December 2011
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List of Book Blogs →
noseinabook:
If you run a book blog that is not on this list, message me and I’ll add you ASAP. If you ever want to check this list again, it’s in my FAQ.
Wow, this list is LONG.
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Writing Realistic Injuries →
Characters climbing cliffs with broken arms or getting knocked out for an hour or so and then running around like nothing happened, bug me. It doesn’t take much longer to get it right, and I’ve found that getting doing the research to get it right can often lead to whole new story possibilities I hadn’t thought of before.
I’m not any sort of medical expert - research for this...
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Before there was Tumblr, I actually read avidly....
It’s like being 5 all over again when I had picture books.
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1. What book are you reading now? Into to the Wild and the Hunger Games
2. What are your favourite books? As Simple as Snow by Gregory Galloway and The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
3. How did you learn to read? There is this thing called public education and my mom made me go to school since I was like 5.
4. What foreign languages do you read? I can read bits of Spanish, but hardly.
5. What’s...
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Bookish Gifts For the Lover of Everything... →
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The BBC's Top 100 Books →
In April 2003 the BBC’s Big Read began the search for the nation’s best-loved novel, and we asked you to nominate your favourite books.
Wow! I forgot about this list!
The Top 10 are:
The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,...
The first step of getting a new book.
mohrsecode:
AMEN
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Just donated like 5 books I didn’t want to this bookstore. Apparently, I could have done an exchange but they remembered that they weren’t doing anymore until after Christmas. Good to know though.
Winners!
The winners of the book giveaway are:
1st Prize Winner: gingerforthesoul who won a pre-college book of my choosing.
And runner-up: therockettdream who won a Christmas card and/or $5 gift card to Barnes and Noble.
They will be contacted shortly for further information.
Happy Holidays! And make sure to do some winter break reading!
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Calling all pre-collegiates!
On my personal blog, a senior in high school messaged me and asked me, “Does it really get better?” She was stressed with taking AP classes and worried about her grades even though I could tell she was pretty studious. I gave her my bit of advice and she seemed a lot more relieved.
I’m a second year student in college. If my school had some sort of Big Sister, Little Sister...
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Dear Millionaires, if you don’t have a bookshelf...
Who thinks The Hunger Games should be/can be...
My friend says that he sees a lot of people dismissing it’s popularity due to the Twilight craze and thinking it’s just another fad. What do you all think?
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Book Confessions
1. To mark your page you: use a bookmark, bend the page corner, leave the book open face down?
I use a bookmark, but if I lost my bookmark as I usually do, I will leave it face down.
2. Do you lend your books?
I no longer lend my books after allowing two of my friends to borrow them and than having them returned in a less than favorable condition.
3. You find an interesting passage: you...
