LaVonne Neff > LIVELY DUST

Just as surely as the first week of January brings new diet books, the last week of December brings Top 10 or Top 100 lists. See, for exampl...

A good friend gave me this book--a friend whose literary tastes always exceed my own, and so I feel I must read her selections when I am in ...

Alexander McCall Smith's third book in 2009 (after The Lost Art of Gratitude , the sixth Isabel Dalhousie book, and Tea Time for the Tra...

Tired of sugar plums and gingerbread? Need to sink your teeth into some serious chocolate? Want a recipe that's faster than instant? S...

Here are some book recommendations for you who are tired of thinking about Afghanistan or the health-care debate or the economy. Last Septem...

The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. --William Butler Yeats, from "The Second Coming" T...

I have mixed feelings about wish lists. They rob Christmas of creativity, surprise, and personal contact, but they make shopping much, much ...