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Book Lists
Banned Books Reading List
A list of banned books, the reasons they were banned, and why you should read them. Many schools, churches, or other organizations will sometimes add a book to a list of books that they do not support. Despite the anti-censorsh...
Book Lists
Summer Reading Special: Escapist Travel Books
The summer is winding down now and it may be time for some of you to head back to school or college, or to knuckle back down to work after exciting vacations. But it’s never too early to start planning your next big adventure. ...
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On the Silver Screen: Fall 2013 YA Books to Movies
This fall 2013, YA books to movies are everywhere! Bookkaholics might just be spending as much time at the cinema as we spend reading. Many of you may have pledged to read the book before the movie (for more information, or to ...
Book Lists
Summer Reading Special: A Bibliophile’s Miscellany of Italy
Although I’ve lived in the United Kingdom for eight years now, I’ve never made the (relatively) short jaunt over to Italy. But, like many of you, I feel I know the country’s cities and countryside through the media of film and ...
Book Lists
A Bibliophile’s Miscellany: Titles That Promise Too Much
For some of my rules and preferences about book titles, see my related article this week, “What’s in a Name?” I’m wary of long and overcomplicated titles; all too often, I fear, they might be masking a book that actually has ve...
New Reads
What’s in a Name? Judging Books by their Titles
You’ve heard that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but what about judging books by their titles? Despite the perennial admonitions from good-natured and tolerant book-lovers, I daresay we all do it all the time: take on...
Book Lists
A Bibliophile’s Miscellany: Epistolary Novels
Last week I wrote about the complementary lost arts of letter writing and handwriting. Literary correspondence, once such a venerable genre, just hasn’t been the same since the advent of e-mail and text messages. And yet the ep...
Book Lists
A Bibliophile’s Miscellany: The Lost Art of Letter Writing
When’s the last time you put pen to paper and wrote a letter? Not an e-mail, not a quickly jotted memo, but an actual hand-written letter, with the date at the top, a more or less formal term of address (you can never go wrong ...
Book Lists
Best Titles for Book Reading Clubs
Book clubs are great, but sometimes agreeing on titles can be a challenge. You want to choose a title that’s not too new or else not everyone can get a copy or it’ll be the most expensive hardback in the bookstore. ...
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Summer Reading Special: A Bibliophile’s Miscellany of France
July is the month when many countries celebrate their national day: it was Canada Day on the 1st, America’s birthday (of course) on the 4th, but also Algeria’s and Venezuela’s Independence Day celebrations on the 5th, Malawi’s ...
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What’s Barack Obama reading?
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Review: A Man of Parts by David Lodge
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Five Great Book Origin Stories
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Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth
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Banned Books Reading List
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The Little Book of Muses Trailer
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Dead Man’s Alibi Trailer
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Fancy Clapping Trailer
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Who is Killing the Great Capes of Heropa? Trailer
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Review: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
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Summer Reading Special: Escapist Travel Books
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My Brother - Read a Kindle
