Just finished Cassandra Khaw's The Salt Grows Heavy and not sure how I feel about it. On the plus side, Khaw paints some seriously creepy scenes. You definitely feel like you are in a horror novella. On the other hand, the language was bordering on excessively obscure (First time I've seen someone use the verb "flense" twice in less than 100 pages),...

This is a novel about a white, fairly unsuccessful author who takes her very successful, Asian-American friend's (or sort of friend) first draft novel when said friend dies, edits/finishes it, and publishes it solely as her (the white protagonist's) work. The book obviously deals a lot with the issue of the protagonist lying, stealing, and taking credit...

First of all- incredible book. I absolutely loved it. I love how everything came together at the end. The only thing I had a question about was that at Christmas when the kids were having a party, Rion (I think?? Or was it Subaru?) brought the Wolf Queen a gift and she took it but did not open it in front of the kids. Did we ever find out what this...

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It has been ages since I fell into a book as hard as I've fallen into the Earthsea series. Lately life has felt like a whirlwind, too much happening all the time. In an effort to slow down and savor things, I started commuting via the bus, and have been reading again to fill that time. The Wizard of Earthsea was the fourth book I've picked up since...

I'm going to store some books for about a year in a box. Just curious to know what is the best way to store them. I've seen some places online saying to have the books spine facing down. Other sources say to have them propped up in the box, like you would find on a shelf. Is there an ideal way to place books set for storage? Or does it matter which...