I updated the fiction contest listings (at least through November). Added a couple of new ones, too. You owe it to yourself to at least send something to the free contests.…
Category Archives: Literature
I should have read this a year ago
“Newly unemployed, I found this kind of life refreshing. No more…meetings with people I didn’t want to meet. And best of all, I could read any book I wanted, anytime I wanted. I had no idea how long this relaxed lifestyle would continue, but…I was enjoying it, and I tried hard not to think about …
We have just folded space
The next meeting has been scheduled to talk about Murakami but I fear the Secret Book Club has been irreparably compromised. What makes matters worse is we cannot yet reveal that we know about the leak. Plans within plans……
Have read, will read
Okay, I found my copy of Kafka on the Shore and finished reading it. Next up is Ian McEwan’s Saturday.…
Kafka on the Shore
I’m supposed to be reading Haruki Murakami’s latest novel for the Secret Book Club’s next meeting. Unfortunately, I seem to have misplaced my book.…
Lighthousekeeping
Our somewhat secret book club talked about Jeanette Winterson’s Lighthousekeeping tonight. The concensus seemed to be that it wasn’t quite up to the level of her past work. Although it had some moments of excellence, overall it felt a little light.…
Drinking at the Algonquin
Went to the Unbridled book launch party at the Algonquin Hotel yesterday. I met a number of the authors whose bios I’ve memorized and whose features I know down to the pixel due to my work on their book pages. I also met Edie Falco, niece of one of the authors—it’s amazing how even a …
Golden
“The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.” –George Eliot
Update: I used this quote on my birthday but check over a year later when I use it on another momentous …
Broken Verses
The Secret Book Club is now reading Kamila Shamsie’s Broken Verses. We’re lucky enough to be friends with the author and will be welcoming her into the inner sanctum for this week’s meeting.…
If it’s your first night, you have to read
I found out our Secret Book Club is going to be officially funded. What does this mean? Free books!
Joy over this development is only lessened by the fact that our activity is a little less secret now. But it’ll still be somewhat secret as long as members don’t break the first and second rules …