Beer Bomb

by Blogger Michelle_Buonfiglio 4 hours ago - last edited 4 hours ago

A Super-Bowl beer ad about guys crashing a book club has some book lovers tossing the penalty flag on what they consider the spot’s anti-reading bent. But I’m not sure this ad makes the cut for either the Pro-Misogyny or Anti-Illiteracy teams. After all, the guys were kind of cute, and the girls did have some extra beer on hand... Read more...

Valentines Shmalentines

by Blogger LisaSteinke yesterday PM - last edited yesterday PM

My disdain for Valentine's Day has made me the hero in every relationship I've been in (including my current one—you’re welcome, honey!). Telling a guy you’re not a big fan of February 14th is like telling him you LOVE when he goes to strip clubs. If you love me, you’ll tell me. If you want to buy me flowers, you’ll do it because you want to... Read more...

The Werewolves are Coming! The Werewolves are Coming!

by Moderator paulgoatallen yesterday AM - last edited yesterday AM

Vampires have ruled the supernatural roost for many years now – both in genre fiction and in pop culture. But with the release of the blockbuster motion picture The Wolfman (starring Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt and Hugo Weaving) quickly approaching – it opens February 12th – it looks like 2010 may very well belong to the werewolves... Read more...

Does Raping the Earth Make Us Crazy?

by Blogger IlanaSimons Friday - last edited Friday by Administrator PaulH

Ecopsychology is a branch of psychology that theorizes that our mental health is related to the health of the earth. Its main idea is that our moods and ideas are in fact related to the natural world as it lives or dies around us. Read more...

When I heard that Georgia-based small press Samhain Publishing was releasing the first installment of a new paranormal fantasy saga, I had to check it out…and I’m so glad I did. The tongue-in-cheek “warning” on the back of Blood Vice had me instantly intrigued: “Intense, graphic mafia-related violence, profanity, gangster slang, assassinations, fang punctures, explicit vampire sex, betrayal, greed, murder, gangland warfare, pervasive supernatural mayhem, large-scale explosions, and extremely expensive Italian suits.” Read more...

Pear Pimples and Penguins? 1980s Politics in Four Panels

by Moderator L_Monty on 02-04-2010 10:30 AM - last edited on 02-04-2010 10:31 AM

Maybe you only remember Opus the Penguin dolls, but for the kids of Generation X, Bloom County was a sublimely subversive, hilarious and endearing cultural icon that could be experienced every morning over Pop-Tarts. Read more...

Desperately Seeking Jane

by Blogger Jill_Dearman on 02-03-2010 03:13 PM - last edited on 02-03-2010 03:13 PM

Marilyn Brant has been living with Jane Austen (in her head!) for quite sometime ... Read more...

Then there were three: Among or between the ebook readers?

by Blogger Ellen_Scordato on 02-03-2010 09:52 AM - last edited on 02-03-2010 09:54 AM by Administrator PaulH

Which ebook reader? More important, which preposition? Shall I choose between nook, its old competitor, or its new one, or among them all? Read more...

T.S.T.L.*

by Blogger Michelle_Buonfiglio on 02-02-2010 11:55 AM - last edited on 02-02-2010 11:55 AM

Historical heroines who repeatedly trip into danger sometimes are described pejoratively as Too Stupid to Live (TSTL). And, sure, contemporary readers can be turned off by heroines whose time periods limit their options. But the Western romance heroine’s indomitable spirit turns the TSTL label on its head; she’s simply: *Too Stalwart to Loathe. Read more...

Cover Stories: Dirty Little Secrets by C.J. Omololu

by Blogger Melissa-Walker on 02-02-2010 07:42 AM - last edited on 02-02-2010 07:42 AM

C.J. Omololu's debut Young Adult novel, Dirty Little Secrets, out today, features a protagonist whose mother's hoarding habits have turned her life upside-down. So how did her publisher design a cover that would convey the dark emotions of living with a clinically diagnosed packrat? C.J.'s here to tell us: Read more...

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