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Elizabeth Bastos
October 23, 2012
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Early ’90s Drafts of Li Po’s Famous Poem “We sit together/ the mountain and I/ until only the mountain remains.”

Dude, when I was visiting college friends in Seattle, in the 90s, I was driving around in my van and … Read the full post

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dr b
October 23, 2012
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An Open Letter to the Dean of Students, Sweet Valley University

Dear Sir, As a concerned member of the academic community, I’ve been following the exploits … Read the full post

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Rebecca Joines Schinsky
October 22, 2012
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Disaster Strikes!: A Reading List of Literary Fiascos

This installment of Riot Recommendation is sponsored by Care of Wooden Floors by Will Wiles. A … Read the full post

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Victor Wishna
October 21, 2012
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More New Words for Life, the Universe, and Everything

I am of the opinion that, with some exceptions, it’s a wonderful thing when new words enter the … Read the full post

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Rebecca Joines Schinsky
October 20, 2012
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Saturday Night Special: 6 Drunken Readings of FIFTY SHADES OF GREY

Did you guys know there are a bunch of drunk people reading and reviewing Fifty Shades of Grey on … Read the full post

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Amanda Nelson
October 19, 2012
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The Taming of the Brew: The Best of #LiteraryBars

This hashtag is a fun and witty combination of booze and books; in other words, it’s why Twitter … Read the full post

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Elizabeth Bastos
October 18, 2012
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Books About Menopause, The Change O’ Life

I thought I’d be jaunty with the title of this post, a wee bit of magic dust unicorn fairyland … Read the full post

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Rebecca Joines Schinsky
October 18, 2012
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Sites We Like: Awful Library Books

Let’s face it. There are some crazy-bad-scary-awful-ugly books out there in the world. (Exhibit … Read the full post

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Amanda Nelson
October 16, 2012
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The Best of #LitMajorHalloweenCostumes

The good folks who run the Twitter stream for the publisher W.W. Norton (@wwnorton) started an excellent … Read the full post

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Cassandra Neace
October 16, 2012
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They’re (Paper) Ba-ack: October 16, 2012

Tuesday is New Book Day. We celebrate each week by highlighting titles we’re excited to see arrive … Read the full post

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Rebecca Joines Schinsky
October 16, 2012
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Riot Recommendation: Literary Fiascos!

This installment of Riot Recommendation is sponsored by Care of Wooden Floors by Will Wiles. A British … Read the full post

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Amanda Nelson
October 16, 2012
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Sites We Like: Reader Shaming

We all have weird quirks and foibles when it comes to our reading lives (see my millions of posts … Read the full post

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Kit Steinkellner
October 16, 2012
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“They Reviewed”: Decoding Book Reviews “He Texted”-Style

Book Riot colleague Rebecca Schinsky forwarded me the link to this HORRIFYING new website HeTexted in … Read the full post

Posted by
Elizabeth Bastos
October 16, 2012
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The Perfect Gift of Books

A while ago I wrote about receiving the ill-suited book as a present, in my case it was Knit Your … Read the full post

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Amanda Nelson
October 16, 2012
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The WUTHERING HEIGHTS Trailer Rundown

Kit Steinkellner is the inventor of the Trailer Rundown, and she makes them look like so much fun … Read the full post

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Amanda Nelson
October 15, 2012
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5 Fictional Fellas Who Need to Be on Twitter

There are few Internet-based joys like the joy of finding a well-executed fictional Twitter account. … Read the full post

Posted by
Amanda Nelson
October 11, 2012
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5 DIY Literary Halloween Costumes

[Editor's note: Get some inspiration, then pop over to our Nook GlowLight giveaway to tell us what literary … Read the full post

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Cassandra Neace
October 10, 2012
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Sites We Like: Comediva

I’m a geek. I’m more certain of that fact every day. And my geekiness is not restricted just to … Read the full post

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Cassandra Neace
October 9, 2012
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Best of #LiteraryRestaurants

It started on  Saturday afternoon, when I was greatly in need of a laugh, and Twitter, once again, … Read the full post

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dr b
October 8, 2012
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A Birthday Party for R.L. Stine

Did you hear? Did you? Today is R.L. Stine’s birthday! So exciting. Here at Book Riot, we decided … Read the full post