by Regina Kenney Preface: I am a slow reader. The last book I read took me about 9 weeks to finish.  I picked up The Collector by John Fowles and read 140 pages the first night. Within pages, immediately had that beautiful 'could-not-sleep-one-more-chapter' reading motivation where you care more about the characters than getting an adequate amount … Continue reading October Read: ‘The Collector’ by John Fowles

Halloween in Translation – Book Five: Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons by Lee Cross If you are familiar with our Halloween Bookshelf, right about now (assuming you’re aware of Watchmen) you should all be thinking the same thing – isn’t Watchmen an English language title anyway? …and yes, you’re right, I am referring … Continue reading Halloween Recommended Reading: Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons

In honor of Bob Dylan being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, here is a list of great quotes from the musician/poet/lyricist.  “May God bless and keep you always, May your wishes all come true, May you always do for others And let others do for you. May you build a ladder to the stars … Continue reading 50 Great Quotes From Bob Dylan

by Liam Kenney A book review of Dracula’s Guest And Other Weird Stories by Bram Stoker The important thing to know about these short stories is that only one of them actually involves a vampire- and even then only loosely. If you love Dracula, and the book left you wanting more, I would highly suggest reading … Continue reading October Review: Dracula’s Guest And Other Weird Stories

by Colleen White “I read the 300 novels and no other bastard did.” - A. L. Kennedy, Man Booker Prize Judge The Nobel Prize is shrouded in mystery. Unlike its British cousin, the Man Booker Prize, the Nobel releases no long or short list. It is notoriously zeitgeist-y (at least in recent years), tends to … Continue reading Placing Bets On The Nobel Prize For Literature

by Lee Cross Here is what I don’t understand – Love affairs with Vampires. I don’t mean the literary love affair (which I’ve previously tried to cover in parts one and two of this blog), I mean the literal love of Vampires. Forgive the brutality of my next statement: but the idea of falling in … Continue reading Leopold Broom Investigates: People Who Love Vampires (Part 3)

In these trying political times, here are 20 great quotes from authors about politics.  “Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”― Mark Twain “A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on. ”― William S. Burroughs “The last thing I ever … Continue reading 20 Great Literature Quotes About Politics

Invictus by William Ernest Henley Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond … Continue reading 3 Poems To Read When Going Through Difficult Times

by Regina & Davy Kenney

List of literature quotes from the last 100 years of Nobel Literature Prize winners.Gathered by Regina Kenney  “Death is the fairest thing in the world. No one's ever gotten out of it. The earth takes everyone - the kind, the cruel, the sinners. Aside from that, there's no fairness on earth.”- Svetlana AlexievichFrom Voices from … Continue reading Great Quotes From 100 Years Of Nobel Prize For Literature Winners