Lark Writes...on books and life

Before the Taliban came into power, Rukhsana attended university, played cricket, fell in love, and even became a journalist. But now she ...

Everyone has their own bookish preferences when it comes to organizing and arranging their books. Some are strict alphabetists--bibliophi...

What makes you choose the books you read? For me, it depends on the book and the day. Sometimes I choose a book because I like the cover, ti...

It's Paris in the late 1880s. The Second Empire has fallen. The Eiffel Tower is under construction. And Maude Pichon, a 16-year-old ru...

...Clare remarked, thoughtfully, "You know, 'Rene, I've often wondered why more coloured girls, girls like you and--oh, lots o...

I miss bookstores. At one point, I lived close to six bookstores: Little Professor, Sam Wellers, Deseret Book, B. Dalton's, A Woman...

C. Coles Phillips - Woman Reading Book in Window Nook, 1913 "The girl was very pretty, though she had red hair." --Henry J...