The Book Maven is a blog about one critic's "adventures in reading" that leaves plenty of room for you to share your own. What's on your nightstand? en-us http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/670000267.html?nid=3339 Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use November 9, 2009 http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/670000267/post/930035493.html?nid=3339 That's my Mini Cooper over there, getting ready to zip off to my next adventure. Mr. Bethanne gave me the "BK MAVEN" license plates for... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/670000267/post/740035474.html?nid=3339 I've been making regular appearances on NY1 on behalf of Publishers Weekly to talk about books (and I'll continue to do that; you'll hear more abou... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/670000267/post/70035407.html?nid=3339 Thanks to all who sent in their favorite fictional literary works. S. Krishna, Terri, writeloudly, Meg Waite Clayton (of course your own book count... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/670000267/post/500035250.html?nid=3339 I am about to buy my Stalwart Speller ticket for the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses annual Spelling Bee on November 3rd (yes, THAT Nov. ... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/670000267/post/1600035160.html?nid=3339 Just when I think there's nothing to blog about, I find something new that leads me down a delightful rabbit hole. Via ArtsJournal I came upon this... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/670000267/post/1290034929.html?nid=3339 When I was down in Charlottesville a few weeks back, I spent a happy evening at Vinegar Hill Theatre with my friend B. watching "Tell No One/N... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/670000267/post/610034861.html?nid=3339 It's been over a month since I last asked, and I'm even more eager to know what you're reading than usual, since I'm up to my eyeballs in medieval ... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/670000267/post/1040034704.html?nid=3339 Tina Brown is back with The Daily Beast, a website that she says is "a speedy, smart edit of the web from the merciless point of view of what ... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/670000267/post/320034632.html?nid=3339 Like many avid readers, I sometimes daydream about what my perfect home library would look like: Here, the inscribed first editions; here, my cheri... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/670000267/post/1690034569.html?nid=3339 I'm in the middle of a project that requires a lot of reading. I love the subject, but it's getting in the way of all of my other reading. Grr... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/670000267/post/920034492.html?nid=3339 Yes, folks, it's time again for that seat-of-your-pants contest, Page-Burner! Regular contestants know that I can be a bit (OK, a lot) slow sending... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/670000267/post/260034426.html?nid=3339 You can be forgiven if you didn't notice the following news from Little, Brown: "We've just posted photos of Washington DC to GeorgePelecan... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/670000267/post/460034246.html?nid=3339 ...Banned Book. Mine was The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which after all these years is still Number Five on the Top Ten Most Challenged B... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/670000267/post/1500034150.html?nid=3339 This is sad, bad news for all readers in DC and for all authors who tour here: Olsson's Books and records is closed after 36 years in business. ... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/670000267/post/390033839.html?nid=3339 Yesterday was a tough one on Wall Street, not to mention on Capitol Hill. I have one friend threatening to slit open his mattress and another one c... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/670000267/post/190034019.html?nid=3339 Cellphone novels: They're not just for harajuku girls anymore, at least not if Jakucho Setouchi has anything to say about it. The 86-year-old Buddh... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/670000267/post/940033894.html?nid=3339 Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak with Annette Gordon-Reed, who is on tour for The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family. This meticul... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/670000267/post/1630033763.html?nid=3339 Thanks to all who left comments on Monday's post in which I questioned the organizing principle of Jezebel's post that challenged Esquire's Top 75 ... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/670000267/post/170033617.html?nid=3339 The "required reading" list in question comes from this Jezebel post, which in its turn refers back to the Esquire 75 Books Every Ma... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/670000267/post/1010033501.html?nid=3339 Leave it to Scott McLemee to find a summer vacation spot that sounds idyllic and has a story behind it. Enjoy the read...it's worth it. Happy Fr... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/670000267/post/1810033381.html?nid=3339 Perhaps you noticed this week's New York magazine article called, with great subtlety, "The End: The book business as we know it will not be... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/670000267/post/1050033305.html?nid=3339 No, not I, although I did spend Saturday afternoon having an incredibly authentic tea. There is something incredibly soothing about copious amounts... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/670000267/post/410033241.html?nid=3339 Most of us have already heard this sad news: David Foster Wallace is dead at 46. From the LAT story: David Foster Wallace, the novelist, ... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/670000267/post/1410033141.html?nid=3339 On Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. the literati will gather near Boro Hall for the annual Brooklyn Book Festival, and I dearly wish I could be there.... http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/670000267/post/750033075.html?nid=3339 Today's sober anniversary will be marked here in Washington, DC by the dedication of the new Pentagon 9/11 memorial in honor of the 184 men an...