Belle, Book, and Candle

I like to travel. I like to read books about travel. I want to share another's experiences in foreign places, especially locations...

I don't have a book to write about this week unless you want to count John James Audubon's historic  Birds of America. I took...

A generous friend brought me a book the other day. As you can imagine, I rarely turn down the gift of a book. It was one he wanted to p...

As John Cleese of Monty Python's Flying Circus used to say, “And now for something completely different.” As a change from the Nordi...

I don't know why I have not written about Annie Dillard before. She is one of my favorite authors. As I look at my bookshelf, ...

I may be the last person in the world to read Jane Eyre . And, as it turns out, I am getting paid to do so. Here's the story on tha...

Here's the thing about reading Bill Bryson's The Road to Little Dribbling : I was not only treated to a travelogue of his wande...