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I have an intense adoration for books. I also have a strong sense of emotion, and so I find myself in flings and things that end in heartbreak that leave me feeling blue. So, when I’m at my lowest about fizzled-out sparks, I turn to the dearest confidants on my shelves.
We need to stop idealizing gory criminal deeds and serial killers—new media is flouting serious topics through glorification.
From the blog of Sheldon Kirshner at The Times of Israel
It’s August, which means it’s hot, and if you’re not spending your time in an actual swimming pool, you may want to beat the heat with movies about swimming pools.
There are so many perils awaiting sex in serious fiction these days that you could almost forgive a writer for playing it safe and sticking to the merely suggestive until you remember that prudence is the enemy of art.