Book Review: Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt, published in 1975. Quite honestly, I prefer reading children’s books to modern fiction. They never drag on and on with excessive description. They get right to the point. The authors know they have to catch you right off. In Tuck Everlasting, 10 year old Winnie discovers a secret … Continue reading
The Eclectic Reader has just acquired a major, 40 year, lifetime collection of Little Golden Books. I have counted 650 books so far, plus six boxes, estimated at 1,500 to 2,000 books. No matter how old or young you are, I guarantee you will find some from your childhood. Little Golden Books were first published … Continue reading
When you need a break from reality into some really grand historical fiction, I recommend the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. I have been promoting this book series for some time now. It’s a fine escape. I felt strongly that if someone could transfer this story to the screen as serious historical fiction – instead … Continue reading
A rich collection of 50s-60s counterculture: hippie, Yippie, Beat, and bohemian writers just came in. Bukowski, Burroughs, Kerouac, Ferlinghetti, Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, Robert Bly, Abbie Hoffman, Tom Wolfe, Richard Brautigan, Ed Sanders, Jerry Garcia, and Ken Kesey. Did I forget someone? Move your feets to snag some of this. This stuff never lasts long. You … Continue reading
Once there were books with bindings which could be considered works of art. In the days before dust jackets became a marketing scheme, and before paperback books were printed in lurid covers, or mysteries in black (with dripping red blood), or thrillers in metallic silver covers as if we are crows or raccoons attracted by … Continue reading
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