Plath. Ibsen. Woolf.
Dickinson.
Bloomsbury. Chekhov.
Millay.
Modernism. Tolstoy.
And Charles Chaplin.
Etc.
What are you reading this month?
[Intermezzo] Reading in October
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Tag Archives: Literature
1 October 1985: E.B. White
E.B. White died on 1 October 1985:
E.B. White, whilst at Cornell University
“A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.”-E.B. White
[Book Nerd Links] The Map of Literary Genres Every Book Nerd Needs
The Map of Literary Genres Every Book Nerd Needs [HUFFPOST BOOKS]
These are glorious!
Three Chapters: Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie as a Child
Agatha Christie, 1925
Agatha Christie, 1970s
Agatha Christie: 15 September 1890-12 January 1976
[Book Nerd Links] Children’s Books, Paris, and Literary Maps
- Exhilarating Photos Capture the Pleasures of Classic Children’s Books [FLAVORWIRE]
- The Gorgeous, Disappearing Street Signs of Paris [HUFF POST BOOKS]
- Get Lost In These Maps Of Fictional Literary Worlds [HUFF POST]
[Book Nerd Links] Three Bookish Articles for the New Week
- Memory and Delusion [THE NEW YORKER]
- Best of Enemies [NEW YORK MAGAZINE]
- How Sex Talk in Literature Has Changed Over 200 Years [FLAVORWIRE]
Nero Wolfe in Too Many Cooks
Two Nero Wolfe illustrations from the March 1938 issue of The American Magazine. The artwork, from top to bottom, is by: Vladimir Bobri and Rico Tomaso.
Too Many Cooks
Nero Wolfe in Too Many Cooks, March 1938
Because Nero Wolfe, That’s Why
Two illustrations from Rex Stout’s The Red Bull, which was published in The American Magazine in 1938. The novel version came out in 1939, under the title Some Buried Caesar. The artist is Ronald McLeod.
Nero Wolfe in The Red Bull (aka Some Buried Caesar)
Wolfe was seated at the table…
Shopping for the Bookworm: Literary Phone Cases
Alice in Wonderland Phone Case by Tengiry. $13.68+.
Mary Shelley Phone Case by Strange- Love Tees. $13.99+.
I Heart Poe Phone Case by Arete. $16.00+.
Library Card Phone Case by Caribou Creek Cases. $15.00+.
Pride and Prejudice Book Wallet Phone Case by Chick -Lit Designs. $29.00.
So It Goes Kurt Vonnegut Phone Case by Dizzy Cactus. $12.99.
Zora Neale Hurston phone case by NOxLA. $36.00.
Love at First Site: What Should I Read Next?
The website What Should I Read Next? is exactly what it sounds like.
Users enter a favourite book title or author, and the site’s database is mined for a “similar” option. What Should I Read Next? is community driven: readers add their own lists, which in turn generate the recommendations.
Although my TBR list is already monstrously long, I decided to give it a whirl.
I intentionally chose a less-than-common novel:
A Glastonbury Romance
These are the suggestions I received:
Results, Part 1
Results, Part 2
I’m not sure how helpful those suggestions are. Middling? Surprising? It really doesn’t matter, because I could do this all day. As a time-wasting game, it’s pretty fun. If my TBR list gains a few new entries, that is delicious, fluffy icing.
If you give it a go, please let me know your results!
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