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 | From Megan Romer, your About Books & Literature Editor This week, I've got myself a nice long airplane ride. In the days leading up to plane trips, I used to fret over which book (or three) I'd bring, ultimately usually hating my decision and buying something trashy in an airport after all that. Now I have an e-reader, and it is currently loaded up with approximately 75,000 books. I'll be off the plane before I decide where to start. | |
Mo Yan Wins 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature
This past week, the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature was bestowed upon Chinese author Mo Yan, whose work I have admittedly never read. Several of his books are readily available in translation, though, and I've downloaded his novel The Garlic Ballads to my e-reader, and I will hopefully remember to get to it soon. Read More...
| If You Like Jodi Picoult, You Might Like...
A new Jodi Picoult novel won't be released until next year, so if you're a fan looking to fill the gap, check these novels out. Heck, if you're not a fan, check 'em out anyway -- there's some great stuff here! Read More...
| Happy Teen Read Week!
When I was a teenager, all I did was read. So... yep. I sure have changed a lot. Mmm-hmm. Apparently not all teens spend their whole day lost in a book, though, and Teen Read Week is one of the more exciting initiatives to help get them interested in books. Read More...
| Edgar Allen Poe - "The Pit and the Pendulum"
As the third installment to this little countdown to Halloween scary story series, I wanted to post Edgar Allen Poe's very scariest story. I read a whole bunch of them and have barely slept since. His stuff is seriously eerie. Still, I had to pick one, so here's "The Pit and The Pendulum" (the complete text, free to read) -- tied for first place with pretty much everything else Poe ever wrote. Read More...
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