If I can recommend one book right now…

I don’t know how to seduce people into reading a book that I think everyone needs to read, but I’m going to try.
It’s been a long time since an author has grabbed me this way, and I’m afraid if I exclaim too many times you won’t believe me. Christian Jungersøn’s The Exception brilliantly weaves psychology, [...]

Self-loving/loathing

I was just listening to the fantastic www.pandora.com and heard James Blunt sing, in that sexy-woeful voice of his, ”I guess it’s time I run far, far away; find comfort in pain, /All pleasure’s the same: it just keeps me from trouble./ Hides my true shape, like Dorian Gray…”
…and I remembered how great that Oscar Wilde novel was. It’s [...]