Literary Links: February 16th Edition

A great alternative when you've forgotten your book for the lunch break.

• Author Speaking Fees - Great gig if you can get it. Where do we sign up?

• 4 Million UK Adults Never Pick Up Books For Pleasure - We have a lot of Brits on our forums, what say you? No time?

• Book Trucks? - Could this be the next big thing?

• Young Adult Heroines - You know how we like graphs around here. How does your favorite stack up?

• A Look at Hypocritical Characters in Literature - Did they miss any?

Fridays @ the Forums

Our weekly round up of some interesting going-ons around the CWAtC forums.

• Bonding Over Books - Some of our CWAtC'ers are teaming up to read a series or two. Hop over there and see if any sound interesting or start your own.

• Short and Sweet - Our Gametator, Laura, and I got talking about classics you can finish in one sitting. This led to a thread and making a new tag on our shelves. 

• Monster Reads - The opposite of short is long, so we had to also include a thread and tag for the epic books. There are a few doozies out there. 

• I Quit! - When is it okay to quit a book? Do you ever feel remorse?

• May Book Poll - For May's book we're going to the cinema for classic books that have recently (or in the near future) been turned into movies. 

Literary Links: February 15th Edition

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Top 10 Books the Serial Book Abandoners May Have Missed We just started a thread on the Goodreads.com forum about this and I have not abandoned White Teeth as I have just put it on hold. At least that's what I tell myself.

200 years of Pride and Prejudice Covers - Yes, the anniversary of the famous book was a few weeks ago, but we couldn't help sharing this.

Note the special attention to historical accuracy on this cover

23% of America is Illiterate - Startling statistics and as a Californian I'm a little concerned about Bakersfield.

BINGO! - Pull out your Haruki Murakami's novels and your daubers.



Bestselling Author Slams Libraries - What are your thoughts on this? 

Literary Links: February 14th Edition

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Happy Valentine's Day!!

• Who's Your Literary Boyfriend? Romeo seems to have some abandonment issues, but you can handle that, right?

• Literary Valentines! You know how we love Edgar Allan Poe around here. A V-Day card of him? Yes, please!

• Shakespeare the Matchmaker? I think number 4 sums it up quite nicely. 

• 14 Poets on their Favorite Love Poems I was sold as soon as I read the first one. Rumi is a favorite for my family. Do you have a favorite love poem?

• Five Romantic Destinations Inspired by Literature I hear Italy is nice this time of year. 

Book Association: Life of Pi - Part 2

So last week, CWAtC'ers, in keeping with this month's book selection Life of Pi, we chose some books that had animals either stealing the show (or the farm like in Animal Farm) or being man's best friend (Call of the Wild). This week we are tackling books of a nautical nature. For form I'm mentioning Moby Dick gets an honorable mention here. Enjoy!

The Old Man and the Sea 

This one is probably a gimme, but I had to put in there or risk complaints from marlin-lovin' fishermen. 

Treasure Island 

What list is complete without the tale of Jim Hawkins and Long John Silver? PIRATES!

The Shipping News 

This one might be a bit more subtle as it takes place in a coastal town where the main character, Quoyle, tries to rebuild his life. 

      The Odyssey 

Homer's epic tale about the world's first "road"trip is a must whe

n talking about the sea.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 

The Nautilus awaits to carry you off for exploration and revenge. 

Next week we'll link Life of Pi to books set in India. What do you think will be on the list?

Literary Links: February 13th Edition

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Today's picks:

• Fashion from fiction From The Hungry Caterpillar to The Night Circus, the outfits are pretty spectacular...so are the prices though.

• Sexy Librarian Down, boys!

• 10 Things You Didn't Know About Books & Authors Which were news to you?

• Literary Man's Must Reads No list is perfect or complete and it's all subjective, but this is a pretty decent one. Are we missing any from our bookshelf on the forums? Any you disagree with?

• Valentine's Gifts for the Literary Geek So you dragged your feet about a gift for your book lover (see what I did there?) and now it's the day before Valentine's. Maybe you can rush delivery one of these. 

Literary Links: February 12th Edition

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Today's picks:

• I'll take "Daughters & Wives" for $1000 Alec. Oh, and there are graphs. You're welcome.

• When Video Games and the Classics Meet... Edgar Allan Poe as a video game? Yes, please.

                            

• Julianne Moore's Favorite Literary Redheads It takes one to know one, right?

• Out of Print's New Tumblr "After the First Line" Sure, we all know the first lines of our favorite classics, but what comes next?

• Discovering New Books Through Awards Needing to expand your horizons? Try some of these nominees.

Literary Links - Feb 11th edition

Forget your book for your lunch break? Read some literary links to ease the boredom.

• Reading gadgets you need right now  As a mother of two young kids, I am amused by the training potty with the iPad holder. 

• Remembering Sylvia Plath A complex woman.

• 9 very specific rules from real libraries Okay, the bats rule should have been at the end because how do you top that?

• So ya wanna be Hunter S. Thompson or Oscar Wilde? My favorite part of this article is the disclaimer. 

• In Cold Blood Tainted? Does this ruin the book or is this creative license?