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Wanted: Summer Reading List

khhsocratica wrote 3 days ago: I love being given a list of books to read.  I love getting to check off the books I’ve alread … more →

Tags: Reading, Reading List, Random House, top 100 novels, Summer Reading List

Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow

samuelarmen wrote 4 days ago: Ragtime – E. L. Doctorow Book Review 3. The most powerful author alive today. I’d like to mention th … more →

Tags: Literary Reviews, Literature, writing, Harry Houdini, Evelyn Nesbit, New York City, E.L. Doctorow, Emma Goldman, Stanley White

Jules Verne's Mysterious Island - a Brief Review6 comments

V. T. Eric Layton wrote 5 days ago: Mysterious Island by Jules Verne – a new translation by Jordan Stump Introduction by Caleb Car … more →

Tags: Books and Literature, Book Review, Jules Verne, Mysterious Island, jordan stump, Caleb Carr, Robinson Crusoe

Ann Veronica by H.G. Wells

djasson wrote 3 weeks ago: Ann Veronica by H.G. Wells My rating: 5 of 5 stars H.G. Wells is widely known for his speculative sc … more →

Tags: Books, Fiction, New-woman

Update on Modern Library

stacieks wrote 1 month ago: Okay, so it has been a while since I’ve updated this blog. But never fear! I have been reading … more →

Tags: Modern Library, Resolutions, top 100, Books, goodreads, Lists, resolutions, Shades of grey, Top 100

Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink - $265

rgonzalezr wrote 1 month ago:   A sample of the menu: Woody Allen on dieting the Dostoevski way • Roger Angell on the art of … more →

Tags: Antologia, cocina, Ensayo, Gastronomía, anthology, beverages, cooking, Cuisine, Drinking

Climb Book Mountain

mrandmrsadventure wrote 1 month ago: Meet Book Mountain, an amazing library in Spijkenisse, a small city close to Rotterdam in the Nether … more →

Tags: Cool Places, international travel, trying new things, barnes and noble, Libraries, book mountain, spijkenisse, Netherlands, amazing library

Three odd ducks

iwantmorehistory wrote 1 month ago: Stuarts, Jefferson, and Literary America: Three unlikely finds …  Which I found at an incredib … more →

Tags: Used Books, Thomas Jefferson, 1944, book history, provenance, Publishing History

Whovian? No, Wikipedian! 4 comments

Heather Paquette wrote 2 months ago: After months and months of dragging my feet, reading other books and just generally whining and stom … more →

Tags: Book Review, Under The Volcano, Lowry, Books, Reading, Literature, Heather Paquette, Classics, malcolm lowry

Book Lists! 2 comments

hemlockprincess wrote 3 months ago: Books, books and more books! The number one lesson I have learned at college so far is that I know a … more →

Tags: Books, College, Gilmore Girls, rory gilmore, Book Lists, goodreads, The New York Times, time, 100 best fiction

Reader's Corner: When Burroughs Wrote to Capote

chrisbarsanti wrote 3 months ago: Poloroids of William S. Burroughs and Truman Capote, taken by Andy Warhol. The last few years have s … more →

Tags: Books, New Yorker, Capote, truman capote, In Cold Blood, William Burroughs, Michael Bourne, Other Voices Other Rooms

Clay Stafford Reviews "All the King's Men" by Robert Penn Warren for Killer Nashville's Book of the Day

Clay Stafford wrote 3 months ago: Today’s featured book is All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren. “A classic. Pulitzer Prize … more →

Tags: Recommended Book of the Day, Literature, Books, Writing #2, Killer Nashville, Author, Clay Stafford, Classic Literature, Book of the Day

Killer Nashville's Book of the Day / Tuesday, February 19, 2013 / "All the King's Men" by Robert Penn Warren / Reviewed by Clay Stafford

Clay Stafford wrote 3 months ago: Today’s featured book is All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren. “A classic. Pulitzer Prize … more →

Tags: Recommended Books of the Day, Killer conversation, bestselling, Author 2, Characters, Killer Nashville, Book of the Day, Clay Stafford, writing

The Te Ahu Experience

johnhaines wrote 4 months ago: We recently celebrated the first birthday of our move to Te Ahu, the multifunctional community centr … more →

Tags: My Blogs, far north community centre, John Haines, Kaitaia, new community centre in kaitaia, Te Ahu

Not So Wild About Harry (or Niall, Liam, Louis, or Zayn)4 comments

docdlp wrote 4 months ago: Millions of screaming tweens would wince, roll their eyes, and slam their bedroom doors if they only … more →

Tags: bonus questions, Hints, Scores, Questions, Trivia, Pub quiz, Cups Coffee & Tea, One Direction, 100 best novels

This lovely little thing...1 comment

Carolyn Gordon wrote 4 months ago: came in the mail today! The Portrait Of A Lady by Henry James (A Modern Library Book, Random House, … more →

Tags: Henry James, American Literature, Random House, The Portrait of a Lady

Crossing to Safety (Modern Library Classics) - $295

rgonzalezr wrote 4 months ago: Introduction by Terry Tempest Williams Afterword by T. H. Watkins Called a “magnificently crafted st … more →

Tags: Novela / Ficción, USA, Americana, Love, Novel, Fiction, Classics, American, stegner

Appointment in Samarra - John O'Hara

danyulengelke wrote 5 months ago: Thanks to the elasticity of cultural opinion, works of art are constantly changing in popularity. Oc … more →

Tags: Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century, Reviews, Times 100 Best Novels, 1930s, American Literature, Julian English, O'Hara, Samarra, Time's Best Novels

1984 The Novel1 comment

1983themovie wrote 5 months ago: Nineteen Eighty-Four is a novel written by George Orwell in 1948 and published the following year. I … more →

Tags: Nineteen Eighty-Three, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell, GEORGE ORWELL, Winston Smith, Big Brother, time, BBC, The Big Read


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