied by this snippet: "An occasional series in which the Post's book critic reconsiders notable and/or neglected books from the past." Well, what could be
How can you resist the subtitle of Grace Dane Mazur's Hinges? It's Meditations on the Portals of the Imagination. Well, you can't resist it. Not if you're book-ish, and especially not if you're also writer-ish. If book-ish was in the book's index, you might see a reference to
"Baseball – what a boring game! One player threw the ball, another caught it, a third held a bat. Everyone else stood around." Chad Harbach's debut novel shares its title with a guide to playing baseball, which includes meditative observations on the art of life itself. It's a
When I was re-reading the wonderful 84 Charing Cross Road last month, this bit caught my eye: "You’ll be fascinated to learn (from me that hates novels) that I finally got around to Jane Austen and went out of my mind over Pride & Prejudice which I can’t bring myself to
Book-brained Who has not heard of The Life of Pi? But did you know that author Yann Martel vowed to send the Canadian prime minister books to read for the duration of his term in office. For those of you who aren't Canadian, that's Stephen Harper -- the prime
