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Here are all of the top bookish stories, blog posts, pictures, and videos I found this past week. I put this post up every Sunday so come back again next week for more bookish awesomeness.Click away and enjoy your Sunday!
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News
- HapperCollins has updated its website so us bookish folks can purchase their books directly from their website.
- 13 of Your Favorite Books If Their Title Was Honest - Need I give you any more reasons to read this?
- To all you young adult fans out there... Are you actually a villain?
- Marvel's Avengers Now! bookswill feature a female Thor, an African-American Captain America, and Iron Man gets a make over. I don't read comics, but I like the change up.
- The Book of Life, the last book in the All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness, came out this week! For those that have yet to read it or just want more Diana and Mathew fun, read The Book of Life's 7 Tips to Maintaining a Successful Marriage.
- I'm sure you have all heard about and read the new mini HP story on pottermore. Well, I honestly don't know how I feel about it but this articlehas some interesting things to say on the topic. I do find it weird that J.K Rowling decided to post this article by Rita Skeeter, who is not a reliable narrator.
- Walter Dean Myers has passed away. I love his novel Fallen Angels. May he rest in peace.
- Amazon has launched kindleunlimited. For $9.99 a month you can receive unlimited ebooks. It sounds like Netflix for your reader. While I can see this as being a cool concept, simply because I love books, if I want ebooks I either get them from the library or purchase them. Either way, this just sounds like a dumb concept for those of us who have a local library that does this for you for free already.Not to mention, Amazon is already getting a bad reputation with books.
Blog Posts
- This DIY bookish t-shirttutorial is awesome.
- This discussion prompt is painful, and yet hard to resist participating in. :)
- I would love living in a book, depending on the book of course.
- Reviews From a Bookworm hilariously and truthfully describes what it feels like to be in a reading slump.
- She may have been a littlecreepy, but haven't we all been creepy to some degree at some point, especially when it comes to books? I have.
- I always try to do something bookish on every vacation I take and so does The Reading Geek!
- Twitter Capture of The Week! - This week feature's Rainbow Rowell!
I'm not even a fan of ebooks, but I can understand Amazon trying to get in the subscription game and competing with Scribd and Oyster, but I find it beyond ridiculous that its called "Amazon Unlimited" when it is in fact extremely limited -- I've heard there are no books from the "Big 5" Publishers -- how is that unlimited?!
ReplyDeleteAnd I will admit I am always curious about what people are reading at the pool/beach/etc. but I'm not compulsive about it -- if I can't see the cover, I won't send my hubby on a covert mission -- but I thought that post was so adorably book-dorky :)
And the books slump post OMG -- brilliant! Happy to not be in one at the moment, but we all know it happens sometimes & she hit the nail on the head!
Yea...not unlimited!
DeleteI loved the book-dorky post. I probably wouldn't send my husband over either but I would strain my neck a great deal to try to see the cover.
I know right?! I loved that post. She really got it.
P.S. Love your new graphic for this feature :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! I wanted to change it up a bit.
DeleteOMG some of these articles.... SO FREAKING GOOD! The "25 signs you're actually a villain" article killed me.
ReplyDeleteYou’d rather have ultimate power than a nose.
When playing rock, paper, scissors, you always go with Avada Kedavra.
LOL
And am I the only one who hasn't read the mini HP story? I blame the fact that I was away ( I don't know if this is a legitimate excuse or not)
Are you trying to tell me you are a villain Nicole? lol ;)
DeleteI guess it can maybe be an excuse. You didn't miss much in my opinion. :/
I haven't read the HP story yet. I think I retired that series in my mind long ago and reading a little snippet won't provide me with what I would really love to see - a new book. I'm pretty sure I've gotten all of it anyways through different blog posts, so I'm going to pass.
ReplyDeleteI love the Word Crimes video! Weird Al is so funny.
I completely understand where you are coming from.
DeleteLove the video. Better than the original. ;)