Favorite Tweets:
Favorite Search Terms:
- dark victorian street: Charles Dickens would be lusting after this phrase.
- self-timer bra: It’s a tweens dream, camera bras!
- let us dance in the sun wearing wildflowers: I am loving the carefree people who are finding this book blog.
- urban style birdcage: This is like opposite’s attract.
- book begin with nothing: I kind of want to read this book since I started a blog with that title, without knowing a book was titled this.
- freedom books flowers moon: Does this mean you’re a bookish hippie? Do you have knotted flowers in your hair and a colorful, flowing top on your back. What are you reading these days, Lauren Groff?
Book News:
- Worst Books of 2012 Fiction @ Stevereads
- 5 Startups Working to Improve the E-book Reading Experience @ Mashable
- Peter Pan, Alzheimer’s Patient @ The New Yorker
- Celebrating Children’s Books @ Post-Gazette
- Best Books of 2012 @ Library Journal
- 2012′s Must-Reads about Education in America @ Take Part
- A Copy Editor’s 12 Days of Christmas @ The New Yorker
- Robert Frost’s Christmas Cards @ Huff Post
- 50 Shades of Grey Top Book of 2012 @ The Guardian
- Five Books I Bailed on in 2012 @ The Salon
- Building a Desert Reading List @ LA Review of Books
- Azkaban on Pottermore Review @ The Guardian
-
Alice in Wonderland Tote from Out of Print Clothing
Totes @ Out of Print Clothing
- Book Brawl: How the Grinch Stole Christmas v. A Christmas Carol @ Lit Reactor
- Worst Word of 2012: YOLO @ Huff Post
- The Sons and Daughters of Charles Dickens @ LA Review of Books
- New York Public Library Renovation @ Huff Post
- Why Bad Reviews are Good for Authors @ Huff Post
- Emma Thompson Revives Peter Rabbit @ NPR
- Three Books for Kids in Need for the Holidays @ First Book Blog
- Top Ten New Yorker Stories of 2012 @ The New Yorker
- 15 Super Unique Libraries Around the World @ Matador
- Cities Battling for Obama Library @ Daily Beast
- Literary Iceland’s Book Flood @ NPR
- The Literary Equivalent of a Big Mac @ The Atlantic
- Best of Book Riot @ Book Riot
- Editor’s Pick @
Trinity College Library in Dublin, Ireland
Literature Today
- Why I don’t Want to Talk about Race @ Good Men Project
- 12 Months of Reading @ Wall Street Journal
- Book Tv Examines the Supreme Court @ C-Span
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W.H. Auden Portrait @ Flavorwire
Deliciously Ugly Portraits of Famous Authors @ Flavorwire
- The Years Coolest Literary Magazine Innovations @ Flavorwire
- The Guilty Pleasures of Books Unread @ Book Riot
- The Best Books of 2012 @ Brain Pickings
- Authors Choose Their Favorite Short Stories @ The Guardian
- The Story of Gin @ Los Angeles Times
- 21st Century Literature by Women @ Book Riot
- Posthumous by Jeffrey Eugenides @ The New Yorker
- A Literary Mixtape @ Galley Cat
- Stacks of Books are History @ Startribune
- Top 10 Books Serial Book-Abandoners May Have Missed @ Book Riot
- In the Company of Captain Cook @ New York Times
- Flavorpill’s 30 Most Anticipated Reads of 2013 @ Flavorwire
- Bookshop Numbers Halve in Seven Years @ The Telegraph
December 26th, 2012 at 11:37 pm
I have the image you posted of the Trinity College Library in Dublin framed in a poster in my apartment. Believe it or not, the room in that picture is called “The Long Room.” Getting to walk through it was probably the highlight of when I was in Dublin during my Ireland adventures. So many old, beautiful books. I didn’t want to leave!
December 27th, 2012 at 9:46 am
Oh my! I’m so jealous! I saw that one and after looking through them all, it just spoke to me. Looks like you’ll have to take another trip to Ireland with me so that we can go experience it. : )
December 31st, 2012 at 3:20 pm
Cassie,
Just wanted to say Happy New Year and thanks very much for your 2012 comments on my blog (♥ The Passionate Bibliophile ♥ ).
Bill Saur
December 31st, 2012 at 3:28 pm
How nice of you! I hope your 2013 is absolutely wonderful and filled with joy!
January 1st, 2013 at 11:32 pm
I’m really sad about the last article :( I love little bookshops and it makes me so sad to think that there may be a day when they cease to exist. What a tragic day that would be.
January 2nd, 2013 at 11:42 am
I know! My favorite bookstore is a tiny nook on the corner of a historic shopping center and I would be devastated if it went down.