Posts Tagged ‘summer reading’
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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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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 ...
What Should I Read Next
The Cuckoo’s Calling by J.K. Rowling writing as Robert Galbraith
This intriguing murder mystery was recently revealed to have been written by one of the bestselling authors of all time, J. K. Rowling. Her work on Harry Potter inspired wonderment, and her recent Casual Vacancy gave readers an...
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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...
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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 Lovin’: 5 love(ish) stories for summer reading
Beach books have become synonymous with “Chick Lit,” an often condescending term for light-hearted books by women and about women that assumes predictability and a story about shoes, cosmos, and Mr. Right (the liter...
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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 ...
New Reads
What’s a Summer Reading Program?
Every year public libraries all over the US are funded through tax dollars to organize events and interactive programs that engage the public to read more. It helps keep kids think critically and battles the dreaded “summ...
New Reads
Poetry in Unexpected Places | The Garden Variety
This time of year is beautiful in the city and, while going for a walk this week, I passed by a gorgeous garden with a chalkboard in the center bearing some of the lyrics to Amy Gerstler’s poem “In Perpetual Spring....
Awesome Books
Summer Reading: Ten Children’s Titles to Steal from Your Kids
In book-crazy families, sharing summer reading material is nothing new. Parents enjoy kids’ books alongside their children during bedtime reading; high school students filch J.D. Salinger from their parents’ collections; mother...
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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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