I have a mildly antagonistic relationship with my BlackBerry — I name all the significant inanimate objects in my life; this one's called "the Dingle," so there you go — but I admit that I …

New year, new batch of books to choose from! David Foster Wallace finally got his moment last time, but there's another Wallace-adjacent book in the poll this time around, we've got a couple of true-crime-ish …

I assume my preference here is clear. Heh.
Actually, I'd love to read any of these, but let's see what you pick. The Wallace is back for another round, joined by the Zinn, and we've got …

Welcome, friends! It's time to raise some money. The super-duper crazy-big six-figure blowout fundraiser for Donors Choose will return in spring 2011 — but why not rustle up a few bucks now?
The project is called …

A very informative read, if somewhat discouraging (nearly every page contains a word or phrase I've misused for years), and if I had it to do again, I wouldn't read it straight through; the book's …

Our next book, by a hair, is Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right. I tremble to think of all the words I'm about to find out I've been using …

"I don't have any legs — that's what!" shrieked Billie.
I would crack a joke here about spoiler warnings, but it's a hallmark of My Sweet Audrina that, by the time any twist or dark secret …

Bill Bryson put up a valiant fight, but V.C. Andrews prevailed — our next TN Read-Along book is My Sweet Audrina. I can't decide if I'm horrified or thrilled, so I've decided to go with …

Roberto Kelly was up in the bottom of the fourth against Detroit when a murmur began circling through Yankee Stadium. The scoreboard read: July 30, 1990, 8:26 P.M. The murmur built steadily, and suddenly a …

Henry James crisis averted! Our next read-along book is Backwards in High Heels: The Impossible Art of Being Female, by Tania Kindersley and Sarah Vine. Not Kindleable this time, but a used copy is about …