January 2011
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Most Popular... →
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“First the colors.
Then the humans.
That’s usually how I see things.
Or...”
– First Lines: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
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Entry 100: Happy New Year
Happy New Year to everyone! Hope you all had a Merry Christmas (or enjoyed your day off). I’ve got a bunch of new books to read now, starting classes on Monday, and I’m looking forward to getting back to some writing. Here are my book/writing resolutions for the new year:
1. Write at least one page a day
2. Read one classic a month
3. Finish reading all the un-read books from my...
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Suzanne Collins on Drafting ‘The Hunger Games’... →
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December 2010
163 posts
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“He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.”
– John Milton
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“He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.”
– John Milton
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“The demon exploded in a shower of ichor and guts.”
– First Lines: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
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Kindle Books Can Now Be Loaned →
Probably the biggest complaint against e-books, and now it has apparently been solved.
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Kindle Books Can Now Be Loaned →
Probably the biggest complaint against e-books, and now it has apparently been solved.
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“I can not live without books.”
– Thomas Jefferson
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“I can not live without books.”
– Thomas Jefferson
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“Lieutenant Mac Gillen of the Queen’s Guard of the Fells hunched his...”
– First Lines (The Exiled Queen by Cinda Williams Chima)
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Taylor Lautner to Star in Incarceron Adaptation →
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Taylor Lautner to Star in Incarceron Adaptation →
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“The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own...”
– Oscar Wilde
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– Oscar Wilde
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Forgotten Roald Dahl Story Reappears from... →
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“Don’t join the book burners… Don’t be afraid to go in your...”
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“Don’t join the book burners… Don’t be afraid to go in your...”
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Incarceron Author Catherine Fisher on Writing Her... →
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“Only your friends steal your books.”
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“Only your friends steal your books.”
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Merry Christmas!
As it is now officially Christmas Eve, I am on break until Monday.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, and Good Mid-Winter Festival to everyone!
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“Marley was dead: to begin with.”
– First Lines (A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens)
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“Marley was dead: to begin with.”
– First Lines (A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens)
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Jamaican Airport Named After Ian Fleming →
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Jamaican Airport Named After Ian Fleming →
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“If you are a bookish sort and walk into a house and find no books you may as...”
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“If you are a bookish sort and walk into a house and find no books you may as...”
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“I was in a coffee shop looking through the want ads when I read,...”
– First Lines (Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris)
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Why people like bad books →
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Why people like bad books →
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“The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely...”
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“The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely...”
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“I was in a coffee shop looking through the want ads when I read,...”
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