If you're new here, why not subscribe to our email updates or follow us on Facebook? You can also add us to your Google Reader. Thanks for visiting! When Murakamis 1Q84'was couriered to my office I sat it, unopened, on one'side of my desk with the promise that Id not look at it until I was done with the days deadline. As it was, I...

News, Reviews, and Musings is a new daily feature. Feel free to chime in, or to tweet/email us if we've missed something that you'd like to see featured. News and features Much-loved childrens author Eva Ibbotson has passed away at the age of 85, reports The Guardian. Amazon will soon allow Kindle users to lend ebooks, reports TechCrunch. Stephen...

News, Reviews, and Musings is a new daily feature. Feel free to chime in, or to tweet/email us if we've missed something that you'd like to see featured. News and features The winners of the Speech Pathology Books of the Year have been announced. Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink, has sold a pitch to HBO. Dorchester Publishing seems to be getting up to...

The sleeping woman appears to be totally unaware of the events occurring in her room. . . Haruki Murakami likely needs no introduction, but Ill give you a quick one, anyway. Murakami is a Japanese writer of magical realism who is known for his strong Western sensitivities in his writing and for the quirky tropes that repeat throughout his books....