January 18, 2012 – 3:36 pm
Shop Indie Bookstores Fans of Downton Abbey, the UK-produced drama about the Crawley family and their servants that PBS imported for Masterpiece Classic, will be happy to know that NY publishers have taken notice. In addition to the companion book, The World of Downton Abbey by Jessica Fellowes, dozens of 20th century novels about the British aristocracy are being rushed [...]
January 4, 2012 – 4:58 pm
Happy 2012 readers! Even tho’ I can’t predict what new titles will become this year’s hot reads, I did run across a few note worthy trends that book insiders are betting on and buzzing about. Contemporary dilemma-type titles, sequels of classic tales, YA/adult crossover titles and short story collections are just a few of the fiction trends [...]
September 28, 2011 – 11:10 am
Was Banned Book Week invented by the American Library Association (ALA) as a way of using reverse psychology on reluctant readers? Don’t laugh. I can see why a book listed as ‘subversive’ might be an attractive read for an adolescent. Earlier this month, I read USA Today contributor Jonah Goldberg’s opinion piece Column: Banned Book Week is just hype. [...]
September 17, 2011 – 10:58 am
Save the date! Northwest BookFest 2011 is only a few weeks away…and for the first time ever, the Eastside will host. This year’s theme (giving us hope there will be many more years to come) is It’s Raining Books! By the looks of the program schedule there is lots to choose from. Readers can [...]
What do some bookish folk do To help them escape when they\’re (red, white &) blue? Apparently, some of them stage their private book collections. I love this American Flag book look created by Thatcher Wine of Juniper Books. ~via Decorno
Reviews of the new spring titles are starting to pour in but what about the not to be missed books of last fall and winter? Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken, Emma Donoghue’s Room and Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom certainly have lived up to their hype but others, alas, have not. Take for instance Ingrid Betancourt’s Even Silence Has An End. Last fall, [...]
Just six more weeks until William and Kate tie the knot. For those Anglophiles out there (and you know who you are) that can’t bear the wait, here are some literary suggestions to help you while away the hours. READ: Shop Indie Bookstores The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown Who can resist a quirky family [...]
November 11, 2010 – 3:15 pm
Just had to share this photo of a tribute tattoo sported by a librarian in honor of Seattle’s own Nancy Pearl and her Book Lust series. It was part of a piece promoting the book The Word Made Flesh: Literary Tattoos From Bookworms Worldwide by Eva Talmadge and Justin Taylor on Earlyword‘s website. Shop Indie [...]
Music is something I profess to know nothing about, but I couldn’t let April, which is National Poetry Month, slip by without mentioning this wonderful new CD by Natalie Merchant. Leave Your Sleep, Merchant’s first album since 2003, is ‘literally’ poems set to music. The CD’s official website reads I chose works by both well-known [...]
It’s National Poetry month people. So get out there and celebrate. Not sure how? Poets.org lists 30 ways that you can slip poetry into your daily activities. I’ve posted before about the heart healthy benefits of reading poetry. Other studies suggest that reading poetry can boost the immune system and also reduce the severity of [...]
