Christmas, as far as I am concerned, is officially here.  Why?  Because I've got exactly what I asked Santa to bring (by way of my dear,...

I'd always rather be reading, but today more than usual. One of the undisputed masters of the short story form, the one and only William...

I think if I had the time to be reading right now, I'd be checking out the new collection of stories by Jim Shepard , Like You'd Und...

But, no. I'm shelving. If I were reading, though, I might sit down with a copy a very odd book called I Shall Destroy All the Civilized ...

pia Originally uploaded by ubs_blogger But, instead, I am shelving. If I was reading, I'd be sitting somewhere with Pia Ehrhar...

To be specific, today I would be reading for the purposes of finishing. Last night I went out to a reading at a rival bookstore. (This is no...

But I'm not reading. I'm shelving. But if I was reading I wouldn't really be reading. I'd be rereading. I'd really like ...

But how can I read when I have so much shelving to do? Above, you see an image of four titles available today. 1) Rant: An Oral Biography of...

Here's an interesting coincidence. This weekend I was going through on of my favorite Best American Short Stories collections—the one R...

I've been looking forward to this arrival: Nick Mamatas has a new, short novel called Under My Roof , and if I wasn't out in the s...

Sometimes you'll get a book suggestion and the person will say, "Full disclosure, I know yadda yadda yadda." Right now, I'...

And if I was reading, I'd be reading the newest book by former Spy magazine journalist and satirist Louis Theroux: The Call of the Weir...

EmbryoyoMove Originally uploaded by ubs_blogger . If today I was just sitting around reading, I think I'd be reading one of the...

mortified Originally uploaded by ubs_blogger . Some days, that post title is truer than others. Stressed out with all the shelving,...

Moffett , originally uploaded by ubs_blogger . Given my druthers, I'd be reading right now. And if I was reading, I'd be read...