My parents are having trouble cleaning their favorite chair. The small dog of the house long ago staked out the top of the headrest (by my dad’s head) as his place of rest, and now …

I’m looking for the title of a young-adult book. It takes place in Copenhagen, either during or right after WWII. A girl and her mother have fallen on hard times, and need to rent out …

Ask The Readers bookfest today, fittingly. Want to make sure today’s schoolchildren grow up reading beloved YA novels that they need help remembering and write in to The Vine about in 20 years’ time? Me …

I have debt. Large amounts — enough that I get offers in the mail for debt-reduction services — and I need to do something about it. I have a good job, that pays well, but …

My fiancé and I are huge fans of “marathoning” shows (as in get a show we’ve never seen that’s got at least 3 seasons on DVD and start Netflixing them until we’ve either caught up to live …

A Friday-morning Ask The Readers bookfest is a great time to remind all you Jane Eyre fans that I have a reading tonight for the launch of the Eyresses zine — a piece called “Jane …

A really quick Ask The Readers query — can any members of the glorious Nation point me in the direction of any useful infertility forums? Hubs and I are really going through the mill at …

I’m hoping your bibliophile readers can help me come up with the title of a book I read as a kid in the ’70s.
It’s about a boy who goes on a camping trip/hike up …

I am on a quest to find corduroy pants. Specifically, I’m looking for thin-wale, mid- to high-rise, straight-leg corduroy pants.
Unfortunately, I have so far failed in my quest to do this. I’ve tried J. Crew …

Do you have any good party games for grownups? I’m turning 30 next month (March 5th! Yay Saturday birthday!) and wanted to mark the occasion by throwing myself a little shindig (I also didn’t want …