JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

As a short story connoisseur, I’ve sampled a few of Joyce Carol Oates’ smaller pieces but I think The Falls is the first novel of hers I have read. Gender always plays a prominent role in her stories. I don’t mind if an author chooses to write pieces that have a political or social bent; […]

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Last November as I was finishing Dan Brown’s bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code I noticed Anita Sharpe’s piece in Worthwhile describing the demise of Krispy Kreme’s appeal: People don’t crave convenience; we crave magic, romance and stories. Magic, romance and stories. What The Da Vinci Code and Krispy Kremes have in common. Perhaps there […]

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The People’s Poet, Keyvan Ghaemmaghami, whom I mentioned in a previous post last fall, now has a website featuring more information about him, sample poems and ebooks he has written. All proceeds are going to the Cancer Unit at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, U.K. The Bard of the Buses writes poetry for those he […]

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This morning the girls and I enjoyed Kathryn Lasky’s The Librarian Who Measured the Earth, the story of scholar and librarian Eratosthenes and how he calculated the world’s circumference more than 2000 years ago. I haven’t written about Technorati tags since the announcement last month but I have been trying to read the discussions happening […]

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I don’t know if the other Seattle area stops (Elliot Bay Bookstore this afternoon and University of Washington tomorrow) will also be postponed. But in the meantime, read Elisa Camahort’s report of Malcolm Gladwell’s stop at Books Inc.

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