January 2011
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“And in the dream I knew that he was goin on ahead and that he was fixin to make...”
– No Country for Old Men - Cormac McCarthy (via bethanydaigle)
Totally worth following: Vintage Crime/Black... →
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“Mark Twain just makes you feel good.”
– Jim Giancola, 62, retired banker. Source: New York Times
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The 2011 Tournament of Books: THE CONTENDERS STEP... →
Whatever you were planning on doing today has become less important than checking out this year’s list of competitors for The Morning News 2011 Tournament of Books. Also, vote your zombie picks NOW. There will be no second chances. Except in the zombie round, which basically = second chances.
doubledaybooks:
Check out Doubleday author Ben Mezrich (right) hanging out with Justin Timberlake and Dana Brunetti (producer: The Social Network) at the Golden Globes this weekend. It was a pretty sweet night for the film which nabbed best motion picture/drama honors. Can’t wait to see Ben’s next book, Sex on the Moon, hit it big as well!
Photo credit: Dana Brunetti
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The Social Network's Golden Night
THE SOCIAL NETWORK, based on Ben Mezrich’s THE ACCIDENTAL BILLIONAIRES, had a big weekend at the Golden Globes, taking home awards in the following categories:
Best Motion Picture - Drama The Social Network
Best Director - Motion Picture David Fincher, The Social Network
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
Best Original Score - Motion Picture Trent...
“I think the zodiac represents human poetry at its most ludicrous and arbitrary....”
– A. S. Byatt (via theparisreview)
“A story is both local, specific, small, and deep, in a kind of penetrating,...”
– Lorrie Moore (birthday today)
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Many of Obama’s detractors have always thought that Obama’s talk of civility and commonality was a form of—take your pick—misty-eyed idealism, cynical performance art, or above-the-fray haughtiness. I could not disagree more. Everything I learned while writing a biography of Obama tells me that me that a belief in civility, his capacity for hearing out the...
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Recipe by the Book @ Reading Group Center: Amy... →
Biscuits and gravy! Biscuits and gravy! The wonderful Amy Greene (author of the now-in-paperback Bloodroot) wants you to have biscuits and gravy! Specifically, cathead biscuits and gravy. And if you want to know with how much trepidation certain northeastern-born Reading Group Center writers first Googled “cathead biscuits,” the answer is: a lot. But don’t worry. Apparently...
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NYPL Wire–The New York Public Library: The Girl... →
nypl:
Stieg Larson - you were the man in 2010.
The top three adult titles at NYPL in 2010 were all by Larson: “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” took the top spot, followed by “The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest” and “The Girl Who Played With Fire.”
The top young adult title in 2010 was “Naruto” by by Masashi Kishimoto, and the top children’s title was “Babymouse” Jennifer Holm.
The...