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Sites to Peruse
Welcome to this week’s version of Sites to Peruse. Below are the sites that caught my eye this week!
It’s been a while since I did one of these! Not that there wen’t interesting sites, on the contrary! It’s more or less because I’ve been super busy. However, here are some things that caught my attention recently.
Moby Dick can be intimidating, it’s so large, it’s almost a dangerous weapon! I’ve never gotten around to reading it, but, this new project, Moby Dick Big Read, might be the solution to that. The site releases a chapter a day in audio form, at no cost to you! I guess it’s time for me to read (listen to) Moby Dick. Tip from Flavorwire.
Libba Bray’s new book, The Diviners, is out this week. Have you seen the trailer? Definitely up there with my top five book trailers … the surprising thing is, Libba’s book trailers make up three of the top five!
Another thing about The Diviners,if you like its Facebook Page, they have been posting radio shows based on the book. So far there are two episodes up on Youtube and they are based on passages in the beginning of the book.
Finally, not really related to books but a great site to peruse nonetheless, XKCD really outdid himself with with comic 1110. Click and drag in the larger panel and view his amazingly creative world. You will probably need an hour or so.
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Sites to Peruse
Welcome to this week’s version of Sites to Peruse. Below are the sites that caught my eye this week!
It’s Friday, and it’s time for some sites that interested me this week. (Or articles)
“Please sir, can I get one of these?” I saw these on my Pinterest feed this week! Over on Etsy, you can purchase Hogwarts themed Toms! How awesome is that? VERY!
Publishing Perspectives raised the question, Have E-books Led You To Purge Or Preserve Your Personal Library? Personally, it’s lead me to purge. I love the paper books that I have, but, I can barely see my floor because I’ve run out of space, so it’s caused me to be very selective on what I keep and what I give away. Books that I am certain I will never re-read are now purchase as e-books (though, if I read them and it’s so wonderful that I want to re-read it, I’ll probably get a copy at a book event or indie bookstore).
Diana Peterfreund (whose blog I seem to be
stalkingreading recently) has two short story ebooks up! Go check them out.Finally, this week’s free audio books over at audiobooksync.com are Cleopatra’s Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter and Anthony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare.
Happy reading!
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Sites to Peruse
Welcome to this week’s version of Sites to Peruse. Below are the sites that caught my eye this week!
I recently read an LA Times article about the Little Free Library project. I’ve seen this project in the past - there’s suppose to be one in Brooklyn that I would like to visit! How fun would it be to set one up? I wonder if anyone from my neighbourhood would come by?
Recently, I discovered Audio Book Sync, every week this summer you can download two free audio books. This week’s books are Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake and The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. You have to download an app to listen, and it’s a bit on the clunky side, otherwise, it’s a good interface.
This week, over on Justine Larbalestier’s blog she talked about bad reviews. As a person who reviews books, I always feel like I’m walking a thin line when I have to review books that I didn’t like, especially with the recent issues of authors and agents publicly harassing reviewers. At the same time, I don’t want to feel bullied into being “nice” about my thoughts.
Justine also released a new book this week, co-written by Sarah Rees Brennan, it’s called Team Human. I haven’t picked up a copy yet, as I’m hoping to purchase one at a book event that Sarah will be attending. You can watch the trailer of the book on Sarah’s Tumblr.
If you stop over at Diana Peterfreund’s blog, she talked about concept and execution in relation to The Hunger Games and Battle Royale. I thought it was a very thoughtful post and I wish I had this post to send all the Facebook friends who were complaining about The Hunger Games ripping off Battle Royale. [Aside: I have bookmarks for Diana’s books, check it out and let me know if you want one.]
Scott Westerfeld also revealed some new covers. The UK version of his Uglies series got a facelift (heh). I was a fan of the first set of covers, but the new US covers with their clean feel is winning me over. These UK versions are pretty iconic looking, definitely gives it a different feel. (Yes, yes, it’s been out since June, I’m late!)
That’s all for today … I could go on, but, I don’t want this turning into a long post. I’ll leave you with this one thing: Goodreads infographic - The Dystopian Timeline to the Hunger Games.
Happy reading!
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Sites to Peruse
Welcome to this week’s version of Sites to Peruse. Below are the sites that caught my eye this week!
Robyn Schneider announced her new book this week - Severed Heads, Broken Hearts. She also introduced a new Tumblr account for said book. You can view the announcement video here.
Speaking of videos, I loved this Thoughts from Places video on BEA from John Green. I know, I’m late on this, but that doesn’t decrease it’s awesomeness.
A couple other places that I’ve found entertaining this week were Fictional Food, and Vocabulary.com
I was introduced to Fictional Food through these amazing cupcakes!
Yummy! I’d like to have 6 of these please.I don’t recall how I found Vocabulary.com, but I love the site! I’ve been working my way through the SAT words (yes, I’m way pass that stage, but it’s still good for words I don’t use every day). Definitely a great site to learn new words. I think the one thing they need to do is be a bit more social. If they allow users to view their friend’s progress I’m sure people will make a game out of it. Well, the nerdy ones like me - who learned the most words this month?
Lauren DeStefano revealed her new book cover this week and is hosting a contest - the contest ends July 6th!
Well, that’s it for this week! What interesting things did you find?
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Sites to Peruse
You can think of “Sites to Peruse” as an enhanced Follow Friday. I don’t always socialize with the book blogger world, mostly because I don’t have the time. I often wish I could talk with more bookish people and form a stronger network of book bloggers, but I don’t have enough hours in the day. So, I thought of doing a collection of links to posts that I found interesting for the week. Here they are, sites to peruse.
You might not be into fashion, or accessorizing, but Peg and Awl’s book necklaces are too cute to pass up. They have quite a few, even if you’re not interested in buying you still should see these. Who knows, maybe seeing will change your mind!
I’m Loving Books has fun mini series banners for your website. I can’t use them on my theme, but I do think they are adorable. Check them out! Here are some of my favourite series:
This Mental Floss article about Famous Novelists on Symbolism in Their Work and Whether It Was Intentional, was a very fun read. Some of the most boring English class time was spent looking for symbols. It’s interesting to know that sometimes when they author writes about the blue sky, and the blue sock, and the blue blouse, it’s probably because they like the colour blue and didn’t really think about it, rather than they are reflecting on the purity of the protagonist - or something of the sorts.
Switching gears … a community audio book of sorts. LibriVox offers audio recording of books that are public domain in the US. I listened to A Study in Scarlet via that site and will probably listen to a few more Sherlock Holmes and other classics.
Speaking of awesome audio books, how about Neil Gaiman’s post The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury. I loved listening to Neil Gaiman read his work that I purchased A Study In Emerald on iTunes.
It does seem as though my week was themed. I wonder what was symbolic about it?
