He returned to Dimbola to find Catherine in Holland House with Sir John, sipping tepid tea and bemoaning the imperfections in her photograp...

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  When Proust recollected the precise taste sensation of the little scalloped madeleine cakes served at tea by his aunt, it led him into hi...

The noised outside her window were of wind and the near sea, of clay chimes kilned to crystalline tones. -- The Luminist by David Rocklin ...

February 1 to February 28, 2012 Venice in February Reading Challenge FINISHED Snow Feathers and Dolce Bellezza , are hosting a ...

I finished the 2011 Battle of the Prizes, American Version (click here for the 2012 challenge).  The challenge runs through January 31, 20...

At home you study the report, looking up words online that you don't know.  It is good news, but you feel heavy, tired. -- Who in This...

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Thomas Williams won the 1975 National Book Award for The Hair of Harold Roux , a novel within a novel about balancing a writer's crea...

This is the third year Rose City Reader has hosted the Battle of the Prizes, British Version, Challenge. This challenge pits winners of t...

As soon as I completed chemotherapy, I began to write. -- from the Author's Note to Who in This Room: The Realities of Cancer, Fish, a...

The European Reading Challenge January 1, 2012 to January 31, 2013 TAKE THE GRAND TOUR Welcome to the European Reading Challenge – where...

2012 will be the fourth year I've hosted this Battle of the Prizes Challenge here at Rose City Reader. This challenge pits winners of...

Over the years the mountain has been host to a range of unique climbing feats and stories not readily found on other Cascadian peaks.  In ...

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Aaron Benham sits at his desk hearing the wrong voices.  -- The Hair of Harold Roux by Thomas Williams. This was the 1975 winner of the ...

On this Big Shopping Day, it seems appropriate to feature two books that I think would make great Christmas presents for the Oregonians or O...

David Lodge is a British author who writes substantive, entertaining novels about people coming to terms with the changing world, such a...