Notable and Quotable
“Books are everywhere; and always the same sense of adventure fills us. Second-hand books are wild books, homeless books; they[…]
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Category: Feature
Celebrate! Read Across America Day/Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel’s birthday
March 2 is the birthday of popular childrens’ author Theodor Geisel, otherwise known as Dr. Seuss. On his birthday, we[…]
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Today I learned…
Today is the 487th anniversary of Anne Boleyn’s execution. Today, courtesy of Dr. Owen Emmerson’s FB feed, I learned that[…]
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A geeky Kickstarter campaign
If you’re a fan of Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar series, now is your chance to get some merch related to the[…]
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Authors Behaving badly: Baycon edition
For those of you who don’t know what BayCon is, it’s a sci-fi fantasy convention held in the San Francisco[…]
Read moreRetellings That Work, and Ones That Don’t: Pride and Prejudice Edition
As you likely know if you’ve read this blog for any length of time, I’m a huge Jane Austen fan,[…]
Read moreThe Power of Books: A Killer Has Been Caught!
Michelle McNamara, late wife of actor Patton Oswalt, passed away from cancer before finishing this book, but her hard work[…]
Read moreMy Favorite Things: Pride and Prejudice (the novel)
Confession time: I am an unapologetic Austenite, and yet I can’t remember precisely when I first encountered this eminently readable[…]
Read moreSexual Assault is Not a Vehicle for Character Growth: Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford
For the first time ever, I’m doing a book review as a feature, because I feel strongly that this book[…]
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