Gimbling in the Wabe – Too Many Books
This week, I'm reposting one of my very favorite Gimblings - a little poem I wrote a few years ago...
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Litstack Rec: An Unnecessary Woman & Extraordinary Adventures
An Unnecessary Woman, by Rabih Alameddine “I like outsiders,” Aaliya Sohbi tells us, “phantoms wandering the cobwebbed halls of the...
Gimbling in the Wabe – My Favorite Books of 2016
The "Best Books of 2016"? Pul-eeze. Unless one has a universally agreed-upon metric that can be applied to every single...
Gimbling in the Wabe – The Gift of Reading
I tend to be one of those people who obsesses over gift giving. I don't get a chance to do...
Gimbling in the Wabe – My Own Genre of Postcards, My Own Genus of Photographs
"A book is not an isolated being: it is a relationship, an axis of innumerable relationships." - Jorge Luis Borges...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Sometimes When I Read…
Sometimes when I read, it's like a lovely summer's day when the sun is shining but it's not too hot,...
National Library Week – Lifeline, Anchor, Deadweight
In honor of National Library Week, we give you a follow-up to Sharon's essay yesterday about being addicted to requests...
National Library Week – My Library Request Addiction
~ * ~ In honor of National Library Week, we at LitStack are running some of our favorite essays regarding...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Winter and Reading
The bulk of this Gimbling in the Wabe came from one I had posted three years ago; it's also, I...
Gimbling in the Wabe – On Children and Censorship
Okay, so…. I know my memory isn’t what it should be. But I can’t remember ever – not once –...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Of Things That Really Don’t Matter
It's going to be a pretty short Gimbling in the Wabe this week, not because I've suddenly lost my gift...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Curling Up With a Good Book, Redoux
This is a reworking of a Gimbling in the Wabe I wrote in back in 2013, but it felt especially...
Gimbling in the Wabe – A Baker’s Dozen from a Notable List and Whatnot
Recently, the New York Times came out with their list of 100 Most Notable Books for 2014, and the literary...
Gimbling in the Wabe – To Read or Not to Read: What Really is the Question?
We've all seen the adage, "So many books, so little time!" I myself find this to be so very true...
Gimbling in the Wabe – My Library Request Addiction
Hi, my name is Sharon. I'm a library request addict. It used to be that I would only request a...
Gimbling in the Wabe – It Bears Repeating
This week, I'm copping out. It was a difficult week for many reasons, and as the deadline for getting something...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Much Ado About Nothing
On June 6, 2014, freelance journalist Ruth Graham wrote an article for the online magazine Slate entitled "Against YA" that...
LitStack Review: What Makes This Book So Great by Jo Walton
What Makes This Book So Great Jo Walton Tor Release Date: January 21, 2014 ISBN 978-0-7653-3193-9 Between 2008 and 2011,...
Coolest Pro-Reading Ads Ever
We love this piece from The Huffington Post on Israeli advertising agency ACW Grey Tel-Aviv and bookstore chain Steimatzky creating...
6 Tips on Reading to Train the Writer’s Eye
We love this post from LitReactor on training the writer: One of the most often repeated lessons for writers is...
Hugo Winner Jo Walton Explains Why She Reads
In her Tor.com piece, Hugo winner Jo Walton talks about purposeful reading: In the comments to my post “Is There...
Gimbling in the Wabe: Sharing the Gift of Reading
Sharing the Gift of Reading I tend to be one of those people who obsess over gift giving. Not that...
All Hallow’s Read
Neil Gaiman, author of things, explains All Hallow's Read, a Tradition that was just waiting to happen. Full Details at...
