I've rarely been so sad to a) be right and b) win a contest.  This is the first year of seven Forster family Pirates win predictions tha...

It's a Competent Parent rite of spring.  We predict the win total our boys of summer will achieve.  For those of you scoring home, I hav...

Many have commented on how 2016 was a rollercoaster of a year.  Those who have followed the BCI Index know that only one product in that bun...

An alert reader noticed that Ann Patchett books received honorable mentions in both the fiction and non-fiction categories of my 2016 recom...

When reading works of any length feels like a pastime in peril, choosing wisely feels more important than ever.  In service of helping you c...

In my annual series, I tell you which books I really disliked this year.  Fortunately, I liked a lot of the books that I read in 2016.  In f...

I hope you're sitting down.  In this data update, I shall reveal that the only thing that goes on sale at my grocery store more rarely t...