For today’s If You Ask Me, Brittany, Jamie and Becca share their thoughts about their favorite books.
This month we’ve got a round up of the latest in online book clubs and Kate Spade’s contribution to your hot new look. Enjoy!
If you are a fan of the vampire genre, take a bite out of NIGHT STAR, book five in The Immortals series. While there is a plethora of vampire books on the YA shelves, this week’s release of Salman Rashdie’s LUKA AND THE FIRE OF LIFE caught my eye.
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I remember being a teenager and being so genuinely in love with my crush-of-the-month that I thought I might literally die — and I mean fall over, grab my heart and die a horrible death— if he didn't feel the same way about me. I also remember thinking my parents knew absolutely nothing (and I mean zero).
Are you planning to give books as gifts this holiday season?
November 12, 2010, 642 voters
November 12, 2010
This has to be my “get organized” weekend. I am flying to Miami on Wednesday for the Miami Book Fair, and from there I am headed to the National Council of Teachers of English conference in Orlando. I arrive back late the Tuesday night before Thanksgiving. What’s amusing is that I never want to fly anywhere for Thanksgiving since I hate crowds at the airport. However, in my psyche I am not flying “anywhere,” I am flying “home.” Like there is a difference! Oh, and I am hosting Thanksgiving at the house. So we have a trifecta going on here --- crowds, Mickey-themed travels and chopping for the holiday.
Name up to three books you’d like to give as gifts this holiday season.
November 12, 2010
I admit that I might be a little biased toward printed books and real live book clubs over any of the digital or online versions of these things. And I admit that while I am often a late adaptor of new technology, I most often come to love my gadgets once I get over the initial grumbling.
But...I'm not sure I'm ready to give up my glass of wine and the company of some brilliant women in exchange for typing on another screen just yet.
