Wish you were the kind of person who has a quote ready for every occasion? We've got some methods that'll help you track book quotes and ideas. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-04-13 10:38:08 UTC ]
For one reader, AMERICAN GIRL was more than a favorite book series and doll: it was a lifestyle. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-03-04 11:33:19 UTC ]
From the fog of a so-far-extremely-cursed 2020, do you even remember 2019 anymore? The albino panda? 30 to 50 feral hogs? The US women’s national soccer team at the World Cup? What else even happened? Roxane Gay is here to remind us with this recap, which also lists her favorite books of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-02-06 16:40:23 UTC ]
Another month of books, another month of book covers. November is when publishing starts slowing down a bit for the holidays, but even that couldn’t keep the beautiful books—and weird books, and funny-as-hell books—down. Below are my ten favorite book covers from the month (some of them are even... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-11-22 09:48:02 UTC ]
Yes, yes, books are for reading, BUT have you seen Maryland artist Jodi Harvey’s book sculptures? If you’re not sure what to get the reader in your life, might I suggest commissioning Harvey to take an edition (“first editions are a no-no”) of their favorite book and turn it into a custom paper... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-11-11 18:00:03 UTC ]
Looking for your next favorite book? Check out these new historical fiction books, full of beautiful prose, dynamic characters, and captivating settings. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-10-25 10:39:52 UTC ]
While you wait for Midnight in Salem's release, choose your favorite book genre and find something to play among these older Nancy Drew PC games. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-10-14 10:40:07 UTC ]
Do socks really "spark joy?" This writer went through (nearly) every item in her house with some surprising results.I hate clutter. Growing up, my favorite book (and the only one I kept from my childhood) was The Boxcar Children, a story of four orphans who live in an abandoned train car with... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2016-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Website security questions stress me out. How am I supposed to choose and remember a favorite book or favorite teacher? What if I’ve never had a pet? What if my high school’s mascot was a battered bronze lamp that was ceremonially passed from the graduating senior class president to the incoming... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2016-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
As chronicled in the Kickstarter video above, the Call Me Ishmael (CMI) project is ingeniously simple: People dial in to 774-325-0503, leave a message about a favorite book, and CMI produces the simplest YouTube video in the world, showing a manual typewriter typing the caller’s words. That’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2015-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
We asked our readers to pick their favorite book of 2015 and spread the word on Twitter. Congrats to our winner, @MitchRappFans, whose pick won the most retweets. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a tweet with the hashtag #PWbestbooks, tell us the title and author of your favorite 2015 book, and tell us why for a chance to win our top 10 books of 2015. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Reading doesn't just improve your knowledge, it can help fight depression, make you more confident, empathetic, and a better decision maker.My favorite book is War and Peace.Read Full Story Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2015-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
What's your favorite book by Dr. Seuss? To mark the publication of the lost-then-found new Seuss book 'What Pet Should I Get?' PW wants to know about your favorite! Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
It's a fact: even though printed books are not yet dead, there's an increasing number of people who are turning to ebooks to read their favorite book. Trajectory, a Marblehead-based company launched three years ago by two technology veterans, seeks to not only help publishers distribute their... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2015-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new Scholastic report found that a whopping 91 percent of children ages 6 to 17 said, 'My favorite books are the ones that I have picked out myself.' The books children liked the most were those that made them laugh, that let them use their imagination, and that tell made-up stories. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
It’s recently emerged that America’s two richest men share not only a fondness for bridge, but identical taste in literature. Both Bill Gates and Warren Buffet—according to an essay this week from Gates—count John Brooks’ Business Adventures as their single favorite book about business. Why is... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
To many devoted readers, bookstores, and collectors, a book is good, but a signed book is best—and the absence of a title page to autograph is just another reason for purists to eschew those newfangled e-readers. A signed copy of a favorite book can be intensely meaningful to an avid fan. And in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The new YouTube channel encourages readers to upload a video of themselves sharing a paragraph from a favorite book. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
For all his contributions to children's literature, Maurice Sendak, who died Tuesday at 83, struck a chord with 'Where the Wild Things Are,' a dark and vivid adventure in a daunting world beyond a child's bedroom.When my son Noah was little — no more than 2 years old — his favorite book... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]