The Phantom Library

Today's question from the mailbag:

"Tell us more: Are you ever going to review books again?"

You bet I am!

If you just found the Phantom Library recently, or you've been around since the dawn of time but you missed the announcements (which is both possible and reasonable since there was that whole bounce from different platforms in the middle), you might be looking at the site and wondering why there have bee...

Well, that was quick!

After updating several reviews and grades, the combined Hall of Fame & Shame got too unwieldy to update and navigate very quickly! So it's now been split into two: the Hall of Fame gives you quick links to the highest-rated materials that have been reviewed, and the Hall of Shame gives you an easy way to find the reviews where I most needed a drink.

That'll teach me to be lazy and think...

Today's question from the mailbag:

"Tell us more: Are you going to review Leroux's book?"

I don't know if I actually have a clear answer to that!

Way back when I first started what would eventually become the Phantom Library, all the way back in 2007, I did review Leroux's book. It was the first thing I did, so I could make sure I had a recent reading of it under my belt and it would be fresh in my mind as I...