tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87399929173105388372012-01-17T18:11:13.460-08:00Friends of the Corona Public Library - BlogUpdates on Corona Public Library events, BookShop news, members' tid-bits, book and other reading-related or library news from around the globe.Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.comBlogger1171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-44275088810261778132011-10-06T14:24:00.000-07:002011-10-06T14:24:26.673-07:00Swedish Poet wins Nobel in Literature
Swedish Poet Wins Nobel Prize In Literatureby NEDA ULABYAudio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approx. 7:00 p.m. ET text size A A AOctober 6, 2011Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer is this year's winner of the Nobel Prize in literature. Transtromer has been mentioned as a candidate for the award for years. His work often walks a line between concrete reality and dreams Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-12864536416812565312011-10-04T15:11:00.000-07:002011-10-04T15:11:48.741-07:00New books for fall - which will you be reading?
reprinted from the Chicago Tribune:By David L. Ulin
2:26 p.m. CDT, September 30, 2011It's tempting, looking at the fall's books, to think of this as a political season. Dick Cheney got it started with "In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir," and Joe McGinnis pitched in with "The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin." (That caused a minor tempest last year when the author moved in nextCree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-17361939705786315622011-09-25T20:46:00.000-07:002011-09-25T20:46:43.088-07:00Are Books As Sexy Without Their Covers?reposted from IndieReader.com
Ebooks sales spiked more than 145 percent last July. And that’s despite that fact that many of the titles don’t even have covers—or, at most, feature generic images with little pain taken with design.Are “naked” books the new design trend? Is it about budget? Technology? Or will book covers go the way of album covers of yore, a small afterthought rather than a Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-58353872349585606112011-09-25T20:42:00.000-07:002011-09-25T20:42:15.115-07:00Hey it's banned books week - let's all celebrate by reading one!
I'm digging out my copy of The Great Gatsby right now!
(from the ALA)Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-78438471110258069092011-07-13T11:21:00.000-07:002011-07-13T11:21:02.840-07:00Learning not to dislike Hemingway on the 50th anniversary of the literary giant’s death
I used to hate Hemingway too. His writing seemed like it was written by someone taking themselves too seriously. Direct. Spare. Prose with a chip on it's shoulder. Kind of blah actually. But lately I've been taking another look.Here's an article by David L. Ulin who rediscovered some of the same appeal (from the Maine Bangor Times on the anniversary of Hemingway's death) .______________________Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-89928614469421680892011-07-11T11:19:00.000-07:002011-07-11T11:21:53.939-07:00The Upside of the Reading Experience of eBooks and all those “Devices”Reprinted from USA Today By Matt Frassica, The (Louisville, Ky.) Courier-JournalLOUISVILLE, Ky. — David J. Loehr, a playwright who lives in southern Indiana, was taking his car to the dealership when a story on the radio caught his attention. A short science piece about "an obscure subject" gave him an idea for a new play.Ordinarily, Loehr would have had to make do with jotting down some notes orCree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-52638130441627659792011-07-11T11:06:00.000-07:002011-07-11T11:07:42.533-07:00"State of Wonder" by Ann Patchett is a suspenseful jungle adventure with an unexpected ending and other assorted surprisesPartial review is reprinted from the Chicago Tribune article by Laura Ciolkowski
Prize-winning author Ann Patchett ("Bel Canto," "Truth and Beauty," "The Magician's Assistant") once confessed that the single most important artistic influence on her work is "The Poseidon Adventure," the 1933 Paul Gallico potboiler that was made into a classic 1970s action-adventure-disaster movie featuring Gene Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-79276135633912164652011-05-06T12:22:00.000-07:002011-05-06T12:26:37.474-07:00Librarian's Column debuts on Publishers Weekly.
Reprinted from GalleyCat by Maryann Yin:Award-winning librarian Nancy Pearl (pictured) has joined Publishers Weekly. Pearl’s new library-themed column, “Check It Out,” will feature her responses to questions, comments, and observations from librarians, publishers, readers, and others.The column will run on a monthly basis in Publishers Weekly‘s print periodicals. It will be introduced in both Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-80177445756034146052011-04-15T09:47:00.000-07:002011-04-15T09:47:39.628-07:00National Library Week 2011: April 10 - 16, 2011
Honor the contributions librarians and librarians make every day by celebrating with us this week.
National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation’s libraries and librarians and to promote library use.
This year, bestselling author John Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-23298087564590344752011-04-06T02:02:00.000-07:002011-04-06T02:02:44.547-07:00The Future of Libraries: how will e-books impact
Reprinted from npr April 4, 2011:
You can listen to the audio from NPR's All Things Considered broadcast of this story here...
A lot of attention has been focused on the way bookstores and publishing companies are managing the e-book revolution. The role of libraries has often been overlooked. But when HarperCollins Publishing Co. recently announced a new policy that would limit the number ofCree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-44997167835984646222011-04-01T12:17:00.000-07:002011-04-01T12:25:56.939-07:00Sounds like fun : NY Library launches overnight Scavenger Hunt for 500 lucky invitees
The New York Public Library, which became the first public library to launch a Foursquare badge this week, is going one step further in mobile innovation by inviting 500 people to compete in a smartphone-based challenge for a library game night.“Find the Future: The Game,” devised by renowned game designer Jane McGonigal, is a series of “quests” delivered via an app on players’ mobile devices Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-16298167243164153882011-03-30T20:49:00.000-07:002011-03-30T20:51:20.173-07:00Self-Published Author Amanda Hocking Makes Millions From eBook SalesUnknown, living paycheck to paycheck in Austin, Minnesota, rejected by publishers all over New York, Amanda Hocking decided to self-publish on ebook platforms only. She sold 100,000 of her works in December, and over 10 months she's more than 900,000. She's 26 and is now making enough money to quit her day job and become a full time writer, in fact she's a millionaire. She's going to be featured Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-92176907275123913652011-03-19T14:03:00.000-07:002011-03-19T14:03:30.201-07:00Alexandra, Egypt Library one of most beautiful libraries in world
Wow! Check out this Library in Alexandra, Egypt. Between the ancient pyramids and the Bibliotheca Alexandria, Egypt now has the best of the old and new. Like a giant discus landed at an angle or an enormous light switch, Alexandria's oceanfront library is arguably the a great design of the new millennium. Completed in 2002, it's inspired by the original Alexandria Library, founded in the 3rd Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-61993077537348227912011-01-16T17:36:00.001-08:002011-01-16T17:50:41.543-08:00LA Times blogs on Book StoresYeah, just what exactly is going on with Borders?What used to be a combo coffee hangout and bookstore with tons of lounging areas encouraging browsing and a great selection in dozens of categories now seems on the decline. Stores are closing (including the store in Westwood leaving only the UCLA bookstore in the area) left and right all across the country. It seems the large bookstore is facing Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-22072421226535337562011-01-14T22:33:00.000-08:002011-01-14T22:34:57.349-08:00ALA presents Newberry and Caldecott Medals, others awarded tooThe American Library Association announced winners and finalists of their Youth Media awards, including the Newbery and Caldecott Medals, at a ceremony Monday . The Newbery Medal honors a distinguished work of children's literature. The Caldecott Medal acknowledges excellence in illustration. The awards are presented annually.
The Newbery Medal was awarded to Clare Vanderpool's "Moon Over Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-83612265187052337482011-01-14T22:15:00.000-08:002011-01-14T22:19:19.262-08:00Girl with the Dragon Tattoo tops best of lists for 2010
USA Today pegged Stieg Larson's Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series tops for 2010.
Here's a excerpt from their article by Anthony DeBarros and Deirdre Donahue, USA TODAY
Millennium trilogy unbeatableStieg Larsson's girl with the dragon tattoo might weigh all of 92 pounds, but she made the late Swedish author the year's ultimate sales heavyweight. His Millennium trilogy —The Girl With the DragonCree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-31417001717525295562011-01-07T21:32:00.000-08:002011-01-14T22:17:44.928-08:00Mr. Z - popular Corona Library storyteller, now School Board Member
From illiterate to role modelJanuary 05, 2011 By Carla Rivera, (Reprinted from the Los Angeles Times) Once, John Zickefoose couldn't read to his children or order from a menu. Today, he's a school board member and Corona library advocate.
“I don’t want any child to go through what I went through,” says John…
(photo credit: Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
The metamorphosis is as quick as the Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-17532076785960048042010-08-30T11:40:00.000-07:002010-08-30T11:40:00.663-07:00Jonathan Frazen's take on why novels will survive
Dan Winters for TIME
On the eve of his much lauded new release, "Freedom", Jonathan Frazen, author of the critically acclaimed novel, The Corrections (2001), waxes poetic about life, writing, and the pleasure - and need - of humans to sit down and become immersed in a good read in this cover article from TIME magazine. Here's an excerpt:
"There are any number of reasons to want novels to Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-56118473487792721632010-08-03T18:21:00.000-07:002010-08-03T18:21:11.536-07:00Barnes & Noble on the sale blockMore BookStore turmoil. After reporting huge losses last quarter, and indeed all last year, it's not surprising especially given the upsurge in online e-book purchases. Amazon recently reported that e-books are currently surpassing hard cover purchases and CEO Jeff Bezos is expecting sales of e-books to pass paperbacks within 18 months. Is the bricks and mortar bookstore dead? I hope not. I stillCree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-69301658692682077272010-07-27T11:55:00.000-07:002010-07-27T11:55:35.481-07:00The Most Amazing Bookstores in the World
Shakespere and Co. in Paris. This legendary English language bookstore has served as a haunt for literary greats such as Hemmingway and Fitzgerald. The store is generously stocked with both used and new books, and features an eclectic collection of not for sale books that can be enjoyed in the reading room upstairs. Often flooded with tourists, the bookstore still serves as go to spot for Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-81559201539227072962010-07-01T08:46:00.000-07:002010-07-01T08:46:24.461-07:00Fox News Attacks Chicago LibrariesGads!
Here's an excerpt: "They eat up millions of your hard earned tax dollars. It's money that could be used to keep your child's school running. So with the internet and e-books, do we really need millions for libraries?"Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-31507666696038208462010-06-11T12:36:00.000-07:002010-06-11T12:36:01.232-07:00Little Bee - there's nothing "little" about this powerful novelThis is one of the most moving books I've read this year. It reaches in and grabs hold of you and won't let go. I found myself examining my own life choices, could I have made different decisions that would have impacted the people around me more, or less? The harsh and sometimes difficult material is bathed in straightforward prose, so much so that it sneaks up on the reader. Often one finds Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-32271265818572034592010-06-03T11:43:00.000-07:002010-06-03T11:45:58.677-07:00'The Shallows': This Is Your Brain OnlineJust the latest lament on how the internet is making us all incapable of deep thought:
(from the npr article)
June 2, 2010
Try reading a book while doing a crossword puzzle, and that, says author Nicholas Carr, is what you're doing every time you use the Internet.Carr is the author of the Atlantic article Is Google Making Us Stupid? which he has expanded into a book, The Shallows: What the Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-84946148036709669062010-05-02T19:59:00.000-07:002010-05-02T20:02:19.524-07:00Mysteries Resolved: Edgar Awards GivenThe Mystery Writers of America announced the winners of their prestigious Edgar Awards for the best crime and mystery writing at a banquet in New York City on Thursday night. Edgars went to John Hart, right, for his novel “The Last Child” and Stefanie Pintoff, whose “In the Shadow of Gotham” won best first novel by an American author. In nonfiction, “The Lineup: The World’s Greatest Crime WritersCree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-56304106937094177592010-04-14T17:08:00.000-07:002010-04-14T17:11:57.592-07:00Why iPad ebooks are so cool - check out Alice in Wonderland
Yeah, we all love paper books. But you have to admit that e-books can, indeed, do stuff that paper books cannot. A good example of this is Alice for the iPad, Lewis Carroll’s story of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland turned into a children’s storybook but with an interactive twist.This particular e-book is not meant to be read sitting still; it’s meant to be shaken and stirred, forcing many Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-2227393489779016962010-04-12T15:25:00.000-07:002010-04-12T15:26:11.725-07:00Pulitzer Prize 2010 fiction to "Tinkers" by Paul Harding
For distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).Awarded to "Tinkers," by Paul Harding (Bellevue Literary Press), a powerful celebration of life in which a New England father and son, through suffering and joy, transcend their imprisoning lives and offer new ways of perceiving the world and mortality.FinalistsAlso nominated Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-85614228163834031082010-04-07T16:45:00.000-07:002010-04-07T16:46:53.138-07:00Looking for a happily ever after? What’s the story with the future of independent bookstores? In some cases, it’s quite positive.More than three independent bookstores are hanging on, if not thriving, in Boston. With more and more city libraries shutting their doors at least several days per week, let's look again to the independent bookstore as a place to browse new and old titles and converse in the community square about all things "books".
Here's the article from the Wall St. Journal:Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-88190665411649424582010-04-05T22:10:00.000-07:002010-04-07T16:46:13.241-07:00The iPad from Apple is here - wonder whether it's worth the hype?The iPad, Apple's version of a slate-like hand-held computer device has arrived to much fanfare. The ebook, web-browser, and video playing is all it's cracked up to be, but there's more. Watch MacWorld's video below to see the iPad in action.
Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-55871553583000472972010-03-24T16:12:00.000-07:002010-03-24T16:12:18.751-07:00Pen/Faulkner Award announced, Sherman Alexie wins for "War Dances"The prestigious annual award, presented by the Washington-based PEN/Faulkner Foundation, was given to Alexie because of his book's breadth of topics and innovative style, judges said. "War Dances" consists of short stories interspersed with poems.
Alexie, who lives in Seattle, won a National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2007 and this week, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-39836865955133176732010-03-19T13:00:00.000-07:002010-03-19T13:03:00.423-07:00Eat Pray Love - soon to be movie with Julia Roberts. Watch the trailer.
After months and months of waiting, the trailer for the adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir, Eat, Pray, Love, has finally arrived.
Here's a summary of the film from the NY Times:
A woman who once made it her goal in life to marry and rear a family finds her priorities suddenly shifting in director Ryan Murphy's adaptation of author Elizabeth Gilbert's best-selling memoir. In the eyes of Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-73812748898428053852010-03-18T14:02:00.000-07:002010-03-18T14:02:28.182-07:00Elmore Leonard character of Kentucky lawman comes to FX channel in "Justified"
Check out this new series on FX Channel (check local listings). Created and co-produced by reknowned crime writer Elmore Leonard from a character in his short story, "Fire in the Hole" (you can read this entire short story here.) The series captures most of Leonard's tone and the new take on "lawman" is well worth a look. You might even say, it's "justified".
You can read more about Elmore Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-85620349241533950102010-03-13T16:19:00.000-08:002010-03-13T16:19:14.716-08:00Great international bookstores pics:
Selexyz Bookstore in Maastricht, Holland. The bookstore is installed in an old Dominican church. Photography by madcrow Flickr.com
The coffee shop of the Selexyz Bookstore in Maastricht is settled in the altar of the church. Photography by edwin_wisse Flickr.com
Borderlands Science Fiction Bookstore in San Francisco is home to this hairless Sphynx cat. Photography by massdistraction Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-1595969160591934452010-03-13T15:52:00.000-08:002010-03-13T16:24:25.640-08:00More Creative BookshelvesWe had such a huge response for a previous posting of creative bookshelves, we've pulled together a few more examples from around the web. Enjoy!
Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-56277336171521526602010-03-12T14:21:00.000-08:002010-03-12T14:26:12.109-08:00'Wolf Hall' By Hilary Mantel Wins National Book Critics Circle Award
Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall," winner last year of the Man Booker Prize in London, was honored Thursday night on this side of the Atlantic Ocean.The novel, set in the age of King Henry VIII, won the National Book Critics Circle Prize for fiction. It's a compassionate narrative of royal adviser Thomas Cromwell, a leading enforcer of the English Reformation and a rival of Sir Thomas More.More>>>
Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-91981574469418604922010-03-11T12:22:00.000-08:002010-03-11T12:22:36.391-08:00Books as Art: Carol Owen's mixed mediaCarol Owen has been a professional artist for 30 years, working initially as a weaver and papermaker, and now in mixed media. She has exhibited throughout the United States and her work has appeared in many publications, including Collage for the Soul, and magazines including Mary Engelbreit's Home Campanion (Dec/Jan 2008), Somerset Studio, Legacy and Country Living.
Her creations, which she Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-50522807320409333962010-03-05T19:34:00.000-08:002010-03-05T19:46:59.485-08:00Teachers promote reading with a flash mob dancing to new lyrics of Black Eyed Peas song!Teachers and administrators at Ocoee Middle School in Florida promote reading with a flash mob dancing to new lyrics of Black Eyed Peas song!
Students and faculty at Ocoee Middle School who made a music video to promote reading -- changing the lyrics to a song by the Black-Eyed Peas -- shared the spotlight with Diane Sawyer on the Oprah show this afternoon.
The "Gotta Keep Reading" music Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-79470086293746577842010-03-03T16:02:00.000-08:002010-03-03T16:02:10.217-08:00Want to see Carnegie Libraries in California - including the old Corona Library?
This picture makes us sad because our childhood library was torn down in a misguided attempt at "urban renewal" by the City of Corona in the 1970's. Here's the details:
Corona Public Library
opened 1906
Public library from 1906-1971
demolished, 1978
grant amount: $11,500
architectural style: Classical Revival (Type B)
architect: F. P. Burnham
The architectural significance of the Corona PublicCree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-39105063762163843022010-03-02T13:51:00.000-08:002010-03-02T13:51:55.279-08:00The Coolest BookcasesWe love bookcases. We love perusing our friends', we love organizing our own, and we love how having books all over the house personalizes it in a way that furniture rarely can.
Your bookcase can illustrate your personality and the importance (or not) of books in your life.
Check out these pics of more of the coolest bookcases.
Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-11118564724245703222010-02-27T15:45:00.000-08:002010-02-27T15:49:06.532-08:00Librarians now cool - and also, endangered. Read about it In the new book release "This Book is Overdue", Bryan Hissong's humorous love letter to those who toil in the stacks.Reprinted from: USA TODAY
by Craig Wilson
WESTMINSTER, Md. — Bryan Hissong is 31, happily married, and the father of a 2-year-old named Olivia. He seems quite content with his life.
But Marilyn Johnson, who is not his wife, loves him and has said so very publicly. It doesn't matter that she has never met him. Hissong is a librarian.
He doesn't look like the clichéd librarian of old. He favors Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-50138877057971347102010-02-27T15:32:00.000-08:002010-02-27T15:33:23.493-08:00"Harriet the Spy" re-imagined by Disney for 21st cent. kids
In March, the Disney Channel will release Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars starringJennifer Stone (one of the leads in the Disney Channel's Wizards of Waverly Place).It will, for better or for worse, give the beloved children's book a 21st Century makeover. Watch the trailer below for more details, but here are the basics: Harriet is now a blogger competing with a popular girl at school in "blog war,Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-66796729347656290632010-02-24T14:21:00.000-08:002010-02-24T14:21:31.096-08:00PEN/Faulkner Award finalists are announced
From the Washington Post:By Marissa NewhallWednesday, February 24, 2010Books by Sherman Alexie, Barbara Kingsolver, Lorraine M. López, Lorrie Moore and Colson Whitehead are finalists for the 2010 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the PEN/Faulkner Foundation announced Tuesday.
Alexie's short-story collection "War Dances" and Kingsolver's historical novel "The Lacuna" are in contention for the Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-46479628628376306982010-02-19T21:21:00.000-08:002010-02-19T21:21:47.395-08:00Casanova memoirs return to ParisTwo and a half centuries after Giacomo Casanova was hounded from Paris, the Venetian adventurer returned to his adopted home when the State acquired his memoirs for £6 million.
Casanova made a hurried escape from Paris in 1760 after earning the wrath of eminent subjects of Louis XV for seducing their wives and daughters and cheating them of money.
RELATED LINKSCasanova: Prague’s priest of Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-31117282590991928992010-02-16T12:12:00.000-08:002010-02-16T12:12:02.651-08:00The Unnamed from Joshua Ferris takes on the fear of sickness that can't be labeled in this fantastic novel
Reprinted from NPR: Tim Farnsworth, the main character in The Unnamed, the new novel from Joshua Ferris, is a partner in a high-powered law firm in Manhattan. He is married with a young daughter. And he cannot stop walking. According to Ferris, Tim's condition "is more of a disease than a compulsion.""It's not really a feeling he has to walk, but really his body overtaking him and forcing him toCree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-1142835989579006542010-02-10T22:34:00.000-08:002010-02-10T23:06:24.566-08:00'Twilight' And Janet Evanovich Graphic Novels Have 'Staggering' Print RunsFrom the New York Times:
A World of Words Reinvented in Pictures
By GEORGE GENE GUSTINES
Published: February 8, 2010
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a prose author moving a ton of graphic novels!
Last month Yen Press announced that it would print 350,000 copies of a graphic-novel adaptation of “Twilight,” the first part of the immensely popular vampire saga created by Stephenie Meyer. Now comes word Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-38025594339612789332010-02-06T16:44:00.000-08:002010-02-10T23:05:47.067-08:00Fantastic book with gorgeous writing: Colum McCann's 'Let the Whole World Spin'. Not to be missed.Recently stayed up half the night delving into this work, "Let the Great World Spin", just named National Book Award Winner of 2009. I was hooked by the writer's talent by page two. If, like me, you love a writer that knows how to turn a phrase, intrigue the reader, and describes people and places with what seem at first simple, yet are so dead on and actually magical, words you should definitelyCree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-66569164099245860052010-01-28T13:08:00.000-08:002010-01-28T13:09:18.878-08:00Apple's new iPad tablet takes ebooks to new levelApple revealed it's new iPad tablet yesterday to mostly great reviews from the tech crowd, now let's see how it'll impact the rest of us.
The iPad is designed to fit the niche between smart phones and laptops allowing users to view email, surf the internet, listen to their music (like iPod application), and a whole bunch of other useful applications already available on the iPhone. The iPad Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-7077158212037241342010-01-28T12:07:00.000-08:002010-01-28T12:07:08.605-08:00'Catcher in the Rye' author J.D. Salinger dies
Reprinted from USA Today:By Deirdre DonahueThe reclusive writer who gave literary voice to the emotional and psychological anguish of teenagers throughout the world is gone.J.D. Salinger, 91, author of the 1951 masterpiece Catcher in the Rye, died of natural causes at his longtime home in Cornish, N.H., said the author's son, in a statement from the author's literary representative.
Catcher inCree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-75037663614649507952010-01-14T23:33:00.000-08:002010-01-14T23:33:15.514-08:00Best-Selling Books: The top 100 for 2009 / Twilight Series 1-4 top spotsWell this proves that 12-15 year-old girls buy a lot, and I mean a LOT of books.
Here's the top 20 bestselling books of 2009 (or how Stephenie Meyer is getting rich).
1New MoonStephenie MeyerYoung adult: Second in Twilight vampire love saga; movie (F)
2EclipseStephenie MeyerYoung adult: Third in Twilight vampire saga (F)
3TwilightStephenie MeyerYoung adult: First in love saga: Isabella falls Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-16139886119262413272010-01-11T20:10:00.000-08:002010-01-11T20:11:50.150-08:00"Tweet" why it's the word of the year!
from the washingtonpost.com:
Other outlets have already named words of the year for 2009 -- Merriam-Webster picked "admonish" (huh?) and the Oxford English Dictionary went with "unfriend" (hrmph) -- but the 121-year-old American Dialect Society thinks of itself as the granddaddy of them all, the first and last word in words of the year. Its hour-long quest must yield two words that are accurate,Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-58963123527993324862010-01-11T19:24:00.000-08:002010-01-11T19:24:36.898-08:00Miep Gies, who helped Anne Frank hide from the Nazis and saved her diary, dies at 100
In this May 19, 2006 photo released by the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 97 year old Miep Gies is seen. Anne Frank called them the Helpers. They provided food, books and good cheer while her family hid for two years from the Nazis in a tiny attic apartment. On Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009, the last surviving helper, Miep Gies, celebrates her 100th birthday, saying she has won more Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-33267029115587640342010-01-11T19:17:00.000-08:002010-01-11T19:17:47.784-08:00In New York City, a Chilly Library Has Its Rewards
In the pantheon of New York City jobs, many people face rugged extremes. Ironworkers brave fierce winds high on beams. Subway track workers traverse dank tunnels. Firefighters climb through flames.Under a little-known contract provision titled “Extreme Temperature Procedures,” unionized workers at branches of the New York Public Library can accrue compensatory time when the temperature inside Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-52602996043605574082010-01-11T19:08:00.000-08:002010-01-11T19:08:11.908-08:00'New York: The Novel': History has never been so fun to read
Looks good - can't wait to tackle this one after just finishing Tale of Two Cities. REPRINTED FROM USA TODAYBy Craig Wilson, USA TODAYNew York is a big city. New York: The Novelis an even bigger book.Edward Rutherfurd has tackled big subjects in his fiction before. London, Russia, Ireland, to name but three. Now he turns his keen academic eye toward the city that never sleeps.
It appears Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-55708451076640634262009-12-31T13:30:00.000-08:002010-01-11T19:26:48.942-08:00New and Creative Leniency for Overdue Library BooksReprinted from NY Times:
CHICAGO — In the Illinois towns of Joliet and Palos Park, the economic downturn has pushed the public libraries into the grocery business, of sorts. Patrons with overdue books and hefty outstanding fines were recently given a way to clear their records: Donate canned goods or other groceries through the library to local shelters and food pantries.
Dozens of library Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-26197124622361216142009-12-31T13:18:00.000-08:002009-12-31T13:18:32.176-08:00Book sales in 2009 - not that bad it seems
Republished from LA Times blog:
Publishing has been hit hard this year: There have been bookstore closings across the country, big layoffs at publishing houses, warnings that the business model can't survive, the looming challenge of e-readers such as the Kindle and e-books. Yet with numbers out that cover book sales for 2009 through Dec. 20, it appears that despite all this bad news, people Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-84345554042179279812009-12-27T13:17:00.000-08:002009-12-27T13:18:41.599-08:00Ready for the "Nook"? Uh, not quite sure it's ready for us.
David Pogue, tech-guy extraordinaire gives the thumbs down to Barnes & Noble's entry into the e-book reader market, The Nook. Never mind that these devices sold out early in the holiday season. I recently gave one a whirl with decidedly poor results. Try before you buy at a local store. You'll find the screen refresh as the pages change leaves much to be desired.
Pogue says. "And in the Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-50891066279618340602009-12-22T16:46:00.000-08:002009-12-22T16:46:32.818-08:00Dr. Suess won the bet!
Dr. Suess editor, Bennett Cerf, bet him $50 that he could not write a book with a vocabulary of only 50 words.
Suess won by penning "Green Eggs and Ham."
For more of these interesting bits from authors see the Chicago Tribune slideshow here>>>
Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-61482131680807121852009-12-22T12:10:00.000-08:002009-12-22T12:11:19.462-08:00Author Ann Patchett (writer of Bel Canto) makes writing her "job"
As a freelance writer, one doesn't have to sit and write for 8 hours a day. It IS a job, writers insist, as they walk out the door in the middle of the day to go to a movie or meet a friend for lunch and shopping. But, studies show more actual hours writing do produce more actual pages written. Imagine!
In this article from the Washington Post, Patchett explains how she changed her focus and Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-8042246775447946872009-12-21T23:22:00.000-08:002009-12-21T23:22:24.123-08:00New Sherlock Holmes movie reverts to original text's characters' characteristics
Readers of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional character, the brilliant London-based detective, in the more than 50 short stories and 4 novels will delight in the new film version which shows both Holmes and his friend, Watson, as Doyle portrayed them - that of companions and intellectual equals - not the bumbling Watson and the snide Holmes most movie watchers are familiar with from the Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-52592908764876525912009-12-21T23:08:00.000-08:002009-12-21T23:08:45.326-08:00Most stolen book? Surprisingly, it's the Bible
In her essay for the NY Times, writer Margo Rabb notes when she asked Steve Bercu, BookPeople’s owner, what the most frequently stolen title was.
“The Bible,” he said, without pausing.
Apparently the thieves have not yet read the “Thou shalt not steal” part.
Read the entire article>>>
Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-77779606088012583802009-12-11T21:26:00.000-08:002009-12-11T21:27:21.642-08:00Cute video! Wizard of Oz at the LibraryOriginally presented at the 2007 ALA Conference in Washington DC. A simple tale about library circulation. Presented by Salt Lake County Library.
WatchCree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-73853284086422245012009-12-11T11:50:00.000-08:002009-12-11T11:50:48.053-08:00Even Bradbury couldn't keep Ventura Library from closing
Tight money is regrettably not science fiction. Even the author Ray Bradbury put up a fight, but it was not enough to save the H. P. Wright Library in Ventura, Calif.
The library, like so many around the country, had fallen on hard times as city and state budgets tightened. Mr. Bradbury, a fierce advocate for public libraries, appeared at a fund-raiser last June aimed at helping to save the Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-75989539277735194442009-12-11T11:42:00.000-08:002009-12-11T11:42:49.411-08:00Hear more author interviews: Sara Paretsky
Listen to audio of author interviews from Donna Seaman, an associate editor at Booklist for the American Library Assn. She's also a frequest reviewer for the Chicago Tribune, the LA Times, and others.
She says, "Books compete with the machine media -- television, movies, video games, the Internet -- for our time and attention, yet they hold their own because books are intimate, nourishing, and Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-18070888581189302942009-12-10T00:21:00.001-08:002009-12-10T00:21:50.481-08:00Book returned to Ohio library after 60 years
TOLEDO, Ohio — A book has been mailed back to an Ohio library after six decades, accompanied by an anonymous letter of remorse.
The biography "Napoleon" by Emil Ludwig recently arrived at Toledo's main library, with a brief note that read: "I removed this book from your stacks in 1949 and did not check it out. I apologize. It's an excellent book and in good condition."
The person who signed it "Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-80855881620091733822009-12-07T09:13:00.001-08:002009-12-07T09:16:00.901-08:00On this day: Mark Twain spoke to Congress
December 7: On this day in 1906, Mark Twain spoke in Washington before a Congressional Committee on patents, arguing for a proposed bill establishing copyright at life + fifty years. Other eminent authors and musicians spoke - John Philip Sousa, for example - but Twain, just turned seventy-one and an advocate of copyright law for decades, got all the attention. This was due to his fame, his Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-31094952015238016302009-12-07T09:07:00.000-08:002009-12-07T09:07:54.738-08:00Tips for Growing Bookworms: Make Sure Your Children Have Books of their Own
We all know that reading can inspire, educate, and transport one to different lands and encourage imagination and creative thinking in everyone. It's best to start 'em young and make life-long reading a habit they'll come to love.
Great article from PBS: Inspire a love of reading in your child with help from these children's book experts.Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-37761367932695841392009-12-06T23:10:00.000-08:002009-12-06T23:10:51.547-08:00NY Times picks for best of 2009
Topping the list of the Fiction best books of 2009 is Both Ways Is The Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy. This book is among many of the "best books of 2009" lists that are popping up everywhere just now. I've heard this book is very good, the author writes in a concise clearness without sentimentality. Hmm.
For the entire list>>>Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-89110802348745215462009-12-04T14:02:00.000-08:002009-12-04T14:03:32.489-08:00Study: Amazon has fewer bugs than Walmart.com; Target.com
Amazon beats out other online book retailers. According to the study Amazon's website is easier to navigate and has fewer problems.
Read more from USA Today.Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-43042635833091153762009-12-02T16:53:00.000-08:002009-12-02T16:53:38.059-08:00Funny comic from the SF ChronicleCree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-42692282852834646072009-12-02T02:05:00.000-08:002009-12-03T12:07:53.020-08:00A Christmas Rewrite, as Dickens Edits Dickens
I re-read this classic last year and was throughly delighted. Hard to believe Dickens simply dashed this off in a quick moment. In the picture above young visitors to the Morgan Library view the marked up manuscript.
From the NY Times: It is an enduring mystery of English literature: What secrets lie entombed beneath the thick scribbles that Charles Dickens made as he wrote, and rewrote, the Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-74607173974550079812009-11-18T13:54:00.000-08:002009-11-18T14:02:30.809-08:00"The Vintage Caper" by Peter Mayle
Feeling the doldrums of the fall- not quite the Holiday Season, yet the fun days of summer and travel to far-away lands seems at best a distant memory? You're in luck if you care to get swept away to a place and characters of a completely different world (at least to most Americans), that of the village life in the South of France. If you've loved this author's books in the past, why not take Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-33264174860621500822009-11-13T21:45:00.000-08:002009-11-13T21:47:20.464-08:00Colton closes all library branches
Colton city officials say they have no choice but to lay-off 60 full and part-time employees -- from animal control officers to police department clerks -- and the city plans to close three of its libraries.
"It's a fact we're seeing all over California. It's a victim of the economy and what's tragic is the library is being shut down," said Colton resident Brad Adkins.
Signs posted on locked Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-58022109669880078142009-11-13T16:53:00.000-08:002009-11-13T16:53:25.037-08:00Jane Austen - ever wonder why so many love her books? Find out in A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen
For two centuries Austen has enthralled readers. Few other authors can claim as many fans or as much devotion. So why are we so fascinated with her novels? What is it about her prose that has made Jane Austen so universally beloved?
In essays culled from the last one hundred years of criticism juxtaposed with new pieces by some of today’s most popular novelists and essayists, Jane Austen’s Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-22438369723756765352009-11-13T16:27:00.000-08:002009-11-13T16:27:40.690-08:00"Alice In Wonderland" Inspires Bestselling Trilogy "The Looking Glass Wars"
Tomorrow is National Young Readers Day, an initiative to celebrate and encourage a love of reading in kids, and in honor of that, we bring you this interview with Frank Beddor, author of the popular young adult trilogy "The Looking Glass Wars," and most recently "ArchEnemy," the last book in the series.
The series is a retelling of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" which includes the real Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-57372277711090999922009-11-10T18:02:00.000-08:002009-11-10T18:02:26.397-08:00New York Public Library: Interesting tid-bits about items in the collection
The New York Public Library on Fifth Ave. in New York City houses many interesting artifacts. Only the Library of Congress and the British Library are larger. But even the Fifth Avenue landmark by itself is a marvel of big numbers. It is undergoing a $1.2 billion makeover in preparation for its 100th birthday. Built from 1899 to 1911, it cost $9 million, contains 530,000 cubic feet of white Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-18699475872620856532009-11-10T17:38:00.000-08:002009-11-10T17:50:06.201-08:00Barbara Kingsolver audio discussion on her new book, "The Lacuna"
Barbara Kingsolver, author of bestsellers "The Poisonwood Bible" and "The Bean Trees" discusses her new book "The Lacuna," how she came up with the name (and how her family felt about it) and her own recent relocation. Click on arrow below. For a good review of "The Lacuna" on the NY Times click here.
Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-90697449388716323242009-11-04T11:27:00.000-08:002009-11-04T11:27:18.630-08:00Publishers Weekly lists best of 2009Year's best: Publishers Weekly today names its top 10 books of 2009:
1. Richard Holmes' The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science;
2. Dan Chaon's Await Your Reply;
3. Victor LaValle's Big Machine;
4. Blake Bailey's Cheever: A Life;
5. Neil Sheehan's A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon;
6. Daniyal Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-2419975414858684082009-10-15T01:53:00.001-07:002009-10-15T01:57:17.041-07:00National Book Award Finalists announcedHere's a list of the finalists in the Fiction Category:Bonnie Jo Campbell, American Salvage (Wayne State University Press)Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin (Random House)Daniyal Mueenuddin, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders (W. W. Norton & Co.)Jayne Anne Phillips, Lark and Termite (Alfred A. Knopf) Marcel Theroux, Far North (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)The Winner in each of the four categories – Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-46848951101035772952009-10-15T01:46:00.000-07:002009-10-15T01:49:29.442-07:00How does the brain like e-books? Find out from the experts...Writing and reading — from newspapers to novels, academic reports to gossip magazines — are migrating ever faster to digital screens, like laptops, Kindles and cellphones. Traditional book publishers are putting out “vooks,” which place videos in electronic text that can be read online or on an iPhone. Others are republishing old books in electronic form. And libraries, responding to demand, are Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-19950059524030146702009-10-15T01:38:00.000-07:002009-10-15T01:43:55.471-07:00Libraries and Readers Wade Into Digital LendingReprinted from the NY Times by Michael C. WeimarKate Lambert recalls using her library card just once or twice throughout her childhood. Now, she uses it several times a month.The lure? Electronic books she can download to her laptop. Beginning earlier this year, Ms. Lambert, a 19-year-old community college student in New Port Richey, Fla., borrowed volumes in the “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-33278231452939725162009-10-12T09:47:00.000-07:002009-10-12T09:53:04.388-07:00Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story - by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd TaylorSue Monk Kidd and her daughter Ann were both at a crossroads in 1998--Sue was near menopause with a case of writer's block and Ann was a recent college grad with a case of depression. The two visited Greece, France, and Turkey, and in this dual-memoir, Kidd (who wrote The Secret Life of Bees after the trip) and her daughter each describe their introspective journeys and their relationships with Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-33019033028351909632009-10-08T17:36:00.000-07:002009-10-08T17:44:51.497-07:00Huffington Post gets in the Book Club game with 1st selection: In Praise of SlownessTake a deep breath and join the slowness movement!Adriana Huffington of the popular blog The Huffington Post has started her own Book Club. The first Huffington Post Book Club pick is Carl Honoré's In Praise of Slowness. First published in 2004, it's an engaging exploration of the Slow Movement, and it encourages readers to take some time instead of speeding and multi-tasking through one Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-62862091149817661172009-10-08T14:17:00.001-07:002009-10-08T14:20:06.951-07:00Herta Müller Wins Nobel Prize in LiteratureHerta Müller, the Romanian-born German novelist and essayist who writes of the oppression of dictatorship in her native country and the unmoored existence of the political exile, won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday.Relatively unknown outside her native country, you can read more about her here>>>Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-82386400878290199042009-10-08T14:11:00.000-07:002009-10-08T14:12:50.042-07:00Tudors retelling wins Man Booker PrizeThe prestigious Man Booker Prize has been awarded to Hilary Mantel for "Wolf Hall," her historical fiction of Henry VIII's court. Mantel was considered the odds-on favorite going into tonight's ceremony in London -- yes, the British do take bets on who will win a book prize -- and beat out shortlisted authors A.S. Byatt, J.M. Coetzee, Adam Foulds, Simon Mawer and Sarah Waters. In addition to theCree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-30965386497233286742009-10-04T18:56:00.000-07:002009-10-04T19:04:39.566-07:00Disney to introduce online books for kidsThe Walt Disney Company hopes an ambitious new digital service it plans to unveil on Tuesday will transform how children read its storybooks. The image shown here is from Disney’s digital book Web site, which will offer electronic replicas of hundreds of books for $79.95 a year. In what it bills as an industry-defining moment — though rivals are sure to be skeptical about that — Disney PublishingCree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-15578117630635335472009-10-03T18:13:00.000-07:002009-10-03T18:15:16.189-07:00If You Were "Literature Czar"...Authors attending the National Book Festival 2009 discuss their plans and must-reads if they were to become "literature czar." Interviews conducted by Sam Litzinger. (John Johnston/The Washington Post)Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-49760128510758617982009-10-03T18:04:00.000-07:002009-10-04T19:06:21.538-07:00Octavia Butler, Sci-Fi Award Winning Author, papers going to the Huntington LibraryThe papers of Octavia Butler, the stereotype-shattering science fiction writer, will be added to the collection in the Huntington Library in San Marino, Calif., which also houses the papers of Christopher Isherwood, Charles Bukowski and Jack London.The Pasadena-born Butler, the daughter of a shoe-shiner and a maid, found her voice in science fiction when few women -- and fewer African Americans -Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-52395273271552223422009-09-25T13:33:00.000-07:002009-09-25T13:36:53.158-07:00John Grisham: 'I tried literature and didn't like it much.'Dan Brown, who was criticised by his fellow best-selling novelist Philip Pullman last week for his 'flat, stunted and ugly' prose, has won sympathy from John Grisham.(Reprinted from The Telegraph UKBy Richard Eden)"I know that what I do is not literature," says Grisham, who has sold more than 250 million copies of his legal thrillers such as The Pelican Brief and The Firm."For me, the essential Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-55069512967774615412009-09-23T12:07:00.000-07:002009-09-23T12:39:52.527-07:00(Even) Bad Writing wins national awardsBulwer-Lytton Fiction ContestNamed after the Victorian novelist and playwright Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, author of the oft-quoted "It was a dark and stormy night," the tongue-in-cheek competition attracts as many as 10,000 entries in several categories, including detective fiction, Western and romance. Here's a few favorites: Runner Up in Detective Fiction by Tony Alfieri of Los Angeles: "The Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-66495735951857697822009-09-23T11:37:00.000-07:002009-09-23T11:39:27.477-07:00Eyebrow-raiser: HarperTeen edition of 'Wuthering Heights'(reprinted from Chicago Tribune blogs)An insult to teen intelligence or shameless grasp of Twilight coattails?Name: HeathcliffSex: MaleHometown: YorkshireRelationship status: It’s ComplicatedInterested in: WomenLooking for: A RelationshipThat’s one of the “extras” in the new HarperTeen edition of Wuthering Heights which boasts “Bella & Edward’s Favorite Book” on the cover.At least Emily Bronte Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-37311652327985400392009-09-23T11:18:00.000-07:002009-09-23T11:31:32.255-07:00Literary Prizes for Humanitarian CausesBooks that address the topic of contemporary slavery were among the honorees of the 2009 Dayton Literary Peace Prize, whose winners were announced on Tuesday. The selection committee for the prize, which recognizes “the power of literature to promote peace and nonviolence,” said in a news release that its nonfiction prize would go to “A Crime So Monstrous: Face to Face With Modern Day Slavery,” Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-8316782426151538562009-09-20T12:41:00.000-07:002009-09-20T12:45:14.596-07:00Traveling to London, Rome, or Paris and want to find a great bookstore there?(reprinted from the L.A. Times)For those who could fritter away hours in a good travel bookstore, there are compelling options in European capitals, starting with Stanfords in Britain.The London flagship, which claims to have the world’s largest array of travel books and maps, may be the oldest specialty travel shop. Founded in 1853, it was mentioned in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-40512409115861722562009-09-20T12:06:00.000-07:002009-09-20T12:12:01.767-07:00Google and a Retailer near you can now print books on demandGoogle to reincarnate digital books as paperbacks:MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Google Inc. is giving 2 million books in its digital library a chance to be reincarnated as paperbacks.As part of a deal announced Thursday, Google is opening up part of its index to the maker of a high-speed publishing machine that can manufacture a paperback-bound book of about 300 pages in under five minutes. The new Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-86406033324248831932009-09-18T00:42:00.001-07:002009-09-18T01:07:07.324-07:00Libraries across America celebrate "Banned Books Week" Sept 26 - Oct 3, 2009: How many have you read?In honor of Banned Books Week next week, a celebration of the intellectual freedom of the written word by the American Library Association, we've pulled together the list of top 100 classic novels of the 20th Century, according to the Radcliffe Publishing Course. Many of these have been challenged for sexual content or language by conservative school districts wishing to restrict reading lists ofCree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-69878067415679011352009-09-16T16:19:00.000-07:002009-09-18T01:08:28.412-07:00Think you love books "too much" ? Here's one for you.The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover BarlettIf you're interested in book collecting, detective stories, or just a good read, check out this non-fiction - but decidedly, not dry - tome delving into the book collection world. Here's a few reviews:"John Gilkey wanted to own a rich-man's library in the worst way, and was soon acquiring expensive first editions in the very worst way of Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-71711066405493943482009-09-12T22:19:00.000-07:002009-09-12T22:25:29.978-07:00Is James Patterson worth $150 million?From Forbes Magazine:When Hachette Book Group announced a landmark deal with author James Patterson on Tuesday, the numbers were stunning. It calls for him to churn out 17 books through 2012, 11 for adult readers and six for young adult readers. A source familiar with the terms estimates it to be worth at least $150 million to Patterson.Patterson's not a writer. He's a fiction (and non-fiction) Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-22450406151179426442009-09-12T22:16:00.000-07:002009-09-12T22:18:51.000-07:00Shoeless Joe not guilty? Two Chi-town lawyers dissect "Eight Men Out"Two Chicago attorneys have joined the ranks of those trying to clear "Shoeless" Joe Jackson's name.Paul Duffy, who represents the fledgling Chicago Baseball Museum organization, and Daniel Voelker, who has sat on the group's board of directors, take exception with assertions made about Jackson in the 1963 book by the late Eliot Asinof, "Eight Men Out." The book, later made into a popular film of Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-74669382252706020682009-09-12T21:50:00.000-07:002009-09-12T22:00:56.976-07:00Philadelphia to close all Free Public Library branchesIn a dramatic move, the Philadelphia Free Library System announced today that it will close all branch, regional and central libraries as of Oct. 2. There will be no book loans, no classes, no programs for seniors or children, no outreach to the community, no more community meetings at library locations. Starting today, the library began truncating its loan period.The library system of one the Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-61508525896701498122009-09-08T00:27:00.000-07:002009-09-08T00:35:25.303-07:00Edgar Award Winners 2009The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe.2009 WinnersBest Novel:· Missing by Karin Alvtegen · Blue Heaven by C.J. Box -- Winner!· Sins of the Assassin by Robert Ferrigno · The Price of Blood by Declan Hughes· The Night Following by Morag Joss ·Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-61849472212090194332009-09-08T00:06:00.000-07:002009-09-08T00:16:48.218-07:00British Library in London delightsOn a recent visit to London I stopped by the venerable British Library. Here you see a photo I snapped of the "King's Library", a tall glass tower - the King's Library Tower - which houses books collected by King George III (reigned 1760-1820). It is considered one of the most significant collections of the Enlightenment, containing books printed mainly in Britain, Europe and North America from Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739992917310538837.post-59935214836706435542009-09-07T23:03:00.000-07:002009-09-07T23:31:30.395-07:00Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon - a book lover's gemTops the "Favorites" list of almost everyone who has ever plunged into the depths of this intriguing, mysterious, lyrical tome set in 1945's Barcelona. Here's how the Reading Group Guides describes it:The Shadow of the Wind is a coming-of-age tale of a young boy who, through the magic of a single book, finds a purpose greater than himself and a hero in a man he's never met. With the passion of Cree8teevgrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589776898272143004noreply@blogger.com0