The Reading Spree

Flipping pages and finding common denominators

electronic books

  • Snippets #6.

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    4 min read

    Such a wide range for this week’s edition of Snippets! Noted! 6 Things Not to Read in Any Book, Leigh Newman, Oprah.com, May 23, 2012 My love for (or should I say addiction to?) the Sweet Valley series was revived last week. I was too young and stupid to know this when I was aged 6-13, but seriously,…

  • Snippets #5.

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    You know the drill. (I think this is the longest list I’ve had so far!) Lesson: be OC with your book cover design! 10 Worst Book Covers In The History Of Literature, Alex Wein, So Bad So Good, June 15, 2012 Someday everyone will follow Tor Books’ lead. Why the death of DRM would be good news…

  • Snippets #4.

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    2 min read

    This week’s edition of lovely online reads: Such a good question. How can we improve the cities we call home? (I wanna buy this one.) What makes our cities a better place for us?, betterymagazine.com, June 2012 (estimate) Don’t focus too much on size. Sometimes, short is real good. Dr. Aira: In Defense of Short Books,…

  • Snippets #3.

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    3 min read

    This week, I’m serving up the following links, organized by date: Men, take note. (Numbers 4, 6 and 8 are book characters.) The 10 Best Fictional Boyfriends, Chelsea Fagan, Thought Catalog, September 25, 2012 I completely forgot that November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)! Tried it back in 2004, but quit when I realized my plot…