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Favorite Search Terms:
- creepy carrots!: It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a tall orange vegetable!
- nc poetry on the bus photos: YESSSSSSSSS! Go to RaleighReview.org to support!
- what is meant by a russian doll of a book: It’s a book that has a story within a story, within a story, very much like Cloud Atlas.
- valentine gift for book lovers: Is it that time again? Yes, yes it is.
- cover bovary ass: I’m just not sure when Madame Bovary became a dirty, twenty-first century book, but I am for that. Fifty Shades of Madame.
Book News:
- Sylvia Plath’s Legend Rises Anew @ Salon
- Why Jane Austen is Great @ The Atlantic
- World’s Smallest Bookstore @ Book Riot
- Racist Language in Children’s Books @ Huff Post
- New Adult Fiction @ Huff Post
- In Which We Imitate Our Loves @ This Recording
- 10 Rights of Readers @ Edudemic
- How to Recover from an Amazing Book @ Book Riot
- Newspaper Blackout @ Newspaper Blackout
- All People and Most Animals Should Read this Book @ Michael Northrop
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The Breakfast Club
16 Great Library Themes in Film @ Book Riot
- Why Smart Poor Students Don’t Apply at Selective Colleges @ The Atlantic
- Why I Hate Jane Austen @ Huff Post
- Six Princess Books for Parents Who Really Really Hate Princesses @ Good Men Project
- Looking Afresh at a Classic @ The Guardian
- How to Read Your Writing Out Loud @ Matador Network
- Inbox/Outbox January @ Book Riot
- Why We Should Memorize @ The New Yorker
- The Accidental Writer @ New York Times
- New George RR Martin Story @ Huff Post
- Teaching Kids to Spell @ Book Riot
- A Labor of Love and Lumber @ Wall Street Journal
- Literary Puns, Round II @ The Rumpus
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Best Literary Mug
The Best Coffee Mugs for Book Lovers @ Book Riot
- Franzen Comes Alive Songs about Books and Reading @ Book Riot
- Seeing What Wharton Saw @ The Rumpus
- Clark Coolridge Leads Off 2013 Fact-Simile Series @ Poetry Foundation
- Judge Dredd May Be Gay, Writers Hint @ The Guardian
- Great American Novelist Tournament @ The Guardian
- The Challengers of Controversial Journalism @ The Kottle
- 53% Of Library Users Want Broader Book Selections @ Media Bistro
- Bookish Man Bat Signal @ The Millions
- R.L. Stine ERMAHGERD! @ Galley Cat
- Authors Pose in Gender-Flipped Sexy Science Fiction Cover @ Galley Cat
- Best Poetry Books by Women in 2012 @ Poetry Foundation
- Baldwin’s Book Barn @ Huff Post
- State Fails Higher Education Test @ Detroit News
- Writing in Drag @ Good Men Project
- Literary London: Guide to Children’s Stories @ The Guardian
- Carl Sandburg Poem Discovery @ Huff Post
- Danielle Radcliffe as Allen Ginsburg @ Huff Post
- Building Stories @ Book Riot
- Princesses Can, In Fact, Be Role Models for Little Girls @ The Atlantic
- Full Inauguration Speech @ The Daily Beast
- Critical Linking @ Book Riot
Hamlet Cake
- Eat Your Words / Winning Entry @ Pinterest
- Library Pole Dancing @ The Guardian
- What Does Catfish Mean @ Slate
- It’s Not Enough to Have Seen It All @ The New Yorker
- Sylvia Plath’s Literary Executor @ The Guardian
- Nick Flynn, On the Set of His Life Story @ Los Angeles Times
- 10 Fictional Best Friends We’d Like to Have as Nonfictional Best Friends @ Huff Post
- New Reading Standards Aim to Help Kids Prep For College – But at What Cost @ NPR
- Powerful Photo on Skirt Lengths @ Huff Post
- A Calm Place to Read on the Classics @ The Millions
January 30th, 2013 at 10:08 pm
Hamlet cake? Yes, please. I downloaded the complete works of Shakespeare this morning. I’m utterly geeked out over it. I fully intend to read every single page, including the plays I’ve already read.
February 1st, 2013 at 4:32 pm
Doesn’t it look delicious?
I actually loathe Shakespeare, but I understand people adoring him. : ) You get it, girl!
February 1st, 2013 at 6:09 pm
:). It does. I could go for some cake right about now.
January 31st, 2013 at 5:19 pm
I was starting to get nervous. :) Hope all is well.
February 2nd, 2013 at 4:15 pm
I love Shakespeare, believe it or not. Also, wanted to let you know the computer is acting up, so call, don’t email. Great newsday, whatever day it is. Thanks, I enjoyed!
February 2nd, 2013 at 7:21 pm
Mom, you would love Shakespeare. Look at you, you little sonnet! : ) I will be posting something tomorrow about the goal I accomplished today, yay!