BiblioAddict The First Step on the Road to Recovery

On end of the year best-of lists, a retrospective look at the highlights of 2009, YA books, new discoveries, dark magic, and a whole lot of good reading:
I’m sure you’ve never heard me say this before, but I love end-of-the-year best-of lists.  I love the ones published by newspapers and magazines and especially those published [...]

On misogyny (or not), big, unweildy novels, nebulous motivations, and transcendent writing of the highest order:
I’ve been putting off writing my review of Roberto Bolano’s 2666 for months now, not only becuase I’m a shamless procrastinator but also because it’s one of the most difficult books on which I’ve ever tried to get a proper [...]

On sticky books, breakfast in bed, haunted hotels, zombie wars, and the novels that have changed my life:
This week’s Booking Through Thursday question is a good one:
“This can be a quick one. Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you’ve read that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall [...]

On a week of firsts and read-a-thons:
This week will be a week of firsts for little ole’ BiblioAddict.  Firstly, I’ve finally joined Sunday Salon!  I can’t believe it took me so long to join, especially since Sunday Salon has opened up a whole new world of book bloggers who I’ll be adding to my reader [...]

On booking through thursday and my personal great derangement:
This week’s Booking Through Thursday:
For something different, I’m borrowing a question from … here! One of the very first questions ever at Booking Through Thursday. Back from 2005 when Laura owned the blog but, because it was so new, it didn’t get as many responses as it does [...]