Need funny, easy-to-finish books, that aren't moronic. STAT. [more inside]
posted on Dec 21, 2007 - 77 answers

For a Friend: Recommend a book that will list all the movies my mother would have seen back in the 50s, 60s, and 70s if she'd had the time. [more inside]
posted on Dec 16, 2007 - 6 answers

I'm looking for some good, happy Christmas stories. [more inside]
posted on Dec 2, 2007 - 16 answers

Years ago my wife and I read a story by Heinrich Böll which I remembered being titled "Christmas Every Day," but its real title is apparently Nicht nur zur Weihnachtszeit (Christmas Not Just Once a Year). This year we'd like to read it to our son, who is now old enough to appreciate its black humor. I thought this would be easy to find in print or online, but I've looked up web and down Foyles, and have had no luck. Can anyone tell me the name of an anthology where the story appears ... or scan it and be my friend forever?
posted on Dec 22, 2006 - 10 answers

Who prints the nicest editions of individual Shakespeare plays? [more inside]
posted on Dec 5, 2006 - 10 answers

I want to write a Christmas-themed essay for my book review blog, and I'm trying to come up with some Christmas lit to review. It might be fun, for instance, to gather together a selection of Christmas tripe such as Santa's Christmas Prayer (link not safe for those who have any literary sensibilities and have just eaten) and go to town on it. Or, at the other end of the spectrum, to write something about Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Which Christmas novels/stories/poems do you love and loathe? I don't review movies, so text only please...
posted on Nov 28, 2006 - 13 answers

GiftFilter: Looking for books about either the Mexican day of the dead (think Under the Volcano) or plantation life in the West Indies (think Wide Sargasso sea.) [more inside]
posted on Nov 21, 2006 - 2 answers

Book suggestions for a 13-year-old. [more inside]
posted on Dec 6, 2005 - 51 answers