October is National Book Month in good ol’ America. To whoever readers this blog has the grace to have, a little question: what has American literature achieved where other nations have not?
I feel that American literature has the most extensive young adult literature. It is one of my favourite genres to read and I find [...]
Archive for October, 2006
31 Oct
USA National Book Month
27 Oct
There’s No Thief Like a Bookthief
If you’re a book lover, then you must have done this at least once in your life: book pilfering. The typical scenario goes like this: you see a book you’ve always wanted to read or own in a friend’s house on her bookshelf which you couldn’t find anywhere for nuts previously. Of course you don’t [...]
25 Oct
Book Recommendation 101
A true bookworm cannot not have recommended books for fellow friends to try in the naïve hope of converting them into fellow bookworms, or for their literary enrichment, or just plain thoughtfulness for thinking of something you’d thought they might enjoy. I say naïve because bookworms often have this misconception that a fellow bookworm would [...]
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