Review: The Travelers
I am not typically a reader of the spy genre, but the premise of this book sounded interesting. In fact, everyone I spoke to whilst trying to slog my way through this novel also thought it sounded interesting – “A travel…
Month: February 2017
Book Haul
I’ve acquired a number of books this month (too many!). My haul from last weekend’s trip to The Last Bookstore and The Iliad Bookshop yielded these gems: Unicorn Highway by David Lee Jones Twisted River by Siobhan MacDonald The Crack in…
Review: The Sun is Also a Star
The Sun is Also a Star just wasn’t really my cup of tea. It’s certainly well-written, and it’s probably a great book for fans of the Young Adult/Romance genre. The ways in which the character’s lives all intertwine is interesting, and we…
The Iliad Bookshop in North Hollywood, CA
After visiting The Last Bookstore, I stopped by The Iliad Bookshop in North Hollywood yesterday. While not as impressive as The Last Bookstore (what is?), The Iliad Bookshop is a very nice and well-maintained used book store. They specialize in Literature…
The Last Bookstore in Los Angeles, CA
I went to The Last Bookstore today, located in Downtown Los Angeles. This store has everything. They sell both new and used books, as well as records. In addition to the Labyrinth of Books, the upstairs also houses a variety of work…
Weeding My Personal Book Collection
Way back when I started library school, I was completely unfamiliar with the concept of weeding a collection. It seemed unnatural and wrong to get rid of books. Back in my days as a community college student, I’d never understood the free…
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