• Welcome to BookAndReader!

    We LOVE books and hope you'll join us in sharing your favorites and experiences along with your love of reading with our community. Registering for our site is free and easy, just CLICK HERE!

    Already a member and forgot your password? Click here.

Search results

  1. E

    Nobody reads?

    The son, currently in 7th grade, of a friend of mine came to lunch with a book. My friend asked him to tell me about the books he's reading - he's currently reading 4 and all of them involve psychology or astronomy. All were pretty heavy non-fiction. His son then said that kids at school look at...
  2. E

    Fewer books in book stores?

    Has anyone noticed "other stuff" encroaching on the book shelfspace at their nearby big book chain? I visited one last week and thought I accidentally wandered into a toy store. I was surrounded by puzzles, stuffed animals and other doo-dads that seemed to have nothing whatsoever to do with...
  3. E

    When fiction dissolves...

    Not too long ago I was discussing books with a friend and the subject of fiction intruded into our conversation. We were discussing the books we had recently read and none of them, it turns out, were fiction. "Recent" meant the past 2 -3 years as we live on different continents and don't speak...
  4. E

    Barnes and Noble for sale?

    Barnes and Noble on the Block Barnes and Noble didn't Evolve Enough
  5. E

    What did you read in 2009?

    Not a great reading year for me (and not a great year in general), but I managed somehow to get these in: 1. The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb 2. Heidegger's Being and Time by Gorner 3. The Cambridge Companion to Atheism 4. How to Read Heidegger by Wrathall 5. Easy Spanish Reader by Tardy...
  6. E

    How do you start?

    Hello, I've never gathered the gumption to sit down and write something yet. I seem to have a fear of the process, or something ineffable I can't quite fathom. As a psychic salve of sorts, I thought I'd outline how I think a novel gets written and pass it by all of you writer types. Perhaps...
  7. E

    What books have you read in 2008?

    As the twilight of another year beckons, so share your reading lists and thoughts. My list (so far): 43. Vox by Nicholson Baker 42. Complete Peanuts 1969-1970 by Schulz 41. The US-Mexican War by Christensen 40. Heidegger's Being and Time by William Large 39. East, West by Salman...
  8. E

    Salman Rushdie: The Enchantress Of Florence

    Rushdie's new novel appears in the US on May 27th. It's already available in Britain. So far, the reviews have praised it. Has anyone here read it?
  9. E

    Philip Roth's comments on the end of fiction...

    A few years back Philip Roth was interviewed on TV about his thoughts about the future of fiction. He didn't think fiction will last another decade or two because people will find "more compelling" forms of entertainment. Does anyone agree with this? Is fiction on an inexorable downward...
  10. E

    Advice on starting out?

    Hello, So after some one writes a few stories they typically want to see if anyone will take the bait and print their brain droppings. For newbies is the best route still buying Writer's Market and sending out manuscript after manuscript? Has anyone else used a different route? What are the...
  11. E

    Do people still read for entertainment?

    This may seem out of place in a writer's forum, but in the recent edition of "Best American Short Stories" Stephen King claims that many of the readers of literary journals are other writers looking not for entertainment but to see what the journals are publishing. He calls this "ucky reading."...
  12. E

    Hello. Get Milked.

    That's not an insult. It's just my website. I'm new. I've been poking around the forums. I've seen a lot of good stuff about a lot of good authors. But I haven't seen much about Salman Rushdie. Is he still read or talked about or has everyone given up on him after Fury? Also, not much about...
Back
Top