Shortly after the deaths of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds on subsequent days, Susan Dominus examined the strained relationship between this mother and daughter in the New York Times: Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher, a Mother-Daughter Act for the Ages. Dominus writes: There is something about celebrity mother-daughter acts like the one lived by Ms. […]
The National Book Critics Circle, founded at the Algonquin Round Table in 1974, honors outstanding writing and fosters a national conversation about reading, criticism and literature. Source: National Book Critics Circle: National Book Critics Circle Announces Finalists for 2016 Awards – Critical Mass Blog
In honor of the civil rights leader‘s birthday, here are five books on his life and legacy for readers of all ages. Source: 6 Books About Martin Luther King, Jr. for Readers of All Ages | TIME
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He Fixes Cracked Spines, Without an Understudy A wonderful story about Donald Vass, who cares for damanged books for the King County Public Library system near Seattle, WA. At age 57, Voss is approaching retirement age, but there’s no one to take his place. NOT MY SHERLOCK There was a lot of discussion on my
Video Games Are Changing the Hero Videogame heroes take up a larger amount of people’s imaginations today than they ever have before. In the cultural economy they are as big a force as the heroes in books and movies. But as relatively new as videogame heroes are, some still question their ability to impact us
Now that we’ve finished up with lists of the best books of 2016, it’s time to start thinking about the best books to read in 2017. Spring 2017 Announcements: All Our Coverage Publishers Weekly has us covered with a look at the following categories of books: Art, Architecture, & Photography Business & Economics Comics &
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I’ve set out my own reading plan for 2017, but if you’d prefer a challenge with specific category descriptions to guide you, here are several. Many of these challenges offer discussion groups either on their own web sites or through Facebook pages, so you’ll be getting a book group as well as book recommendations. Here
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Of the 42 books I read in 2016, these are the top 15 (listed alphabetically by author): Cook, Thomas H. The Chatham School Affair du Maurier, Daphne. Rebecca French, Tana. Broken Harbor Haruf, Kent. Our Souls at Night Hawley, Noah. Before the Fall Knowles, John. A Separate Peace Plath, Sylvia The Bell Jar Stedman, M.L.
I challenged myself on Goodreads to read 40 books in 2016, and I exceeded that goal by two. Of those 42 books, some were ebooks and some were unabridged audiobooks. For those books I included in my records the number of pages in the most current print edition, and arrived at the grand total of
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