Eating and reading…
“Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.”
– C.S. Lewis
A story is not a vignette…
“Remember: a story is not a vignette. It has a beginning, middle and an end. It is not merely a snapshot in time.”
– Chuck Wendig
The 25 Best Websites for Literature Lovers
…the literary world occupies a decent-sized space on the web. Readers, writers, publishers, editors, and everybody in between are tweeting, Tumbling, blogging, and probably even Vine-ing about their favorite books.
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Crossrail unearths evidence humans lived on Thames in 7,000 BC
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Criticism…
“Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots” -Frank A. Clark.
India’s ancient university returns to life
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Blog Platform Designed for Book Lovers – BookLikes
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10 Reasons Real Books Are Better Than E-books
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To some extent I agree with most of these reasons. Not all, though, and I also enjoy e-books, even though if I was forced to choose, I’d have to pick printed books. However, I have always had trouble reading any book in bright sunlight and I’m not awfully keen on old books – library books or second hand ones. Other than that I can only agree – books are awesome.
Quote by Jane Austen
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
~ Jane Austen
Ten Kinds of Book People It’s Impossible to Have a Conversation With
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I’m mostly the Book Hoarder, I guess, but I’m also a writer. Are there any male Lit Scenesters I can – er – ask what they’re doing later? LOL.
