I've just started How to Write a Sentence and How to Read One by Stanley Fish.  It was recommended to me by someone who thought I would love it and they were probably right.  I've only got as far as page three and already I have to share.

Some people are bird watchers, others are celebrity watchers; still others are flora and fauna watchers.  I ( Read more... )

I'm trying to track down a book for a friend in Canada: Death at Pompeia's Wedding by Rosemary Rowe, published by Severn House in hard cover in 2008 and paperback in 2009.  If you come across one in a second-hand bookshop, please let me know.  Upwards of £69 from an Amazon market place seller doesn't seem reasonable, really.  W H Smith online ( Read more... )