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If Leslie Knope Blurbed Books

We’ve already enjoyed the curmudgeonly book blurbs of Parks and Recreation’s Ron Swanson– now let’s hear from Leslie Knope, resident ...

The ON THE ROAD Trailer Rundown

Recommending Books Based on Twitter Personalities: Twitcommendations, Round 2

If you missed the first round of Twitcommendations, you can read about the process here, but the general idea is ...

Mixed Emotions About Emoticons

How do I feel about emoticons? :-/ I think that means “a tad ambivalent”—that’s what I intend, anyway. I’m not ...

“What if we had the internet write a book?” — Crowdsourced Fake Erotica Soars Up iBookstore Charts

News from the Department of This Is Why We Have the Internet: I’m not sure where I first saw this–I ...

For Shame? Two Rioters Read the FIFTY SHADES OF GREY Parody

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then parody is the sincerest form of mockery. That’s especially true when ...

The CLOUD ATLAS Trailer Rundown

Reading at the Speed of Google

Living in Kansas City*, I’ve been much exposed to this week’s news that Google has finally unveiled its new Google ...

Recommending Books Based on Twitter Personalities: Twitcommendations, Round 1

I spend a lot of time nonsensing around the internet, and found myself chatting (as I often do) with regular ...

If Hip-Hop Lyrics Were Book Blurbs

If you were to diagram my brain, there would, of course, be a big section devoted to books. And right ...