John McNally's After the Workshop Counterpoint, 2010 Not just another bookish Friday, nope: this bookish-book Friday comes to you thanks to Sasha and the Silverfish, whose rave post about John McNally's novel ensured its placement -- and her acknowledgement -- in my Bad Blogger's category. The TwentyTen Reading Challenge demands
John Baxter's Pound of Paper: Confessions of a Book Addict Random House (UK), 2002 Welcome to another bookish Friday. I chose John Baxter's work for two reasons: first, it was a gift from a bookish friend some years ago and I wanted to take some proper time with it because
Jeremy Mercer's Time Was Soft There: A Paris Sojourn at Shakespeare & Co. St. Martin's Press, 2005 Well, how can you not like a book that begins with "It was a grey winter Sunday when I came to the bookstore." What better sort of grey winter Sunday could make such
Lewis Buzbee's The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop: A Memoir, A History Graywolf Press, 2006 Welcome to another bookish Friday. I've had Lewis Buzbee's slim volume on my shelf since it was published in hardcover. Which seems a little silly now -- having left it sitting for so long, when it can be
Welcome to my third bookish Friday. Have I mentioned how much fun I'm having with Fridays now? It's not much of a stretch to assume that most people who are writing books are somewhat bookish themselves. But I don't think it's always true. I heard an interview with Katherine Neville
