Kirkus says this about Olive Kittridge: A perfectly balanced portrait of the human condition, encompassing plenty of anger, cruelty and loss without ever losing sight of the equally powerful presences of tenderness, […]

Thanks to a strong recommendation from Shelly in a recent comment, I’ve decided our March book will be The Help, by Kathryn Stockett. I hope you’ll read it and participate in our […]

This book is billed as “a novel in short stories.” Do you like that description? Do you think it’s accurate? I don’t, and I don’t. I don’t think the stories are connected […]

Cognitive dissonance: The feeling of discomfort from holding two conflicting beliefs or a discrepancy between beliefs and behavior. On one hand, I’m uncomfortable with my ignorance about what products should really cost. […]

What would you say is the one thing that bugs you most about our Cheap culture? For me, it’s the disposable nature of stuff and thus the waste of resources and accumulation […]

The farming section of the book was another eye-opening and fascinating section for me. The idea that food is going to waste in some places while people are starving in others is […]