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Challenges Update: Orbis Terrarvm
Hosted by: B & b exlibris
Charles De Lint, representing, Cananda | A Dreaming Place.
John Marsden, representing, Australia | Incurable.
Xinran, representing, China | Sky Burial.
Alessandro Baricco, Representing Italy | Silk
Brian Selznick, representing, USA | The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
Marjane Satrapi, representing, Iran | Persepolis
Yoshihiro Tatsumi, representing Japan [...]
At Last! :o)
At last! After months of trying to snag an Early Reviews book from Library Thing, I logged in this morning to find out I had snagged a copy of, Rocket Man by William Elliott Hazelgrove! It seems to be garnering some good reviews so far, so I’m looking forward to it coming in the post. [...]
A Trilogy in 6 Parts?
Found via BookEmbargo and The Guardian’s site.
Now this does sound interesting…
Douglas Adams’s increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy is to be extended to six titles, after Adams’s widow Jane Belson sanctioned a project which will see children’s author Eoin Colfer taking up the story.
And Another Thing… by Colfer, whose involvement with the [...]
[TT] Looking for Alaska - John Green
“A pre-prank?” I asked.
“A prank designed to lull the administration into a false sense of security,” the Colonel answered, annoyed by the distraction.
[TT] Dreams Underfoot ~ Charles de Lint
There they sat on a stone wall, dangling their feet above the sluggish water. The night fell still.
The Uncommon Reader ~ Alan Bennett
Led by her yapping corgis to the Westminster travelling library outside Buckingham Palace, the Queen finds herself taking out a novel by Ivy Compton-Burnett. Duff read though it is, the following week he choice proves more enjoyable and awakens in Her Majesty a passion for reading so great that her public duties begin to suffer. And so, as she devours work by everyone from Hardy to Brookner to Proust to Beckett, her equerries conspire to bring the Queen’s literary odyssey to a close.
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive - Alexander McCall Smith
Mr J.L.B. Matekoni becomes involved in the agency’s work when he investigates an errant husband. But can a man investigate such matters as competently as one of the ladies? Mma Ramotswe has her doubts. One thing, though, that she does not doubt is the good nature of Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, who stands for all that is solid and true in a shifting world.
First Among Sequels - Jasper Fforde
Back in Swindon, the government is reporting a dangerously high stupidity surplus, the Stiltonista Cheese Mafia is causing trouble for Thursday and the literary detective scene isn�t quite what it used to be. And Thursday shoulders the burden for the Acme carpet business, which is both a front for SpecOps and a real business for the underemployed.
Man Reads Full Book!
Recently, got passed a link to this wonderfully funny article from online satirical newspaper, The Onion.
GREENWOOD, INSitting in a quiet downtown diner, local hospital administrator Philip Meyer looks as normal and well-adjusted as can be. Yet, there’s more to this 27-year-old than first meets the eye: Meyer has recently finished reading a book.
Yes, the whole thing.
“It was great,” said the peculiar Indiana native, who, despite owning a television set and having an active social life, read every single page of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
The Timewaster Letters ~ Robin Cooper
Robin Cooper in ‘The Timewaster Letters’ sends a collection of silly, childish, or plain weird letters to various organiastions (usually obscure, although one or two well known corporations are made to suffer as well) to wind up those who receive them and hopefully illicit a response.
I have done 6 shots till now. Your...
