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When thousands of children’s products, largely from China, were removed from shelves because of lead content, Congress decided it had to take action. That action, however, may lead to children’s books printed before 1985 being removed from the shelves of used bookstores and libraries.
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), signed into law last […]
I’ve often posted about what I call my illiterati status. In other words, despite all the books I’ve read there’s a lot of canonical authors I haven’t read. Well, I’m pleased to announce that at least one British author, James Delingpole, has given us all permission not to worry about the so-called canon.
Writing in […]
Since February has Valentine’s Day and the birthdays of two of my three daughters, I’m going to switch from lust to love this month. Rather than list the books I am lusting after, I’m going to list a few of those I loved enough to now have waiting on the headboard of the bed or […]
Ever since I’ve been a member of the National Book Critics Circle, I’ve observed that few of the books I nominate make the finalist round (two last year and one the year before). I kept up that trend with this year’s finalists.
I only submitted nominations in three categories because, as usual, I didn’t read […]
As part of an ongoing series, the U.K.’s Guardian has listed, by author’s last name, the 124 science fiction and fantasy novels everyone “must” read. I’ll admit there’s some I’ve never heard of (mostly published 80 or more years ago) and some that surprise me as coming within the category.
Anyway, John at SF Signal […]
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