Monthly Archives: April 2009

Balancing the old with the new, and the many with the few

Posted on April 26, 2009 by Michele Filgate

Pssst…I have a confession to make. I’ve never read Moby Dick.  Or Ulysses. Or Anna Karenina, for that matter.  I’ve meant to for a while now, but there’s one big thing that stops me. I’m a bookseller who works at … Continue reading →

Posted in Bookselling, reading trends | 10 Comments

Kate Christensen’s review of “The Song Is You”

Posted on April 11, 2009 by Michele Filgate

Readers of my blog know that one of my favorite contemporary novelists is Kate Christensen.  Kate has written a glowing review of Arthur Phillips latest novel in The New York Times Book Review. If novelists were labeled zoologically, Arthur Phillips … Continue reading →

Posted in Author Tours, Book Reviews | 1 Comment

I’m now officially a Bookslut

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Michele Filgate

Let’s see how many people stumble across my blog now that the word “slut” is in the title of this post.  I can only imagine how my traffic will spike! I’m honored, though, to be associated with the word in … Continue reading →

Posted in Author Interviews, Book Reviews | 7 Comments