I’m not in school, so I can do what I want.
This Weekend Open Thread is Reading

I’m not in school, so I can do what I want.
Friends, I’m on a fact-finding mission. Or to be more specific, I’m interested in the different ways people write about facts. Biographies can vary in style — journalistic, salacious, or massive in scope — and I want to know what biographies you all have enjoyed.
Though a carefully plotted romance, thriller, or mystery can accurately capture women’s lives, the more difficult to define genre of literary fiction is often where meaning is sussed out from the everyday. Day-to-day life and fantastical journeys are not in competition — one is not necessarily “better” than the other — but it depends on […]
Here we are again with another installment of 5 Books, where our writers, readers and friends tell us the books they’d give to the important people in their lives. Today’s special guest is the wonderful Golda. Find her recommendations after the break.