V. Yongewa Writes

So, I have a theory about how terrible books become bestsellers. There is a class of readers who read fast, with little comprehension,...

The story of Terry Pratchett's first book goes something like this: He was working for a nuclear plant as some sort of copyeditor and he...

We Need to Talk About The Picatrix If you are a Lovecraft fan, you know what a grimoire is. It’s the Necronomicon. But, possibly apart...

One of the benefits of researching is that you fall upon obscure works. I hunted down the Picatrix because it was mentioned as a grimoire...

Swimming always brings good times to mind: lazy summer days, birthday parties for little kids, and long days doing cannonball dives with...

I just finished reading a book of stories about imposters, and it had one terrible thing in common with the book of hoaxes I replaced it...

Non-Fiction That Is Anti-growth? Someone went on Nanowrimo’s forum and asked if the participants thought fiction was ‘anti-growth.’ The...

There are few things more fun than giving other people something to think about as they wander around your home. People love a mystery,...

My dad inherited a passel of old books from a roommate that passed away months ago, and so he came around my house to let me pick some...

I just finished 'Eat The Buddha.' I started at midnight and didn't put it down for 5 and a half straight hours. It might have been more...