Conversation about Books, Music and Movies 
Admit it. You hate the holidays. Not on account of any sort of misanthropic streak, of course, but just because your stress level escalates off the charts every time the alleged season to be jolly rolls around. The reason? Own up, there’s no shame in it — getting the ideal[…]
OK, I’ll admit it: the stickers get me. When I’m wandering aimlessly through the new books aisle and I happen to catch “Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize” or “National Book Award Winner” on that little round sticker slapped in the corner of a book cover, it works its magic.[…]
If I asked you to name ten essential science fiction books, could you? I’m talking about the ten books you’d say a friend HAS to read to know what science fiction’s all about. OK, what about five? Now, what if I told you to subtract any books from that list[…]
O.K., so I’ll admit it: everything I know about Young Adult books I learned when I was, well, a young adult. And at the risk of giving away my age (is it revealing too much that Men at Work is my favorite band?), let’s just say there’ve been more than[…]
