Literary Exploration Society to Expand Reading (Formerly 52 Books)

Aldous Huxley - Courtesy of Biography It is the anniversary of the birth of British novelist Aldous Huxley, best known for his dystopi...

Have you ever heard of an Oulipo ?  I was recently introduced to the form during one of my writing classes and found it quite intrig...

Jonathan Wolstenhome I've been knee deep searching for curriculum for next school year.  My son will be studying World History for 1...

Welcome to Jubilant July and our theme of charming and enchanting plus our author flavor of the month - Tracy Chevalier. What does...

Can you believe we are halfway through the year already?  Amazing.  I am going to round out our Judicious June celebration with some leg...

Happy Summer! Welcome to Summer and happy Father's day to all our dads.  I love Ella Fitzgerald and just had to share her re...

It's been a while for bookish birthdays and book news, so here we go: June 13:  William Butler Yeats - Irish poet and Dorothy L. ...

The Tenth Justice You know how they say a writer's first novel isn't always the best.  Whoever they are, aren't always rig...

Josephine Walls Libra Welcome to Judicious June and our theme of all things prudent, perceptive and perspicacious and our author flavo...

Gilbert Keith Chesterton Happy Birthday to G.K. Chesterton , an English writer who was born on May 29, 1874 and died at the age of 62 o...

Josephine Wall's Ocean of Dreams Josephine Wall's art always sends my imagination spiraling. Instead of doing the expected and...

Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman Happy Mother's Day, dear hearts.  One of my favorite memories is reading to my son when he was ...