Meme - The Nearest Book

I picked up this meme at MadSilence.
Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more. (No cheating!)
Beeing: Life, Motherhood, and 180,000 Honeybees by Rosanne Daryl Thomas
This is a fabulous book! I’ve kept it at my desk because I’ve wanted to mention it in a blog post. I never thought it would be this one. [...]

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You’re Waiting for Godot!
by Samuel Beckett
Many people think you’re extremely dull, but you’re just trying to be patient. Really patient. Patient to the point of absurdity, quite frankly. Whatever you’re waiting for isn’t going to just come along, so you can stop waiting. I promise. Move on with your life. Change of scenery might do [...]

Bookstores Worth Visiting - Vacation Spots

If you like to haunt bookstores, you might want to consider visiting those on this list. You certainly should visit these houses of literature if you live near them!

Traveling by the Book - A Catcher in the Rye

One of my all time favorite books is A Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. I was so pleased to discover an article on CNN the other day about following Holden Caulfield’s footsteps through New York City. I can’t think of a greater way to see the city.

Classic Literature for Young People

This will be my second post pointing you to useful information provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities. My discovery of the information in this post and the one just prior to it is a result of research I’m doing for a report.
Though the list of classic literature for young people is a summertime [...]

Gullah, the Nawleans Cat

How can anyone resist the story of a French Quarter cat surviving our nation’s most recent natural crisis? How did Katrina’s aftermath look to a cat? Read for yourself how Gullah and fellow survivor, Kitchey-Gee Lafitte, remained hopeful in the midst of a disaster.
Nancy Murray, Katrina survivor and author, is donating the proceeds from Gullah, [...]

In the Land of Faerie

I’m currently reading Neil Gaiman’s Stardust (a novel turning movie in the next few days); consequently, I’m loving all things faerie. While satisfying my curiosity about faerie things, I found the following sites. Enjoy!

World of Froud
Fairyland Trust
The Woodland Realm
The Faerie Grove
The Faerie Chronicles

The Cat Who Wouldn’t Come Inside

I love cats. I love books. Now I can enjoy both in one instance by reading The Cat Who Wouldn’t Come Inside by author and artist Cynthia von Buhler.

Hemingway’s Cats Get to Stay

I’m so happy that Hemingway’s cats get to stay at Hemingway’s former home in Key West City.
The City Commission finds that family of polydactyl Hemingway cats are indeed animals of historic, social and tourism significance. [source]
Most of the cats are descendant’s of a six-toed cat Ernest Hemingway was given by a ship’s captain. You can [...]

Book & Film Review - 84, Charing Cross Road

The Book
84, Charing Cross Road is a collection of letters, the real life correspondence (1949-1969) between Helene Hanff, a scriptwriter living in New York City, and Frank Doel and his staff at Marks & Co, an antiquarian bookseller in London. Read the 90-something pages to learn how a love for books can create remarkable friendships. [...]

Tuesday Five

Today it is all about classic children’s literature. Find complete texts online.

Anne of Green Gables
The Wizard of Oz
The Call of the Wild
The Wind in the Willows
The Jungle Book

Publish Your Own Book

Don’t wait for a publisher to call you and say, “Hey, we just have to publish that 1,000 page novel of yours!” Publish your own tree killer at www.lulu.com.