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The 2016 Tournament of Books…

I follow the Morning News' Tournament of Books every year. It's always a fun competition, even when--like this year--I haven't read any of the books chosen. I usually add at least a couple of the selections to my always-growing TBR list based on the guest reviewer's comments throughout the tournament.

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January 14, 2016January 14, 2016Morning News, Reader's Corner, Tournament of BooksLeave a comment
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Links for readers…

Happy new year! I have decided that 2016 is the year of not giving a fuck. And yes, there is a book for that. Here's a fresh roundup of links for your reading pleasure. Those books that we buy and then pile up on our shelves, unread? There is a word for that. Rebecca Solnit, … Continue reading Links for readers…

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January 10, 2016January 12, 2016Ann Morgan, Fantasy, Giving no f*cks, Literary Hub, NK Jemison, Not giving a fuck, Open Culture, Reader's Corner, Reading, Reading the world, Rebecca Solnit, Science fiction, TED, WordsLeave a comment
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Here they come, the best books of 2015…

I like NPR's Book Concierge better than any other end-of-year roundups I've seen. It's an elegant design that lets you hone in on just the types of books you're most interested in. I already added several promising reads to my gigantic "to read" list. The Wall Street Journal just picks the best of the best-of lists here. And New York … Continue reading Here they come, the best books of 2015…

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December 10, 2015January 10, 2016Best of 2015, Book Concierge, NPR, Reader's Corner, Wall Street JournalLeave a comment
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Rebecca Solnit, fast becoming my new hero

Rebecca Solnit on books no woman should read: "The list made me think there should be another, with some of the same books, called 80 Books No Woman Should Read, though of course I believe everyone should read anything they want. I just think some books are instructions on why women are dirt or hardly … Continue reading Rebecca Solnit, fast becoming my new hero

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December 7, 2015January 10, 2016Masculinity, Reader's Corner, Reading, Rebecca Solnit, Women1 Comment
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The Love Story Behind “Carol”

I've recently rediscovered Patricia Highsmith, and I read The Price of Salt, her only lesbian novel, this year. This essay about the novel and the new movie coming out based on it (Carol) helped inform my understanding of the book. How Patricia Highsmith turned her erotic obsession with two women into literary art. Source: The Love Story Behind “Carol” … Continue reading The Love Story Behind “Carol”

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November 24, 2015January 10, 2016Carol, lesbian novels, New Yorker, Patricia Highsmith, Reader's Corner, Reading, The Price of Salt1 Comment
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No Boys Allowed…

Shannon Hale shares her experiences doing school visits as a woman writer. Please encourage the young readers in your life to read all kinds of books. Don't fall into the trap of segregating books by gender.

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October 23, 2015January 10, 2016Gender, Reader's Corner, Reading, Shannon Hale
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Links for readers: Ebooks vs paper redux

"The pile of unread books we have on our bedside tables is often referred to as a graveyard of good intentions. The list of unread books on our Kindles is more of a black hole of fleeting intentions." -- Craig Mod The New York Times says print is far from dead, and Craig Mod asks … Continue reading Links for readers: Ebooks vs paper redux

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October 7, 2015January 10, 2016Atlantic, Banned books, Craig Mod, E-books, Halloween, infographics, Jeff VanderMeer, Kindle, Margaret Atwood, monsters, Paper books, Print publishing, Reader's Corner, realistic fiction, Southern Reach trilogy3 Comments
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Links for readers…

A roundup of interesting stuff to read about reading, featuring some of my favoritest writrs: All the critical backlash over Go Set a Watchman is missing the point on XOJane: I've got a copy and am ready to read it, but the Internet feeding frenzy really turned me off; I like to form my own opinions on … Continue reading Links for readers…

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August 25, 2015January 10, 2016Harper Lee, Jane Austen, Mental Floss, Onion, Reader's Corner, Readers, Shirley Jackson, The Toast, Ursula K Le Guin, Writers2 Comments
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On Harper Lee…

It seems fitting to highlight this great piece about Harper Lee by Roy Hoffman in the New York Times now that Go Set a Watchman has come out and blown up the Internet.

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July 21, 2015January 10, 2016Harper Lee, Reader's Corner, Roy Hoffman, WritersLeave a comment
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Links for readers…

Some interesting links I've stumbled across lately: On annotating books (BookRiot): I personally cannot mark up a paper book, which is another reason why I like my Kindle--it makes highlighting painless. More marginalia (New York Review of Books). A book is a heart that only beats in the chest of another (Brain Pickings). What's reading … Continue reading Links for readers…

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June 30, 2015January 10, 2016Annotations, Jo Walton, Marginalia, Neil Gaiman, Reader's Corner, Readers, Reading2 Comments

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