May 2012
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: ARE YOU MY MOTHER? tour →
hmhbooks:
Alison Bechdel’s tour kicks off tomorrow in NYC. Is she visiting you?
NEW YORK
B&N/UWS, May 1, 7:00 pm
BOSTON
Harvard Book Store @ Brattle Theatre, May 2, 6:00 pm
PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia Free Library, May 3, 7:30 pm
WASHINGTON DC
Politics & Prose, May 4, 7:00 pm
Sadly, no. Clearly a terrible oversight.
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Sunday Nonprofit: Room to Read →
I am going to try a thing where I highlight a different literacy charity on the blog every Sunday. I have posts scheduled through the end of June and may try to organize some interviews. Let’s see if I can get anyone interested in getting involved!
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Amazon Books: inbedwithbooks: amazonbooks:We met... →
Who says I haven’t?
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amazonbooks:
We met today to talk about what we’re reading for our Best of the Month list. Just a few of the many books we’re excited about for May:
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
Trapeze by Simon Mawer
An Uncommon Education by Elizabeth Percer
The Uninvited Guests by Sadie Jones
Home by Toni Morrison
In One Person by John...
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amazonbooks:
We met today to talk about what we’re reading for our Best of the Month list. Just a few of the many books we’re excited about for May:
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
Trapeze by Simon Mawer
An Uncommon Education by Elizabeth Percer
The Uninvited Guests by Sadie Jones
Home by Toni Morrison
In One Person by John Irving
Everyone should be excited about BILLY...
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Flightless Bird: I am so Rory Gilmore... →
purdybertnie:
At 8a.m. we left our house to make the 7 hour drive to see my cousin and her new-ish baby (she was born in October). I began the trip spread across the backseat reading John Green’s “An Abundance Of Katherines” and now at 11a.m. I am struck by a paralyzing fear as it occurs to me that I only have…
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My books sparkle. Especially on the covers. →
robinpalmer:
Hysterical.
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“Harvard is making public the information on more than 12 million books, videos,...”
– Harvard Releases Big Data for Books - NYTimes.com (via dwattersw)
(I have heard about this and find it very exciting! See here and here!)
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Remember the guy who wanted a TARDIS urn?
druzy:
You know, this one. Not only did he get one made and donated but he also got someone to go out of their way and get something very special for him.
Regretsy, you are home to some great people.
The best fat jealous losers in the world.
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A Poem-A-Day Celebration: Marie Howe's "After the... →
celebratepoetry:
Killer Verse: Poems of Murder and Mayhem is a surprising little volume from our Everyman’s Pocket Poets library. It contains everything from anonymous “murder ballads” and verse by the likes of Thomas Hardy and Robert Browning to more contemporary entries by Frank Bidart, Carol Ann Duffy, and…
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Rejected Covers: Rachell Sumpter Discusses... →
vikingpenguinbooks:
Rachell Sumpter, designer of the newest set of Penguin Threads, discusses her inspirations and frustrations.
The Wizard of Oz, The Wind in the Willows, and Little Women went on sale yesterday and oh boy are they beautiful!
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Heck Yeah Karen Healey: Project Bronte Report:... →
karenhealey:
All right, Internets, as my next step in Project Bronte* I read Villette.
Holy shit.
AMAZING. AMAZING. The ending, oh my god, what the hell was that? I read a comment on that fantastic Hairpin article about Villette afterwards that described that ending as “a very quiet ghost coming and…
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