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Lit News You Can Use: Nov 16 - books in your seat! 

teachingliteracy:

zaraillustrates:

I was recently commissioned by Homes & Antiques magazine to create a map highlighting book shops in London, as well as other cultural places of interest. 

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literatureismyutopia:

Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, Paris, 1925.

penguinteen:

Guess who’s in the office, signing galleys of her new novel, THE MOON AND MORE, today?!  We love seeing Sarah Dessen’s wonderful self in person, and we also love torturing her with Mad Libs (just kidding, it’s not torture, Mad Libs are the freakin’ best). Sarah’s “The Perfect Outfit” Mad Lib to come soon!

maureenjohnsonbooks:

Some of you may remember that when The Name of the Star came out, I did a thing where anyone who PRE-ORDERED the book from a certain store got a SIGNED book and a PRESENT. Well, this year, I am doing that again for The Madness Underneath. Except BETTER. Because it isn’t just ONE store. You’ll…

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This Evenings Bliss (by Gareth83cdf)

maureenjohnsonbooks:

Here is a list of PLACES where I can be ENCOUNTERED in the next two weeks.

I am giving away a MADNESS UNDERNEATH to ONE RANDOM PERSON who reblogs this info. SO GO NUTS.

THIS WEEKEND, THE TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL, AUSTIN

Saturday, October 27th

10:00am: SIGNING in the Penguin/Book People booth…

aphelia:

Emma by Jane Austen (by karahaupt)

Everyone should read a little Jane Austen now and then. :)

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shelftalkersanon:

It’s the end of the world. Six students have taken cover in Cortege High but shelter is little comfort when the dead outside won’t stop pounding on the doors. One bite is all it takes to kill a person and bring them back as a monstrous version of their former self. To Sloane Price, that doesn’t sound so bad. Six months ago, her world collapsed and since then, she’s failed to find a reason to keep going. Now seems like the perfect time to give up. As Sloane eagerly waits for the barricades to fall, she’s forced to witness the apocalypse through the eyes of five people who actually wantto live. But as the days crawl by, the motivations for survival change in startling ways and soon the group’s fate is determined less and less by what’s happening outside and more and more by the unpredictable and violent bids for life—and death—inside. When everything is gone, what doyou hold on to?

thewrittenescape:

Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief: A Book Review (spoiler-free)

From the very start of World War II, no one could better understand what it means to suffer than Liesel Meminger; her brother is dead, she will never see her mother again, and she’s never known her father.  The only shred of hope comes to her when she steals a book she cannot read from her brother’s graveside.  As conditions worsen, she is required to live with Rosa and Hans Huberman, Leisel’s newly-appointed foster family, who immediately cherish Leisel and help her cultivate her interest in reading.  The story of The Book Thief is her own; how Leisel is confronted by death and suffering at every turn and how books help her overcome it.

Long before I purchased this book, I was aimlessly browsing in a bookstore when an elderly employee approached me.  She asked if I needed help to which I kindly declined, though she saw that I was looming around a bookshelf which held several copies of The Book Thief.  She thoughtfully explained that this novel was very good and that she came to know the author under circumstances I can’t recall.  It took a few months, but I finally decided that owning this book was a priority and returned to the bookstore to make the purchase.

Although I played with the idea of making the purchase for some time, I have no qualms with buying this novel.  The book is a very grounding and considers a realistic interpretation of the struggles of World War II and the experiences people shared.  The story had vivid and honest characters and was brought to life by Liesel’s eagerness to find solace in people and, when they failed her, books.

The main character of the novel is candid and dutifully preserves her innocence until collapse and tragedy resurface in the novel.  Liesel finds a hope in books when the goodness of reality escapes her.  I also felt that Death is a most logical narrating figure to offer a story taking place during the Second World War.  The all-knowing narrator provides an outside perspective of humanity and proves to have a most rational and strong voice when the reliability of humanity begins to falter. 

I really enjoyed how the novel provides historical insight which paralleled works such as Night by Elie Wiesel and The Diary of Anne Frank while hosting a main character who wasn’t persecuted for her religion.  Leisel’s open respect for people, regardless of religious background, was hopeful and reassures the reader that people can retain their morals during a time when all seems lost.

★★★★1/2 (4.5/5)

“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.”