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Reading Journal (9 Dec): Thoughts on Being a Selective Reader
3 hours ago ago from Rebecca Reads
I’ve heard more than one person express worry that they will be considered a snob because they have been only reading classics lately. Why is that? I made a comment on Claire at Paperback_Reader’s page a few months ago (yes, that’s how long I’ve been thinking about this) and her responses got me thinking about being a discerning reader. In part, Claire wrote: If there are any gaps in my reading then I like to fill them. I know what ...
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13 hours ago ago from Grub Street
Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (1938) 192 p. This is another book I read after plucking it from the Classics list of the New York Review of Books, and while I was reasonably entertained, I can't say it held up to the high standards of Inverted World. Written and set in 1938, Rogue Male begins with a famous English sportsman recounting his attempt to assassinate a European dictator. The book goes to great lengths to avoid ...
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5 hours ago ago from Easy Music Corner: Easy Music Books, Easy Music Downloads, Easy Music Listening
I love reading my books, magazines and everything that's worthing my time. I am not against Internet, but this online generation sometimes forget all the great classics books that exist in libraries, bookstores and possibly their parent's bookshelves. Youtube is not culture and classics are not just for the schoolroom. So, if are you looking for books that are entertaining, intelligent, heart rending, captivating and written so well that ...
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3 hours ago ago from Berdo's Blog
As far back as I can remember, I always knew that I did not like school. Even as a child, I did not like going to elementary school. Back then I was very shy and antisocial, so it made perfect sense that I attended a performing arts school. Every class had to perform some kind of play or singing show at least once a year. Of course I would do my best to get the smallest role, or try to be lost in the group of singers. Anyway, one of the ...
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21 hours ago ago from Bookstore People
After spending the last few months consciously trying to read translated books, I found the newest anthology by Center for the Art of Translation , Wherever I Lie Is Your Bed, the perfect introduction to translated literature from around the world. The anthology is a mixture of short stories, book excerpts, and poems. The works are stellar; one after another capturing a haunting moment, the beauty of a life, the isolation of a life alone. ...
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The Pizza Hut(R) BOOK IT!(R) Program Celebrates 25th Birthday
18 hours ago ago from FanHouse
DALLAS, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- With millions of books read since its inception, the BOOK IT! ® program, a reading incentive program developed by Pizza Hut®, is kicking off a year-long celebration of its 25th birthday. As part of the celebration, the BOOK IT! Program is collecting birthday wishes on an oversized book that will make its rounds across the country. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20091208/CG23146) "For 25 years, the ...
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21 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
One of the books that shaped my perception of the publishing industry at large, and served as the inspiration and impetus for us to start our own press, was Andre Schiffrin's "The Business of Books: How International Conglomerates Took Over Publishing and Changed the Way We Read". In it, Schiffrin, the former publisher of Pantheon, chronicles the seismic shift in ideology from the post-World War II years -- when publishers considered ...
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