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Here Are the Next Two Reel Infatuation Blogathon Banners!
More banners for June’s Reel Infatuation Blogathon!
As promised, here are banners three and four for the 2017 Reel Infatuation Blogathon! Keep your eyes out for the final two banners.
Reel Infatuation 2017-Ty Power
Reel Infatuation 2017-Elizabeth Taylor
Have you signed up for the blogathon yet? It’s not too late! Go here for more information.
See you in June.
Hey, Book Fans! Do You Character Crush?
That’s a rhetorical question.
Of course you do.
Or, at least you have at some point in your life…
and will likely do so again.
You can’t help yourself. Neither can I. Neither can anyone.
Why not have fun with it, then?
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As most of you know, I created Reel Infatuation and co-host the blogathon with Ruth of Silver Screenings.
Here’s a little refresher/introduction excerpt:
Reel Infatuation is a reader participation virtual cyclopedia of character crushes. It’s a symbiotic, interactive platform built on the old-fashioned notion of give-and-take. We want to hear all about your film, television, and literary loves! Are your stories sweet, silly, embarrassing, or seemingly inexplicable? Share ’em! First crushes, old crushes, new crushes? Bring ’em on. You show us yours, and we’ll show you ours!
And this:
Remember: the character is the thing. We want to hear about specific character crushes.
Sounds entertaining, eh? (It is. Trust us!)
Although it is pretty straightforward, I’ve noticed that one detail seems to get lost in the process. I’m not surprised. Between the name (Reel Infatuation) and the fact that most blogathons focus on film and television, it’s pretty easy to overlook the bookish element inherent in RI. In other words…
this one is for you, too, book lovers!
Literary characters are just as crush-worthy as their movie and television counterparts. Maybe more so. And we want to hear all about yours! This is one time that bringing a book to a party is expected, accepted, and celebrated.
I may or may not totally own this shirt (and wear it to places where I cannot read a book, but want to. I’m passive-aggressive, but compliant.)
If I Can’t Take My Book T-Shirt from Look Human
So…
the moral to this post is
that we
MOST DEFINITELY
WANT YOU TO
BRING YOUR BOOK CHARACTER CRUSHES
TO OUR SUPER-FUN PARTY!
It wouldn’t be the same without you.
Since A Small Press Life is nothing if not a book blog, this is where I’ll be talking about my slightly unhealthy love for Archie Goodwin. (My discussion of television’s Hamilton Burger and Carl Kolchak will take place at our sister-site, Font & Frock.)
We hope to see you in June!
Announcing the 2017 Reel Infatuation Blogathon!
Hey, just so you know…The Reel Infatuation Blogathon is back. Please join us!
Sometimes an experience is so much fun that you cannot wait to do it again. This impulse is one of the reasons why people keep revisiting amusement parks and beaches, museums and restaurants. The comfort of the familiar, when hitched to the promise of a fresh, unpredictable variation, is pretty thrilling to the average human.
We’re no different. Thus…
while a blogathon is marvelous, a yearly blogathon is one step better on the scale from here to fabulous!
On that note, along with my co-hostess with the mostest, Ruth of Silver Screenings, I’m happy to announce the return of the Reel Infatuation Blogathon!
Help Lucy Spread the Word
It’s time to sharpen your pencils and start thinking about your favorite character crushes. They can come from film, television, or books. Remember: the character is the thing. We want to hear about specific character crushes, not generically dreamy performers. To learn more…
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A Reading List a Mile Long: Daedalus Books Late Spring 2017 Edition
Today is the start of a new season (hello, spring!), which I think is the perfect time to share a new reading list! Let’s jump right in!
- City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Seas by Roger Crowley ($6.98) #70307
- Centuries of Change: Which Century Saw the Most Change and Why it Matters to Us by Ian Mortimer ($7.98) #64307
- Underworld London: Crime and Punishment in the Capital City by Catharine Arnold ($4.98) #70519
- The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen ($4.98) #70327
- On London by Charles Dickens ($3.98) #53757
- West’s World: The Extraordinary Life of Dame Rebecca West by Lorna Gibb ($4.98) #53607
- Beethoven: The Man Revealed by John Suchet ($6.98) #61107
- The Stardust Revolution: The New Story of Our Origin in the Stars by Jacob Berkowitz ($6.98) #62330
- The Great War in 3D: 1914-1918–A Book Plus a Stereoscopic Viewer and 35 3D Photos of Men In Battle by Jean-Pierre Verney ($7.98) #70594
- By the Book: Writers on Literature and the Literary Life from The New York Times Book Review Edited by Pamela Paul ($6.98) #70043
- The Fool’s Tale by Nicole Galland ($4.98) #70176
- Why Homer Matters by Adam Nicolson ($6.98) #70041
- The 40s: The Story of a Decade (The New Yorker) Edited by Henry Finder ($6.98) #70288
- Recollections of Virginia Woolf by Her Contemporaries Edited by Joan Russell Noble ($4.98) #63001
- Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s History-Making Race Around the World by Matthew Goodman ($4.98) #70315
- A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich ($4.98) #70336
- The Year 1000: What Life was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium by Robert Lacey & Danny Danziger ($5.98) #70129
- Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain ($5.98) #70337
- Just One Catch: A Biography of Joseph Heller by Tracy Daugherty ($4.98) #33185
Ernest Hemingway on Good Stuff
“You know you’re writing well when you’re throwing good stuff into the wastebasket.”–Ernest Hemingway
A Contemplative Ellen Glasgow
I love both the quiet, contemplative quality of this photo of the American novelist and the layered textures/patterns of the various fabrics.
Ellen Glasgow
Happy Birthday, Dorothy Canfield Fisher!
The extremely accomplished Dorothy Canfield Fisher was born on 17 February 1879.
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Selected books: Gunhild (1907); The Bent Twig (1915); Understood Betsy (1917); Raw Material (1923); Bonfire (1933); Seasoned Timber (1939).
[Mae’s Writing Days] Scrivener, Show Me What You’ve Got!
I caved and bought Scrivener. I hope my novella thanks me.
The Letter by Alfred Stevens
Books! Calendars! Comics!
I always shop for books and calendars between Christmas and New Year’s Day. As usual, I ended up with quite the eclectic mix (although the combination makes sense in my head). Do you like to buy books this time of year?
Books! Calendars! Comics!
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