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Booker Prize winners - worth reading?
Sharp Words | 2 hours ago by Sharp Words
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded last night to Aravind Adiga for his debut novel, The White Tiger. And I realised that I had read none (or even heard of most) of this year’s shortlist. Nor, checking a list of all the Booker prize wi read more
Meaningful Goals, Meaningful Priorities, and a Meaningful Life
StoryboardLife | 5 hours ago by peter doyle
Thin Is The New Happy???
Beauty Obssesion | 6 hours ago
Does being thin make you happy? Truly happy? That's the question that Valerie Frankel ponders over 243 pages and a lifetime!In this very honest, witty and relatable book Valerie talks about her struggles with weight and bad body issues which I'm sure read more
Reading to your baby
Lil Aussie Prems Blog | 7 hours ago by lilaussieprem
Some parents read aloud to their baby in the NICU. It is the sound of the parent’s voice and not the subject matter that is important, so you can read anything you like. The nurses at KEMH told me about one father who read his premature son “The read more
What a Man Should Know
cool material | 8 hours ago by Tim Jacobsen
There are some things all men should know… don’t worry, no one’s trying to teach you about relationships, just trying to refine you and teach you how to be a scholarly gentleman. With topics like Chess, wine and how to fold a ne read more
Life: It's Pretty Okay
The View From Now | 8 hours ago
I had a really bizarre experience yesterday.While walking to the library on my lunch break, I noticed some caution signs on the grown that said "Men Working Above." "Hmm," I thought, "I wonder if they have different signs for when the ladies work a read more
mysteries
The Dreamcatcher Workshop | 9 hours ago by Layli
I'm still reading "The Hippopotamus Pool" by Elizabeth Peters, despite my determination to have it done with and blog about it tonight. I'm usually not a huge fan of mysteries, but I seem quite willing to put aside my belief that they are boring and read more
McCain and Obama for Children
The Movie Mom | 9 hours ago by Nell Minow
There are very fine illustrated biographies of both candidates for children, a good way to begin a conversation about how we select our leaders and the importance of being able to disagree in a respectful and honorable manner.... read more
Watchmen / Alan Moore : 5 of 5
WEBmikey | 9 hours ago
Even though I was aware of the premise and significance of Watchmen, undoubtedly the best graphic novel ever produced, untl recently I had never actually read it. But after seeing the movie trailer and all the bookstores stocking up on copies, I deci read more
Powerful Attitudes For Success!
Kaizenlog | 11 hours ago
Just had to tell you about this There is an amazing technique of success that Dr. Joe Vitale is sharing with people around the world. I’m excited about it because I started using it and it is working for me, BIG TIME! He calls it Nevillizing. H read more
The Most Admirable and The Most Despicable Gabriel Garcia Marquez…
My Rocking Cradle | 13 hours ago by Wendy
I finished reading Love in the time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez five months ago. To this day, I can’t get Florentino Ariza out of my mind. He is the most despicable character I have ever come across with (as at least among the books read more
Creative Writers Hangout
Kaizenlog | 13 hours ago
ADOPTING PROVEN FORMATTING TECHNIQUES Taking the trouble to familiarize yourself with the various formatting techniques employed by the publishing industry will also help enhance your chances of producing a bestselling title. o How the title commands read more
Silver Bridge Update
The Debris Field | 16 hours ago by Lesley
UFOMystic » Silver Bridge Update read more
Book Review: Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
Mantis Fists | 17 hours ago by Jeff
by Peter Biskind At one point in Hollywood’s history, people made quality films. These people were solipsistic cocaine addicts, but nonetheless- amidst the chaos and confusion of the tie-dyed acid-soaked Woodstock generation, arguably the great read more
The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon
The Thin Red Line | 18 hours ago by Alan Jobe
I’ve found that my Easy Picture Book Roundups are often among my most popular posts, though honestly I still don’t understand why some posts, sometimes very old and forgotten posts, suddenly attract a few hundred to a few thousand v read more
Nobel/Pulitzer/Governor General's Literary Awards
Quoteflections | 18 hours ago
Want a good book? Why not try one of the authors since 1990 who has won the prestigious Nobel Prize for Literature, or the American Pulitzer Prize, or the Canadian Governor General's Award? I will list the winners of each from 1990 to the present.Bu read more
Sales Bulletin: October 15
Glam Hub | 18 hours ago by Glam Hub
Glam Hub presents a selection of sale items such as DVDs, books, and accessories. read more
Hilarious bookcase
El Beso | 18 hours ago by Karina
I love this book by Sharon Leece and photografer A Chester Ong. Adoro este libro de Sharon Leece y el fotógrafo A Chester Ong. read more
#109 ~ Immortal
The Literate Housewife Review | 19 hours ago by Jennifer Conner
Immortal by Traci L. Slatton Immortal is a novel that sweeps through 150 years of Florentine history from Giotto to Leonardo da Vinci through the eyes of Luca Bastardo, whose first memories are of living in the street seemingly as an orphan. What m read more
James Hubbard’s My Family Doctor Twitter contest
A Contest Blog | 19 hours ago by Valerie
James Hubbard’s My Family Doctor Twitter contest One winner in each category gets a free year-long (six issues) subscription to JHMFD, plus a gift subscription for anyone you’d like. One runner-up in each category gets a free year-long subscripti read more
Book Review: The World Republic of Letters by Pascale Casanova
Songs that Didn't Used to Exist | 19 hours ago by Laura June
French people real smart.Man, does she have a lot of ideas!!Anybody living in the world, especially anyone interested in how the sphere of production (think internet, people) works in the modern world.Read it.Up next is Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood. read more
Collection Development or Collection Building
Library Technician's Education, Training, Practice, Career,… | 20 hours ago by Hyderabadiz Team
Name (what's in a name, anyways): Collection Building is not a preferred term, rather Library of Congress has the blessings for Collection development (Libraries)I am reading this book: Crash Course in Collection Developme...Wayne Disher (2007).This read more
Paperless paper? Oh yeah!
The Discriminating Fangirl | 20 hours ago by The Discriminating Fangirl
I love books. I love, in particular, books that are still printed on paper. I love tucking one in my purse, being able to curl up with one in my lap, so on and so forth. I love the feel of paper under my fingertips as I read. E-books? Sound [... read more
Judge a book by its cover
ideaography | 21 hours ago by chris agi
http://www.judgeby.com/ Found this love over on jackcheng.com, that well, allows you to judge a book by its cover. I found this appealing as I tend to find most of my reads by how well the cover is designed. I can’t help it, I’m a designer… read more
Midnight Sun Petition
Ingenue Perspective | 22 hours ago by Cameron
Stephanie Meyer has decided to indefinitely put her writing of Midnight Sun (5th Twilight book - written from Edward's perspective) on hold.If you've read the books and care at all, sign the petition.If not, move on. read more
Running away with the circus, brb.
The Discriminating Fangirl | 22 hours ago by The Discriminating Fangirl
I work as a tutor, and it’s getting to that point in the semester when we’re swamped with science papers. Running away with the circus never looked so good. Deep breaths, Fangirl. Deep breaths. I should be writing a short paper on Hitch read more
[161] The Teahouse Fire - Ellis Avery
A Guy's Moleskine Notebook | 22 hours ago by Matthew Yau
“As I purified each utensil under the kiri [paulownia] dome, I felt her beside me, prodding me here and there with her fan: like so, like so. I felt her as I had when I was small, folding her fingers around mine, her hands now as blasted with a read more
South African poets at Housing Works in Soho
Leo Africanus | 22 hours ago by Leo Africanus
Gabeba Baderoon and Nadia Davids * Monday, October 20, 2008 * 7:00pm EDT * Housing Works Bookstore Cafe * 126 Crosby Street, New York, NY 10012 :: 212-334-3324 A reading with Gabeba Baderoon and Nadia Davids, followed by Q&A and s read more
What Really Matters in Girls' Education.
Education & Tech | 23 hours ago by TonNet
We are living in a culture that is telling girls you can’t do math — that’s telling everybody that only Asians and nerds do math. And this assertion seems to be repeated for the boys and girls' education.Newsweek published about a month now, a read more
BLOOD BOUND (Mercy Thompson Series)
Books, Movies, More! | 23 hours ago by Anna
BLOOD BOUND BY PATRICIA BRIGGS - #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR The Mercy Thompson book series is quickly becoming one of my favorite action-adventures. The shape shifting mechanic, Mercy Thompson, is on to another potentially deadly adventure when her v read more
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