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Posted on March 9, 2014 by maedez

“An author never has a vacation. He’s a walking sponge, sopping up impressions till he’s saturated, then going to his desk and squeezing them out on paper.”-Ben Ames Williams, Leave Her to Heaven

[Book Nerd Humour] Let’s Use Slate’s Travoltify Your Name Generator on Some Dead Writers

Posted on March 4, 2014 by maedez

TRAVOLTIFY YOUR NAME

CHARLES DICKENS=CARYS DORNIELS
VIRGINIA WOOLF=VICTOR WHAYTE
JANE AUSTEN=JOE ALLORN
LEO TOLSTOY=LUKE TAYZLOR
KATHERINE MANSFIELD=KRISTOPHER MCEEZALD
JACK KEROUAC=JIA KEENEEDIA
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD=F. STUART FERZGUSON
ZELDA FITZGERALD=ZARA FERZGUSON
GEORGE ELIOT=GRACE EDJANS
ERNEST HEMINGWAY=ELLIOT HARGISION
ANNE BRONTË=AVA BORFES
CHARLOTTE BRONTË=COLE BORFES
EMILY BRONTË=ELIJAH BORFES

What does this alternate world look like?

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Thanks to Vickie Lester for letting me know about the Travoltify Your Name generator!

Daily Diversion #196: Leave Her to Heaven

Posted on March 3, 2014 by maedez

I am gearing up for a fun little project by rereading Leave Her to Heaven.

Leave Her to Heaven by Ben Ames Williams.

Jane Austen Cookie Cutter!

Posted on February 18, 2014 by maedez

This is entirely unnecessary. No one in the world needs a Jane Austen cookie cutter. However, I give not one fig about practicality. I want one. I want one, like yesterday. Yes, please!

Curious? Go here to see it for yourself.

[Book Nerd Links] Three Fun Links for Your Reading Pleasure

Posted on February 18, 2014 by maedez

The 10 unhappiest marriages in fiction [courtesy The Telegraph]
How to Make Ernest Hemingway’s Favorite Burger [courtesy People]
LEGO literature [courtesy Waterstones.com]

Posted on February 17, 2014 by maedez

Yours truly on fiction

A Reading List a Mile Long: Daedalus Books New Arrivals Winter 2014

Posted on February 4, 2014 by maedez

Sorry! The English and Their Manners by Henry Hitchings. $17.95.
Death and the Dolce Vita: The Dark Side of Rome in the 1950s by Stephen Gundle. $5.98.
The Giant of the French Revolution: Danton, A Life by David Lawday. $4.98.
Margaret Sanger: A Life of Passion by Jean H. Baker. $5.98.
O Pioneers! by Willa Cather. $5.98.
Nell Gwynn: Mistress to a King by Charles Beauclerk. $6.98.
A Brief History of Robin Hood: The True History Behind the Legend by Nigel Cawthorne. $4.98. Continue reading →

James Joyce Died 73 Years Ago Today

Posted on January 13, 2014 by maedez

Once upon a time, he was just a serious little gentleman.

Kiddie James Joyce, 1888.

“A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.”-James Joyce, Ulysses

The Dead Writers Round-Up: 6th January

Posted on January 6, 2014 by maedez

Fanny Burney died on 1/6/1840. “Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgement, generally gives as much pain as pleasure.” (Evelina; Cecilia; Camilla; The Wanderer)
Carl Sandburg was born on 1/6/1878. “Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.” (Chicago Poems; Abraham Lincoln: The War Years; Remembrance Rock; Rootabaga Stories)
Kahlil Gibran was born on 1/6/1883. “You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.” (Broken Wings; The Prophet)
Alan Watts was born on 1/6/1915. “Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.” (The Way of Zen; The Joyous Cosmology; The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are)