September 2009
71 posts
The Book Cover Archive →
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So I started reading The Poisonwood Bible a few...
but I have had to stop since heymikewaskom threw a fit on twitter about me reading ahead of the book club and so I will be putting that adventure on hold. Now I have to get ahold of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, which is our first book club read. I’m excited!
World's Greatest Libraries: Past and Present →
"Dark and stormy, the night is!"
libraryland:
inothernews:
From the book When Yoda Does Literary Cliches.
Haha. That took me a second longer than it should have, but quite funny.
What YA Lit is and isn’t →
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“As for you, my galvanized friend, you want a heart. You don’t know how lucky you...”
– The Wizard of Oz (via hopelesslymg) (via feelinganddreaming)
Some responses to your responses
mustardseedtrees: Several people who are planning to participate in the online book club I’m trying to put together recommended Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close as one of our reads. It looks like that will actually be our first one, too! How did you like it?
bitchpleeze: Hahaha, I’ve been meaning to pick up a copy of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. What did you think? Would Austen...
What's the most recent book you've read?
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
I'm about to throw a fit
girloffscript:
booksbooksbooks:
lemonadediary:
booksbooksbooks:
This morning my brother asks me to look over something he’s written for his English class (he just started college). So I read it, make a few adjustments, then inquire as to if it should be in MLA format. He says yes, so I put the paper into MLA format, which required rewriting his source citation and adjusting the heading and...
Can I just say that I lovelovelove HBO Family...
Crashbox? Happily Ever After? Storybook Musicals? Animated Tales of the World? Goodnight Moon and Other Sleepytime Tales?
I’m almost twenty years old and I LOVE these shows. This stuff better still be around when I have kids. None of that Wow Wow Wubzy or Yo Gabba Gabba shenanigans for my progeny.
I'm about to throw a fit
lemonadediary:
booksbooksbooks:
This morning my brother asks me to look over something he’s written for his English class (he just started college). So I read it, make a few adjustments, then inquire as to if it should be in MLA format. He says yes, so I put the paper into MLA format, which required rewriting his source citation and adjusting the heading and title.
A few minutes later, my...
I'm about to throw a fit
This morning my brother asks me to look over something he’s written for his English class (he just started college). So I read it, make a few adjustments, then inquire as to if it should be in MLA format. He says yes, so I put the paper into MLA format, which required rewriting his source citation and adjusting the heading and title.
A few minutes later, my brother returns to the computer...
“Someone who goes out of their way to see what books I read.”
– 1,001 Things I Want In A Lover #232
“I had the lonely child’s habit of making up stories and holding conversations...”
– George Orwell, Why I Write (via nihilnoetia)
What sort of campaign would you come up with to...
Be creative.
So apprently I'm quite hung up on these READ...
But I’ve just now realized that all the READ posters I’ve ever seen are of someone famous holding—not READING—a book. Do these people even know how to read? Really? It’s sick. Reading is not a band-waggon activity, people! Kids shouldn’t be tricked into reading because it’s the “cool” thing to do (even though it is, like, totally cool).
I just went through a whole bunch of these posters on the...
Dear Mr. Bloom,
I recently came across a promotional READ poster in which you sit, looking gorgeous as usual, with your arms wrapped around a closed book. At the bottom of this poster it reads: “ORLANDO BLOOM @ your library.” Now, as you can imagine, I immediately hopped into my automobile and drove to my nearest library. I searched everywhere in the building to find you, but you could not be located....
Why Libraries Kick Arse. →
libraryland:
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Indeed!
booksbooksbooks now accepting submissions!!
If you want to submit content to be posted on booksbooksbooks, you can now do so by going to booksbooksbooks.tumblr.com/submit. You can also click the “Submit” link now available on the left hand side of the booksbooksbooks page.
Speaking of which, some of you may have noticed the new layout, and though I loved the Penguins Classic theme, this one gives me the ability to host links...
Literarti
So, I created a note on my phone a few weeks ago of things I want for my birthday (I turn 20 on 22 November—feel free to get me a present) and/or Christmas. I know it’s early, but I tend to think of things I want through out the year and when it comes down to writing my letter to Santa, I can’t remember any of it.
Anyway, looking at this note now, I read the following:
iPod...
If I Left The Zoo
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I saw this and thought to myself “hey, that sounds familiar, didn’t one or two people answer my ‘What Would be the Title of the Book About Your Life’ post with something similar?”
Lo and behold (because I had to look it up), you were that person! And booksmeat (whom I just reblogged) was the other with “On the Way to the Zoo.”
Can I...
summer read....the end ?
booksmeat:
Aldous Huxley - Brave New World
Jack Karouac & William S. Burroughs - And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tank
Aravind Adiga - The White Tiger
Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse-Five (so it goes)
Virginia Woolf - Mrs. Dalloway
Kurt Vonnegut - Hocus Pocus
James Joyce - A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man
Barbara Kingsolver - The Poisonwood Bible
Kurt Vonnegut - Cat’s...
Origins of common expressions.
libraryland:
lickystickypickyme:
Early politicians required feedback from the public to determine what the people considered important. Since there were no telephones, TV’s or radios, the politicians sent their assistants to local taverns, pubs, and bars. They were told to ‘go sip some ale’ and listen to people’s conversations and political concerns. Many assistants were dispatched at...
http://twitter.com/bri_reads →
Oh no, what have I done …
I'm thinking about starting up my Twitter account...
Maybe use it to share those random 140 character-limited thoughts I have when reading and what not?
Yes or no?
Just started Barbara Kingsolver's "The Poisonwood...
That’s my last name, too!!
Uh-oh, please don’t try and stalk me now. Kthx.
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Book Club
So I got a lot of positive responses to my intial Online Book Club post, but I’ve since then only receieved three e-mails from people who are interested. If you want to participate, please shoot me an e-mail at atwistofgoodness@gmail.com. I’m not opposed to a book club with only four people, but I wanted to make sure everyone who said they’d want to participate gets a chance to.
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“I’ve read there is no such thing as a single tear, that old poetic trope. And...”
– Elizabeth Kostova - The Historian (via feelinganddreaming)
<3 The Historian
Nicholas Sparks' newest novel "The Last Song"...
The novel—based on the screenplay he wrote for Miley Cyrus’s new movie of the same name due out in January—revolves around 17 year old Ronnie Miller who reconnects with her estranged father through their shared love of music.
I’ve read a handful of Sparks’ novels including The Guardian, Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, Three Weeks with My Brother, and The...
Group of Authors Opposes Google Book Settlement →
More than two dozen authors and publishers have filed an objection to a proposed settlement that would allow Google to digitize and sell millions of books, saying that the agreement ignores important privacy rights of readers and writers.
“If there is no privacy of thought — which includes implicitly the right to read what one wants, without the approval, consent or knowledge of...
Not a Typo: James Patterson Signs 17-Book Deal →
Woah, woah, woah, Mr. Patterson. 17 books in 3 years? That’s, like, a lot.
The Big Books of Fall - The Daily Beast →
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The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown — Apparently I’ve spent all summer vacation living in a Vatican catacomb because I had no idea about this book. Probably doesn’t matter much since I’m not a fan of Brown and doubt I’ll ever bother with this Da Vinci Code sequel.
True Compass by Edward M. Kennedy — I’m not usually a fan of memoirs...
The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English →
libraryland:
(via id0be1ieve)
Some of my favorites:
dulcet, erstwhile, imbue, opulent, lithe, surreptitious
txtsfrmlstnght:
(773): I wonder why dictionaries dont have indexes to help find the words easier.
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Listening to iTunes on shuffle and the Winnie the...
Online Book Club
First off, thanks to lemonadediary for letting me know that there already exists a Tumblr Book Club on Good Reads. I believe it was started by the very awesome librarianpirate, and they’re currently reading The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness. So you guys should check it out if you’re interested.
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However, I’m not very good with the...
Tip Of My Tongue— find the word you're looking... →
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Oh, the number of times a day I have trouble thinking of the word I want. This would definitely come in handy. The iPhone should get an app like this. I would definitely get myself one if that were the case.
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: “What! You...”
– C.S. Lewis (via loveyourchaos)
Would you be down for an online book club?
Everyone who would participate would agree to read the same book, and then we’d meet up online in a chat room at a designated date and time and discuss what we’ve read. I think it could work, and I think it could be quite a bit of fun.
So, would you be interested?
