Entries from January 2010

January 28, 2010

J.D. Salinger

Why I Love JD Salinger My friend Kim gets news before I do.  So she shot me an email a few minutes ago, to tell me that JD Salinger had just died.  I’ve said to her in the past that his Nine Stories is probably my favorite book in the whole world, so she asked me [...]

January 6, 2010

A New Year’s Resolution–Sort Of

This is a tale of two books, neither of which I’ve read, but which together inspired me to change my life.  For at least a year. But first, just so you know, I didn’t wake up all hungover and bloated on New Year’s Day and start making lists of how “this year is going to [...]