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Mashup discussion guides
(as linked by bookninja) You read the title right. Apparently “Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters” includes a reader’s discussion guide (you know, those questions at the end of some “book group” books?) Here are some example questions (from the … Continue reading
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A cookbook by Asian grandmas
This cookbook looks intriguing (as do the other ones mentioned), but I wonder if any of the grandmas use their microwaves? Publishers Put Stock in Asian Grandmothers : The grandmother-as-kitchen-guru mystique transcends boundaries, from Italian nonnas to Jewish bubbes. This … Continue reading
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A blog written by sunlight, not artificial light
I enjoyed this article from WritingSpirit Blog about Louisa May Alcott’s writing methods. WritingSpirit has found articles from The Writer Magazine dated back to the 1890s. One gem is an article entitled “Methods of Authors: Favorite Habits of Work” which … Continue reading
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Rating books
Shannon Hale has posted some pretty interesting questions on her blog about book reviews, particularly the star rating system at Amazon.com/Goodreads.com etc. Scroll down to the comments which also provide some insights. When I first started writing this blog and … Continue reading
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Anne Fine deplores ‘gritty realism’ of modern children’s books – Times Online
Never thought I’d hear someone complain that children’s books are too realistic: Anne Fine deplores ‘gritty realism’ of modern children’s books – Times Online
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The “blog” of “unnecessary” quotation marks
This blog is “hilarious”! I wonder when the whole sarcastic quotation mark thing started?
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The story behind the Little House on the Prairie
From the New Yorker
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A toilet paper novel?
Japanese publisher prints horror novel on toilet roll – Telegraph
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