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dr b
March 27, 2013
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Bartleby Responds to Authors in the News

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Greg Zimmerman
June 19, 2012
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Top 10 Literary Quotes from The Simpsons

The Simpsons is famous for many things — being the longest running American sitcom (and animated … Read the full post

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Rebecca Joines Schinsky
May 2, 2012
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Open Thread: May 2, 2012

I gotta confess: I’m pretty bummed that HBO has canceled the pilot of The Corrections. I find … Read the full post

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Greg Zimmerman
April 17, 2012
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Jane Austen vs. Jane Eyre, and 4 Other Reading Confessions

We here at Book Riot are in full confession mode! Last week, Rebecca revealed her seven reading secrets … Read the full post

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dr b
March 9, 2012
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Jonathan Franzen: Complaining through the Ages

As this week has proven to us all, Jonathan Franzen is a crazy old man who lives in a box under the … Read the full post

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Greg Zimmerman
February 28, 2012
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Top 5 Fake Bookish Twitter Feeds I Wish Existed

If you hang out in the bookish Twitterverse, you probably have at least a passing familiarity with … Read the full post

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Rebecca Joines Schinsky
January 31, 2012
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So Jonathan Franzen Hates eBooks…Who Cares?

You couldn’t swing a cat yesterday without hitting some reference to the write-up of Jonathan Franzen’s … Read the full post

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Greg Zimmerman
December 7, 2011
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The Literary Quotes Post

If you’re a person who uses a quote as your email signature, whose quotes section of your Facebook … Read the full post

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Kit Steinkellner
November 7, 2011
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Why aren’t Jennifer Weiner and Jodi Picoult Pissed at Jeffrey Eugenides?

There’s nothing I love more than a good literary scandal. It’s so deliciously incongruous. Book … Read the full post

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Greg Zimmerman
October 20, 2011
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Top Five AWOL Novelists: Was It Something I Said?

You know what would be kind of awesome? If cream-’o’-the-crop novelists like Jonathan … Read the full post

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Greg Zimmerman
October 11, 2011
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PUB DAY: The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides

Here’s an unusual, slightly silly way to tell how popular a modern novel is: Check its Wikipedia … Read the full post

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Jeff
October 6, 2011
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The Confidence Index: Franzen’s THE CORRECTIONS on HBO

The Confidence Index….in which we assess the chance that an upcoming adaptation of a novel/book/short … Read the full post

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Jeff
October 6, 2011
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Critical Linking: October 6, 2011

Our daily round-up of bookish links. Tastes great with coffee. __________________________ “The … Read the full post