The first Literary Blog Hop, and what it means to be literary

I’m excited that the Blue Bookcase started a “Literary Blog Hop” this week.  Of course whether a blog is “literary” is a little bit subjective.  I read a mix of books, as do most of us, some literary and some not. What makes a book literary?  I think that’s a question many of us wrestle…

Review: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

I read Fahrenheit 451 in two days this weekend.  There aren’t many books that make you see the world differently when you’re done, and for me this was one of them. The book tells the story of Montag, a fireman, in a near-future American town.  In this near future, books are illegal, the government controls…