Henry David Thoreau’s, Waldon Pond was assigned reading in my undergraduate years but I managed to avoid the book.  Not until my 70s when I was recuperating from surgery did  I turn to it and then, only because it was the one volume I could reach without getting out of bed.  I fl

The other evening, PBS news featured an interview with Lev Grossman who has published the 3rd book in his fantasy trilogy.  The new title is, The Magician’s Land.  What’s interesting about the author’s work is that it’s targeted to adults rather than to young readers.  Gros