Troll Troubles

 Having a problem with internet trolls? I can't help you. But real trolls, or at least real fairy-tale trolls? I've got you covered with The Two Brothers of Amalfi, in this month's Lagniappe section.

First Book

 I haven't mentioned my favorite cause in some time, but the need is as great as ever:

 First Book believes that education is the best way out of poverty for children in need. We address the needs of the whole child supporting their education, basic needs, and wellness – all of which are essential to educational equity. All of these resources are made affordable to our member network of more than 500,000 educators who exclusively serve kids in need.

Please give if you can.

Noshing on Dutch

Just a little midnight nibble from The Strange Case of the Dutch Painter 

(now available for pre-order).

 One thing Sherlock Holmes knows how to do is wait. But you won't have to much longer.

You don't have this one yet?

 "You don't have it yet? That is perverse! Don't tell anybody you don't own The Strange Case of Eliza Doolittle!

....it's gonna be alright."

(paraphrasing Barry from High Fidelity)

Robertson Davies

"Book lovers are thought by unbookish people to be gentle and unworldly, and perhaps a few of them are so. But there are others who will lie and scheme and steal to get books as wildly and unconscionably as the dope-taker in pursuit of his drug. They may not want the books to read immediately, or at all; they want them to possess, to range on their shelves, to have at command.”