Last night I went to hear Julie Powell read from her new memoir, Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession, at one of my favorite indie bookstores, McNally Jackson. Julie Powell was shockingly down-to-earth for someone who wrote a bestselling memoir, Julie and Julia, and then had Amy Adams play her in the movie [...]

I just finished re-reading The Catcher in the Rye. I last read it in my teens. After scolding my husband for failing to have ever read it, I decided to pick it up and breeze through it after he finished. The Catcher in the Rye is a classic story about a young man, Holden Caulfield, [...]

I had a literary evening last night and went to see two brilliant writers, Paul Auster and Javier Marias, at the 92Y. I had been to the 92Y Tribeca earlier in the week to see movies, but the reading was at 92Y’s larger space on the Upper East Side. I have been to a couple [...]

This week is independent bookstore week in New York City. In addition to many author readings and activities at bookstores throughout the city, there is also a photo Scavenger Hunt! Photo scavenger hunts are great because you can take the pictures on your own time, and in today’s digital age it is easy to upload [...]

Last night I went to the Happy Ending Music and Reading Series at Joe’s Pub. This is a monthly event hosted by Amanda Stern and if I am in town, I try not to miss it because it is almost always amazing. It is named Happy Ending because it used to take place at the [...]

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist first was a book for young adults written by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan. It then became a movie starring Michael Cera and Kat Dennings. Both the book and the film are set in New York City and both are worth a little attention. I saw the movie before reading [...]