February 2012
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The Millions' Guide to Litifying Your Tumblr... →
A great list. We got snubbed. But still, a really good compilations of literary tumblrs.
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Jimmy Fallon’s DO NOT READ list.
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Michelle Obama did 25 pushups today to beat Ellen. That’s pretty good. But our author Paula Broadwell bested Jon Stewart with 59. Really hoping this trend of pushup contests on talk shows catches on.
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What accounts for an upsurge in confidence among independent booksellers? In...
– Bill Petrocelli, co-owner of Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA
via Shelf Awareness
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January 2012
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This. Is. Awesome.
In the Daily Show’s first-ever week with an all-female guest lineup, our author Paula Broadwell challenges Jon Stewart to a pushup contest for charity (Team Red, White, and Blue).
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The evidence of singletons’ buying power is beginning to emerge: in...
– “Solo nation: American consumers stay single”, Fortune
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10 Bestselling Books with 80+ One-Star Reviews
One-Star Reviews for Bestselling Books
1. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (669 one-star reviews)
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (396 one-star reviews)
3. A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin (344 one-star reviews)
4. The Help by Kathryn Stockett (169 one-star reviews)
5. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (157 one-star reviews)
6. Explosive Eighteen by Janet...
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He handed me the headphones. The music was high-pitched, like the sound track of...
– from Jeet Thayil’s forthcoming book Narcopolis
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Let Chris Morgan Jones convince you why you should read his new thriller THE SILENT OLIGARCH in his super-charming accent.
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Overheard in the Penguin Press office
I'm listening! I'm ready to have a spirit animal!
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December 2011
30 posts
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Literature and art are important subjects which are indispensible to human life....
– The first paragraph from Kim Jong Il’s LIFE AND LITERATURE, downloadable for free here.
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dailylibertytv:
Niall Ferguson discusses how the United States can avoid imminent collapse. What do you think of his plan?
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Sh*t My Agent Sells: The Art of Turning Instafads... →
The New York Observer nails it.
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The podcast of the CBC interview with Claire... →
awolfinpeopleclothes:
As the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens is nearly upon us—just a few days under two months—it’s hard for someone like me to not get excited about something like this. I have yet to read Tomalin’s biography of Dickens, but I hear it’s very good. I hope that I can read it by February, but since I still have two novels by Dickens to finish and Gissing’s biography...
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