Topic: Laura Miller

Chapter & Verse Book reviews: too nice and maybe also too fake?

Book reviews have gotten some negative press this summer. 

Reader recommendation: The Magician's Book

Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.

Bill Clinton museum: First Clinton home set to take on historic site status

Bill Clinton museum is set to become a national historic site next year. Foreign visitors have made the Bill Clinton museum in Hope, Arkansas very popular.

NaNoWriMo: Should you love it or hate it?

A NaNoWriMo critic kicked up some dust this year, suggesting that all those striving authors might be better off keeping their books to themselves.

Opinion: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Why we should cheer Lisbeth Salander

Stieg Larsson's heroine is an utterly original literary character.

In search of a good book? Ask a pro.

Why waste your summer on a book you won't love? Instead, ask an expert to pair you with your dream read.

Urban farms thrive among the mansions in Texas

They prove it's possible to make a living from a 7-acre 'front yard.'

Narnia lives on

The Magician's Book

A reader struggles to reconcile her childhood passion for the Chronicles of Narnia with her more critical adult nature.