Book News, In Brief
According to The Wall Street Journal's review of Barnes & Noble's e-book, the Nook, old fashioned books have nothing to worry about.The Chicago Tribune has compiled the perfect time-waster for...
View ArticleThe Best Comics I Read in 2009
Puh-leeze do not mistake this for one of those scientifically produced, computer algorithm-culled, 'Best Of 2009' lists that you see in comics curious magazines like Newsweek and Wizard. This is purely...
View ArticleTuesday's Tips for Flailing Writers
I'm listing it first, yet hoping you'll click on it last: How to turn off the internet while writing.You see what I did there? I followed C.W.C.'s sage-like advice to Start with the Unexpected.C.S....
View ArticleListmania: Best of 2009s -- Updated!
NPR's Year's Best MemoirsNPR's Best Cookbooks of 2009The L.A. Times' Favorite fiction of 2009The NYTimes' 100 Notable Books of '09ALA's 2009 Best Books for Young AdultsEntertainment Weekly's 10...
View ArticleGift Tips for the Bookish: Book Lights
The Hydra Two Headed Book Light: $14.96The LightWedge: $24.95-$34.95Both the LightWedge and the Hydra come highly recommended from multiple members of our staff. Then again, multiple members of our...
View ArticleBook News, In Brief
A shout-out to the sell-out who spoke out about selling her soul to Chicken Soup For The Soul. Or: Victoria Patterson talks turkey about 'Chick Soup-ing' her story, The Kindness of...
View ArticleMy Favorite Comic Book Covers of 2009
Wolverine: First Class #19Cover by Skottie YoungStrange Tales #1Cover by Paul PopePunisher: Frank Castle Max #70Cover by Dave JohnsonPunisher: Frank Castle Max #72Cover by Dave JohnsonDetective Comics...
View ArticleAdaptation News
Reason #23433 I'm glad that Robert Downey Jr. never OD'd: The trailer to Iron Man 2.The LATimes proclaims, "Greek mythology makes movie and TV comeback!" Here's hoping Homer has hired himself a good...
View ArticleOne Last Bit of Adaptation News
MovieWeb reports:On the Official Avatar Myspace Site, director Bryan Singer (X-Men) dropped a major announcement about one of his next projects. It appears that the director is headed back to the...
View ArticleBook News, All Bad
Marvel Comics has announced a new superhero series written and drawn solely by women. Its name? Girl Comics. Johanna Draper Carlson rightly rails against this.The city of Laredo, TX is about to become...
View ArticleOver-Priced Auction Results(or: some of the gifts you won't be getting this...
Reuters puts a pillow to the face of your absinthe soaked sense of entitlement, reporting:A first edition of Lewis Carroll's classic book Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There --...
View ArticleGift Tips for the Bookish: T-shirts
Jaime Hernandez 'Stussy' Tee: $28.00Paul Pope 'Crepax' Tee: $20.00Albert Camus Tee: $25.00Shakespeare hates your emo poems Tee: $10.00Movies: Ruining the book since 1920 Tee: $10.00E.E. Cummings Quote...
View ArticleBook News, In Brief
Timely topic! While I giftwrap this copy of Nanny Returns: A Novel that I'm giving to my stepmother, please entertain yourselves with EW's Would you buy a book that makes you cringe as a gift if you...
View ArticleTuesday's Tips for Flailing Toast Writers
We're three short days away from Christmas. It's time to put down that NaNoWriMo novel you're secretly rewriting and get to work on your non-denominational, safe for alkies, seasonal toast. The fact...
View ArticleLast Minute Gift Tips for the Bookish: Papercraft
Jules Verne Bust is available for download here.Lovecraft's Cthulhu is available for download here.Twilight: New Moon characters are available for download here.
View ArticleMerry Christmas!
To all our faithful Irregulars and anonymous passersby:If I were a much richer and more generous man, I'd give each and every one of you a copy of each and every one of these books. But since I'm not,...
View ArticleBook News, In Brief
"A brilliantly ambitious article, this is, without a doubt, the editorial of the day...and possibly the decade."Wanna-be writers of limited skill have reason to rejoice: Publishers are now begrudgingly...
View ArticleThese Are The Comics I Gave My Kinfolk For Christmas
I'd originally intended to post this pre-X-mas, but on the off chance that one of my family members somehow happened upon this blog (yeah, right!), I figured I'd better wait. Fast forward four days,...
View ArticleTuesday's Tips for Flailing Writers,
Voilà -- Voltaire! Philip Larkin explains the 'The Process of Poetry' in three simple steps.Oy vey, the chutzpah! Daily Writing Tips has The 40 Yiddish Words You Should Know.Plot to Punctuation echoes...
View ArticleOuch!
"If Mr. Bezos wanted to do his part to avert layoffs of schoolteachers and firefighters and, yes, professors at state universities, he should start collecting the sales tax."To read the rest of the...
View ArticleBook News, In Brief
Q: Are Americans are getting fatter because of their recent reading habits? A: Of course not, but the link needed a hook.It's only slightly less depressing than those 'Local Bookstore to Close'...
View ArticleBook News, In Brief
Today's indie bookstore reach-around is brought to you by Edward Nawotka.David vs. Goliath -- part II! (How much do you wanna bet Goliath wins this time?)You know those 'bestselling e-books' that...
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