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[Book Nerd Links] Vintage Bookstore Photos

Posted on April 12, 2014 by maedez

Beautiful Vintage Photos of Bygone Bookstores [courtesy Flavorwire]

[Book Nerd News] Peter Matthiessen is Dead

Posted on April 9, 2014 by maedez

Peter Matthiessen, 1927-2014 [courtesy the Paris Review]

[Book Nerd News] Arthur Conan Doyle/Edgar Allan Poe

Posted on April 4, 2014 by maedez

AN UPDATE ON SAVE UNDERSHAW: Arthur Conan Doyle’s house to be converted into special school [courtesy The Guardian]
Boston’s Edgar Allan Poe Statue Will Be Unveiled in October [courtesy Boston Magazine]

[Book Nerd Links] Lighthearted Literary Links for a Gorgeous Monday

Posted on March 31, 2014 by maedez

It’s Opening Day! If you live in America, you know what this means. For the rest of you, I’m referring to our national pastime: baseball. This is my excuse for being (otherwise) absent from the blog today. Here are some links to tide you over. See you tomorrow!

14 Totally Badass Female Authors [courtesy Huff Post Books]
Classic Childhood Books That Grow With You [courtesy Huff Post Books]
Burned Paper Manicure Tutorial [courtesy GlitterFingersss]

Legendary Cleveland pitcher Bob Feller for Roadmaster, 1941.

[Book Nerd Links] Listen to Orson Welles’ Classic Radio Performance of 10 Shakespeare Plays

Posted on March 29, 2014 by maedez

Listen to Orson Welles’ Classic Radio Performance of 10 Shakespeare Plays [courtesy Open Culture]

YES, PLEASE!

Orson Welles, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, March 1, 1937

[Book Nerd Links] Rory Gilmore’s Reading List

Posted on March 28, 2014 by maedez

All 339 Books Referenced In “Gilmore Girls” [courtesy BuzzFeed Books]

It’s exhaustive, naturally. She’s a reader after my own heart.

[Book Nerd Links] 25 Essential Books About Americans in Paris

Posted on March 25, 2014 by maedez

25 Essential Books About Americans in Paris [courtesy Flavorwire]

They left out one of my favourite books on the subject, Being Geniuses Together by Robert McAlmon and Kay Boyle( revised edition). What would you add to the list?

[Book Nerd Links] 19 Daily Habits of Artists That Can Help Unlock Your Creativity

Posted on March 12, 2014 by maedez

19 Daily Habits of Artists That Can Help Unlock Your Creativity [courtesy Huff Post]

[Forgotten Gems] Free e-books Edition: Eminent Victorians and Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey

Posted on March 5, 2014 by maedez

Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey

Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey

Princess Victoria aged Four by Stephen Poyntz Denning, 1823.

[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!

R.I.P. Norman Lloyd (1914-2021)

Norman Lloyd, long a personal favorite of mine, was a fascinating man and performer. Norman Lloyd Dead [THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER]

R.I.P. Geoffrey Scott

Geoffrey Scott was from a younger generation than the performers I normally write about, but his handsome presence was ubiquitous during my 1980s childhood. From Dynasty to The Love Boat, Night Court, and Battle of the Network Stars, his charisma and acting ability lit up the small screen for decades. He will be missed. Geoffrey […]

Kirk Douglas: 1916-2020

[2019 Reel Infatuation Blogathon] But Baby Think of Me Once in Awhile: On Andy Travis as Television’s Best (and Hunkiest) Boss

Welcome to the 2019 Reel Infatuation Blogathon! Baby, If You’ve Ever Wondered: It still seems like yesterday that the idea for RI popped in my head. It was actually in December 2015, while in a hotel room getting ready for a holiday party, when it occurred to me that there was a gap in the classic […]

Announcing the 2019 Reel Infatuation Blogathon!

This is one of my favorite events of the year, and not just because I’m the co-hostess. It’s simply that good. And fun. Oh, so much fun! Here’s my original announcement. ANNOUNCING THE 2019 REEL INFATUATION BLOGATHON I hope you’ll join us!