Monthly Archives: December 2010

At the end of Casablanca, every line that Humphrey Bogart speaks is masterful. When his character Rick lets Ilsa Laszlo leave with her husband Victor, he performs gallantly. The problems of three people don’t amount to a hill of beans … Continue reading →

A Canticle for Leibowitz has been on my to-read list for a while and on my shelf for the past year, waiting to be read. Now that I’ve read it, I regret that I waited so long. In Walter Miller … Continue reading →

In Kate DiCamillo’s The Tale of Despereaux, the young mouse will not eat the pages of the books in the library when he reads the words on the page, “Once upon a time.” The words transfix him; they become as … Continue reading →