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If you haven't seen all the hoopla (and frankly, we don't know how you could miss it), 2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the incomp...

The recent death of J.D. Salinger got us to thinking about what is probably his best-known work, The Catcher in the Rye .  First published...

In a dogged effort to better ourselves with more refined reading, A Reader's Respite bravely signed up for The Classics Circuit 's ...

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Even fifty years ago the marketing department of the book world was in full swing. Take, for example, the cover of A Reader's Respite ...

A Reader's Respite just loves Halloween. Not just because we're kinda witchy (broomstick, jet aircraft....tomayto, tomahto), but b...

So A Reader's Respite has this theory (feel free to agree or disagree as you are inclined): We think that most bibliophiles would love t...

A Reader's Respite is feeling a bit pensive these days. When Sandy, from You've GOTTA Read This! invited her fellow bibliophiles t...