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    Love's Raging Rash: I Accidentally Read a Romance Novel

    AUGUST 8, 2012 10:01AM

    By Ann Nichols


    Topics: genre fiction, reading, books, romance novels

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 2207 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Hey Writer! What's Your Brand?

    JULY 27, 2012 12:46PM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: writing, branding, novels, marketing books, publishing, neil gaiman, cheryl strayed, carsten stroud, niceville, elizabeth george, jodi picoult, elin hilderbrand, quentin tarantino, web site design, blogging, women's fiction, chick lit, goop, kindle, gwyneth paltrow, facebook, reading, literature, graphic novels, crime fiction, tom perrota, the leftovers, the gerbil farmer's daughter, sleeping tigers, prince edward island

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 2073 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Fascinating memoirs by two people you may know

    JUNE 24, 2012 9:02AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: os, meta, books, book reviews, reading, reading recommendations, linda seccaspina, ingrid ricks, menopausal women from the corn, a little book of mormon (and not so mormon) stories, family, mormons, menopause, coming of age, memoirs, meta, two really great reads!

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 788 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    520 Pages Later

    MAY 30, 2012 12:01PM

    By harmonicprogression


    Topics: "jim crow", "seperate but equal", video, politics, gay/lesbian, the help, kathryn scott, writing a book, reading, books

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 2133 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    ASH - All (kinds of) Stories Here

    MAY 23, 2012 7:06AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: book reviews, os weekend fiction club, kindle, books by open salon members, os, ash..., short stories, reading, books, allen skipper howlett

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    • 3 Ratings
    • 842 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Writer's Block

    MAY 16, 2012 10:53AM

    By Migs Bassig


    Topics: reading, literature, poetry, books

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 3008 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Bookshelves Are For What, Again?

    MARCH 16, 2012 8:44AM

    By liza Donnelly


    Topics: reading, bookshelves, ebooks, books

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1896 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Labyrinth Books: Princeton's Indie Model

    DECEMBER 11, 2011 12:49PM

    By Nikki Stern


    Topics: declaration of independents, open+call, education, princeton, reading, books labyrinth books, independent bookstores

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 2106 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Charming from Cover to Cover - Columbus Independent Children's Bookstore

    DECEMBER 2, 2011 11:12AM

    By Rita Bourland


    Topics: reading, ohio, columbus, children's books, cover to cover bookstore, open+call, declaration of independents

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 3212 Views
    • 57 Comments
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    Why I Love Greenpoint, Brooklyn indie bookstore WORD

    NOVEMBER 30, 2011 12:24PM

    By Rachel Kramer Bussel


    Topics: jenn northington, jennifer hayden, underwire, new york, nyc, brooklyn, greenpoint, word, books, book, declaration of independents, open call, poetry, nikki giovanni, rachel kramer bussel, reading

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 1548 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    The Tearful Truths of The Runaway Bunny

    AUGUST 7, 2011 3:38AM

    By Brazen Princess


    Topics: books, reading, comfort, tenderness, mothers, growing, margaret wise brown, people, parenting

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 285 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    It Is Always Show Time

    JULY 6, 2011 6:48PM

    By Claudia Sternbach


    Topics: adventure, unique, characters, home, transit, upper west side, help, scene, travel, observation, reading, contemplative, solitary, white noise, walk, stroll, sidewalks, city, heat, ny, new york

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 2207 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    What Young Adults Should Read

    JUNE 9, 2011 1:49PM

    By Siobhan Curious


    Topics: expert opinion, books, education, adolescence, reading, teaching

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    • 5 Ratings
    • 1242 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Conversations with a man of mystery

    MARCH 3, 2011 10:49PM

    By Lesley Clark Ferree


    Topics: jobs, strangers, relationships, friendships, sports, reading, borders, middle east, mystery, conversation

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 7650 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    When Is It Okay to Quit a Book?

    FEBRUARY 16, 2011 10:54PM

    By Nick Leshi


    Topics: reading, books, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 1669 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Waiting for Godot, et al...

    JANUARY 6, 2011 11:52PM

    By Bonnie Council


    Topics: college, reading, self-taught, education

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 20216 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    The Nook Color vs. the Kindle 3G

    NOVEMBER 24, 2010 8:19AM

    By Duane Gundrum


    Topics: nook, barnes and noble, amazon, kindle, ereaders, books, reading

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 844 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Murder and Mayhem in a Parked Car

    NOVEMBER 9, 2010 1:38PM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: mystery novels, reading, books, elly griffiths, erin hart, p.d. james, dorothy sayers, elizabeth george, writers, mystery writers, england, british mysteries, lord peter wimsey, mystery writers, writing, voodoo

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 2056 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    Kids + Computers = The Perfect Match

    NOVEMBER 3, 2010 12:53PM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: rubik's cube, queen, red hot chili peppers, world of warcraft ii, everquest, google, pew research center, the atlantic monthly, dan brown, computer games, computers, reading, parenting, learning, children

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 2100 Views
    • 56 Comments
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    The Demise of Children's Picture Books - Say it Ain't So

    OCTOBER 14, 2010 5:30PM

    By Rita Bourland


    Topics: slowing down, reading, literacy, children's books, children

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