May 2013
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A Workout For Book Nerds
epicreads: All you need for this workout is a stack of hardcovers and some yarn or rope to tie them together! Workout #1: The Book Curl Workout #2: The Book Up Workout #3: The Brunch (Book Crunch) - Just like brunch this can be done alone or with a friend! Cool Down Useful.
May 18th
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May 17th
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Confessions of a Book Cover Lover
Ok, so I’ll admit it, I do judge a book by its cover- but my initial reaction isn’t always binding (ha!). I’ve learned that books, much like people, “dress” a certain way to attract those who share their interests.  A science-fiction book’s cover has a certain visual parlance that lets readers know other-worldly happenings are bound between its pages....
May 17th
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May 16th
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So this a pretty nifty old cookbook! It’s even niftier than you’d guess at first glance, though. It harbors a secret. Look closely! What do you see? Drawings by an Andrew Warhol?? It’s true, though! Who knew Andy Warhol did cookbook illustrations? 
May 16th
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Close Encounters of the Word Kind
Here are some supersexy words to chew on: Eschatology: (n) Branch of Theology concerned with the final events in the history of the world/humankind.  Doomsday anyone? Sibilance- (n) Having, containing or producing the sound of s or sh.  Just think of a room full of snakes.  Nacreous- (adj) Possessing the quality of mother-of-pearl. Ugly word for a beautiful shell.  Dyspepsia- (n)...
May 15th
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leupagus: mnemehoshiko: we deserve much better than we’ve had: bookelfe: I would like to start an official movement to replace the… bookelfe: I would like to start an official movement to replace the prevalence of manpain in fiction with granpain. A grandmother’s boyfriend is left dead in her apartment.  She cradles the body tenderly.  Her face hardens.  SHE WILL GET HER REVENGE. A...
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The Winners of the Best Translated Book Awards!
BTBA Winners!  Nichita Stanescu’s WHEEL WITH A SINGLE SPOKE, trans by Sean Cotter László Krasznahorkai’s SATANTANGO, trans by George Szirtes
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“For heaven’s sake, what kind of question is that? Would you want to be friends...”
– Claire Messud on imaginary friends vs. characters with real, honest-to-goodness life!
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April 2013
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Tragic Deaths and the Literary Grave Devotee
About this time last year, I was in Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris and I was kissing Oscar Wilde’s grave. My sister, who I’d gone to Paris to visit, had lent me her deep red lipstick- but she still looked on in consternation as I did it. One of the more macabre tidbits of literary miscellanea is the devoted traditions that have sprung up around the burial places of famous authors. Often, these...
Apr 29th
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German Court Nixes Selling Used E-books →
It sure took a long time for a government to recognize that you weren’t actually buying something to read, but access to something to read.
Apr 28th
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Apr 27th
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Bill Pushes For More Science Fiction Reading in... →
Yess!!!
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