Tag Archives: books
Sunday Scraps 60
1. DIY: Thirteen creative solutions to one of my perennial problems: where do I put all my books? From Ecosalon. 2. FLIGHT: BBC has a badass gallery of photos of Ghana’s female pilots. What have YOU been learning in your … Continue reading
Literary Geek-Out: Bechdel
Last night I went to a reading by Alison Bechdel, graphic novelist, creator of comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, author of Fun Home (nominated for the National Book Critics Award), and her new memoir, Are You My Mother? … Continue reading
Rise and Fall
If you want to know what you’re getting into when you choose a David Mitchell novel, commit three minutes to reading this interview first: ”I learned that language is to the human experience what spectography is to light: Every word … Continue reading
Sunday Scraps 55
1. INCARCERATION: Photo series from Wired inside of juvenile detention centers. Remind me again how we justify putting children in rooms like these for any period of time? 2. BOOKS: Saundra Mitchell articulately points out that girls read books with … Continue reading
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Nerd Games
Today’s game is brought to you by Apartment Therapy and it’s a nerdy take on the tabloid trend of matching celebrities with their pimply, brace-face high school yearbook photos: Here are the bedrooms of seven beloved authors, but whose is … Continue reading
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When You Turn the Last Page
When was the last time you were head over heels in love with a book? Most recently for me, Game of Thrones had me in its thrall for a solid two months (come on! It’s 5,000 pages!), and before that, … Continue reading
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iFOMO
Apologies for absenteeism. Does anyone else ever get anxious that real life is getting in the way of all of the things you want to read on the internet? That doesn’t seem super healthy, but it’s honestly how I feel … Continue reading
May the Weather Be Ever in Your Favor
Every single news source I read is covering the Hunger Games today. That just tells me that I need to broaden my reading material, but come on, even this? Related Post: When I first read the Hunger Games… Related Post: … Continue reading
“How to Keep Your Daughter from Ending Up Like that Horrid Girl in Twilight”
I’m going to piggyback off a Twitter conversation started by David Kinney (Feminist Father) about all the books you should read to your daughter. He was inspired by this post by Carrots for Michaelmas. I just love the subtitle to … Continue reading
