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Cheap College Textbooks
My Personal Finance —
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Those who study at colleges or universities know what reading lists are. These are the lists of books for studying that lecturers and professors supply before semesters and later use in the studying process. You use these books to find additional information and improve your knowledge on the subject. Here we would ...17 hours ago -
Civil War Publishing in 2009: My Year in Review
Civil War Books and Authors —
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Its that time of the year again to go back and review the reviews, and make some picks for favorite books read by me over the past twelve months (or so). Im not going to comment too much about each one, as my thoughts can be easily found through the links provided.Social-Political-Economic History:Clash of Extremes: ...2 days ago -
The Best Best Books of 2009
A Writer's Desk —
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There are about 2009 Best Books of 2009 Lists. The Daily Beast has done some calculating and found the books that are most on those Best Books of 2009 Lists. So, without further ado, their list of the 5 best works of fiction, 5 best works of non-fiction, and some honorable mentions just in case you dont have ...3 days ago -
New Books
Of Books and Bicycles —
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Did I say I was slowly emerging from the end-of-semester fog? Not sure what I was thinking there. My work load is beginning to decrease, true, but the stress of end-of-semester doings is still there and it’s significant. But I should be finished with everything by the end of the day tomorrow, so that’s something ...1 week ago -
The Best Books of the Year - 2009
Wuthering Expectations —
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Now I have moved to a subject about which I know nothing, just what I have gleaned from other readers. I read more contemporary books than I perhaps let on - this year about one in five were from the last ten years. But a fair number of those are mysteries, none of which belong with the Best Books of 200X, and ...1 week ago -
10 Best Books Read in 2009
Ignorant Historian —
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Last week I talked about what I thought made for a good novel . During that discussion, I was asked what were my favorite reads this month. It’s a logical follow-up, isn’t it? These are the favorite books I’ve read this year (so far I’ve read 94, so there were a lot to choose from!). For fairness, I ...1 week ago -
My Favorite Books (2009)
WEALTH OF IDEAS —
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I will not list my favorite books this year. I doubt that I have ever listed favorite books on this blog ever. Its often a hard decision, but I tend to be too busy when everyone is listing their favorite books. Shortly, however, I will talk about my reading adventures of 2009, dropping names excessively, because ...1 week ago -
What David Sedaris Read, or Listened to, in 2009
Reading Copy Book Blog —
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Over at The New Yorker , bestselling author David Sedaris posted some of the books he’s read over the past year. Confessing that he is both lazy and not lazy, he revealed a love for audiobooks which allow him A) to not have to read a book for himself and to B) be able to do household chores while listening. So ...1 week ago -
Making a list, checking it once
Squandermania and other foibles —
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By now Im sure that any Attention Span (ha!) for poetry lists has waned; there are so many of them. But heres my listomania, after which you can cleanse your palette by reading Kent Johnson on the subject . In spite of which, I hereby present... another pointless list! Poetry book of the year: The ...1 week ago -
Listmania: Best of 2009s -- Updated!
The Inkwell Bookstore Blog —
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NPRs Best Cookbooks of 2009 The L.A. Times Favorite fiction of 2009 The NYTimes 100 Notable Books of 09 ALAs 2009 Best Books for Young Adults Entertainment Weeklys 10 Beautiful Books Blackwells 10 Favourite Books of the Decade The NYTimes Notable Crime Books of 2009 Booklists Best Books for Young ...2 weeks ago -
What Now? A Post-Apocalyptic Reading List
Books Worth Reading —
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Cover of Earth Abides Between the movie 2012 and the actual year 2012 looming on the horizon, global warming summits and Viggo Mortensen heading down The Road , the apocalypse has been on a lot of minds lately. But if you’re one of the (un)lucky ones to survive the actual big event, then what should you do? ...2 weeks ago -
Graphic Novels
Fiction Notes —
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Graphic Novels for Kids and Teens Are you like me? Clueless about graphic novels? Here are 15 resources to get us up to speed! To get you started, you can download free the Flu Fighter graphic novel (about the H1N1 flu) from Stone Arch/Capstone Publishers. Here are resources for writing, illustrating, reading, ...2 weeks ago -
The Best Comics I Read in 2009
The Inkwell Bookstore Blog —
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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 the product of one seriously scatterbrained blogger who has been obsessing over funnybooks for far too long, yet ...2 weeks ago -
Uplifting Books List
BOOK CLUB CLASSICS! —
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photo credit: Amnemona In case the holiday season is already a bit overwhelming… or if you are lucky enough to be going on a tropical vacation any time soon… Here is Reader’s Advisory list of Uplifting Books! I starred the ones I’ve read (and LOVED)… Sarah Addison Allen – Garden Spells ** ...2 weeks ago -
What David Sedaris Read This Year
Jockohomo Blood and Shaving Cream —
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What David Sedaris Read This Year : “I love audiobooks, in part because I’m lazy and in part because I’m not. Rather than sitting still and moving my eyes over a page, I like to roam around and do stuff—iron, say, or defrost my freezer. I take walks, I soak in the tub, I turn up the volume and vacuum. The ...2 weeks ago -
What’s In A Name 3 Challenge ~ 2010
Linus's Blanket —
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There is a new host for this challenge in 2010. Beth at Beth Fish Reads will be hosting What’s In A Name 3 Challenge with a few changes. Here’s how it works: Between January 1 and December 31, 2010, read one book in each of the following categories: A book with a food in the title: A book with a body ...2 weeks ago -
Read the Book, See the Movie Challenge
Linus's Blanket —
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C.B. James at Rady When You Are, CB is hosting the Read the Book, See the Movie Challenge . He writes: The Read the Book, See the Movie Challenge is based on a simple idea–read a book, see a movie based on the book, include both in your review. Whether yours is a book blog or a movie blog, this could be a ...2 weeks ago -
The Chunkster Challenge ~ 2010
Linus's Blanket —
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February 1, 2010 – January 31, 2011 Definition of a Chunkster: A chunkster is 450 pages or more of ADULT literature (fiction or nonfiction) … A chunkster should be a challenge. If you read large type books your book will need to be 525 pages or more … The average large type book is 10-15% ...2 weeks ago -
The Debutante Ball Challenge – Past & 2010
Linus's Blanket —
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Jen and Swapna are jointly hosting The Debutante Ball Challenge . You can join in an read Deb books from 2010 or you can join to read the past Deb boor, or you can do both. I am signing up for both, but at low levels because my self imposed rule of challenges is to use books that come from my shelves if ...2 weeks ago -
Audio Book Challenge ~ 2010
Linus's Blanket —
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Audiobooks have become my latest addiction and I acquire them with almost the same frightening speed that I require my other books. Given entire year (January -December, 2010) I should be able to complete the Audio Book Challenge at the Obsessed Level by listening to 20 books. Challenge Guidelines: 1. Anyone ...2 weeks ago
