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• (Somebody else) On the suckitude that is the current trend of enfeebled heroines

  
  http://www.uppityrib.com — Authority: 117
  Today whilst procrastinating, I read this recent review/rant by Righteous Rib the Rejectionist about the current trend in (mosty YA) waify, weeny heroines whose very existence depends upon the “love” of a hunky vamp/were/whatever that is stalking them: So all we can say is: KNOCK IT OFF. Knock off buying ...
  23 hours ago

• Parties, photos and our literary DNA

  
  Living Wittily — Authority: 495
  OK. After several requests and not a few demands - heres the picture - Sheila and I routinely out for a night....! Unfortunately the picture doesnt show the whole me - which included multicoloured trousers, pink gloves, luminous striped socks and lurid lime green plastic shoes. That one might yet be emailed to me, in ...
  6 days ago

• Internet browsing versus love of books

  
  Living Wittily — Authority: 495
  I know. The post title is a set up. There arent only two alternatives. But I suspect that out there most people opt for one or the other as the default route to information. Of course surfing the web and reading a good book arent mutually exclusive. But I still think Susan Hills observation comes as a dunt in the ...
  1 week ago

• Notes from a Humble Reader

  
  http://www.uppityrib.com — Authority: 117
  In an attempt to enrich my fiction-writin’ skills, I’ve been expanding my novel-readin’ horizons. It’s not that historically I’ve stuck to any preferred subject matter, but I have tended to eschew genre fiction. I think the last mass-market paperback I read was probably The Vampire Lestat in 1987. 1 ...
  2 weeks ago

• The disturbingly talented Emma Jones

  
  A Dark Feathered Art — Authority: 114
  Just a little out of date (ok, a couple of weeks) is the news that my disturbingly talented compatriot, Emma Jones, has won the Forward Prize for Best First Book 2009 for her book, The Striped World (Faber and Faber, 2008). Apparently not only is she the first Australian to win the award, but also the first ...
  2 weeks ago

• Readathon - October 2009

  
  MissWisabus.com — Authority: 124
  Decided (a bit last minute) to take part in this year’s Readathon. Want more info? Click here. Twenty-four hours of reading starts…NOW! ( 3:30 4:00 pm CST, delayed by phone call) Kicking things off with some intense determination to finish The Unbearable Lightness of Being (which I really don’t like that ...
  3 weeks ago

• Hay-on-Wye – The Book Capital of the World

  
  Brilliant Tips from BrilliantTrips.com — Authority: 499
  Situated in some of the most varied and beautiful countryside the British Isles have to offer, Hay-on-Wye is a small town in Powys , Wales. A bibliophile’s dream, Hay-on-Wye, known as “The Hay” by locals, is world famous for its secondhand and specialty bookshops. The “town of books” presently has over ...
  4 weeks ago

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