Katie Pickard Fawcett, who grew up in the hills of eastern Kentucky, is the author of a newly released novel for young readers, To Come and Go Like Magic; it's about 12 year-old Chili Mahoney, who has never been outside of her small Appalachian town.She named her five favorite books of Appalachia for C.M. Mayo's "Madam Mayo" blog. One book on the list:Shiloh and Other Stories by Bobbie Ann

Macmillan CEO John Sargent continued to address readers' comments on his new blog today. The post comes on the heels of some controversial comments Sargent made about libraries and eBooks. Here are his thoughts on pricing, from his blog: "We believe at first release an e book is worth more and people will pay more for it. Over time it will become worth less as demand tapers. However, some dig...

My Swiss fellow just passed me The Logic of Life by Tim Harford. Quite an interesting book about rational choice theory. I’m often wary of this kind of easily-accessible ‘popular science’ book, because I just assume everything will be oversimplified and glib, but I like the way the author is trying to get his readers

;lskdj ;lkasjd ;lskdjf Taking care of this sweet little person. Miss Helen turned up on the great stage of fools January 15 and is 2 months in this photo. She loves The Very Hungry Caterpillar and has shown some interest in Make Way for Ducklings. I think we have a future book lover in our midst. Starting next week, I will begin posting here more regularly, so please check back. Moving forward, mo...

Look out, American readers. Times are tough, taxes can't be raised much higher, and libraries across the land are desperate. Well...some libraries in parts of Colorado are desperate enough to throw your sorry butt in jail if you don't return that DVD you borrowed from them. Remember, the key word is "borrowed." Libraries don't give those things away just because you'd like to have a copy of your