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 | From Megan Romer, your About Books & Literature Editor The Age of Miracles was one of my favorite novels of the year, and as it turns out, it was Karen Thompson Walker's debut. It wasn't the only great debut this year, either. Check out some others... | |
Best Debut Fiction of 2012
Joining The Age of Miracles on this list is Maggie Shipstead's Seating Arrangements which I picked up to read at the beach a few weeks ago but never got to, as well as several others which look quite promising.
| Book Review: 'Telegraph Avenue' by Michael Chabon
I'm a music geek -- an esoteric world music geek, to be more specific -- and there are few places I'd rather be at any given moment than flipping through stacks and stacks of funky old records at any one of the used record shops on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley (especially if I was still stuffed from lunch at Chez Panisse and buzzin' on a cup of Major Dickason's Blend from Peet's). This new book is about two guys who own a record store in Berkeley, as well as the funky characters who make up their scene. I haven't read a single page yet, and I'm already hooked.
| "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving
Halloween is approaching, and in honor of my very favorite holiday, I'm going to link to a classic scary story in this newsletter every week for the five weeks, as we count down. This Faustian tale from spooky story master Washington Irving is a great way to ease into the spirit (pun intended) of the season.
| What Ever Happened to Thee and Thou?
Speaking of geekery, if you're a word nerd, here's a fun article that'll get you thinking about the loss of the formal and informal second-person distinctions in the English language. Our own Richard Nordquist always makes grammar fun. No, really.
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