September 2012
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Going back to school is pretty upsetting (to me at least) because I’m forced to do things like homework, speak in front of the class (the WORST), and learn in a way someone else thinks is best. That includes reading books that I wouldn’t normally choose for myself.. Read
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NPR Fresh Air: happy national punctuation day!... →
We love the semi-colon! What is your favorite?
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In radio, it can sometimes be difficult to interpret and express punctuation marks, but that doesn’t mean we at Fresh Air can’t join in the celebration and debate about punctuation and its most beloved usage. So what’s your favorite punctuation mark? Or least favorite? I’ll start - my…
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Review: Gone Girl
I almost can’t even explain to you how interesting Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn is. It is SO amazing and you have to put it at the very top of your “To Be Read” lists. One of the things I loved most about this book is the unique way that the story is told. With one chapter from Nick Dunne and the next from Amy, his wife, the reader is never really sure that they are getting the whole story. Then...
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The Best of YA
As I am quickly approaching my twentieth birthday I have been attempting to do some deep reflection (I feel like I probably should since I’m supposed to be an ‘adult’ now). While doing this reflecting I have realized that my tastes in a lot of things have changed, as they normally do with age, but I am quite sad about one change in particular. I have been reading books geared more towards adults...
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What Is The Shame in Self-Help Reads?
The other day I was watching a movie and a woman whom had just had her heart broken went to a bookstore to look at the self-help section. The scene showed her sheepishly picking out the books that would be best suited for her problems and then avoiding the cashier’s judgmental gaze as she bought them. It was probably because I was in a sensitive mood that day, but I was a little upset by the way...
Step Away From the Exacto Knife
As I was browsing the Internet the other day I came across something horrible. There is a video (that has since been taken down from her website) of Lauren Conrad (remember ‘LC’ from The Hills on MTV?!) cutting up books for decoration. Isn’t that tragic? To make matters even worse, she was cutting up Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events… Read More
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Outlander: Discussion Questions
Reading along with the #BiggerBookClub? Keep these questions in mind as you read along. For more in-depth discussion questions visit http://community.compuserve.com/n/docs/docDownload.aspx?webtag=ws-books&guid=827a1c73-d18a-4222-8309-7b073aa2a9a0.
1. Many readers are drawn to the Outlander novels because of the powerfully appealing character of Jamie. What is it about a character with an...
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Just Write!
Writers block is one of my least favorite things in the history of the world. I have noticed that a lot of people have different types of writers block. Some people can’t come up with ideas, some people can’t find the right words to say what they want, and then there’s me. I pretty much know exactly what I want to say and how to say it, I just can’t get myself to write it because I’m worried that...
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August 2012
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Review: Seating Arrangements
As I do with most things, I have mixed feelings about this book. On one hand I found it very relatable and it had and obvious lesson in it that I think more people should learn from. On the other hand I found it kind of boring… Read More
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Book Tours
I’m going to write this under the assumption that whoever’s reading it is very passionate about books. Now imagine this: You see online that the author of your favorite book is coming to your city on a book tour. She/he is going to be signing copies of the book and answering some audience questions. This book changed your life. This book made you realize things about yourself and your life that...
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Poll Time: What should the #BiggerBookClub read in...
It is that time again! Vote on which book the #BiggerBookClub should read in October! To vote you can respond to this post or tweet @BiggerBooks using hashtag #BiggerBookClub.
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an...
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Review: Bossypants
Fabulous, fierce, flawless, fantastic, and funny. This list is not only an excellent example of alliteration but it also accurately describes Tina Fey (and her book entitled Bossypants)… Read More
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The Innocents: A Conversation with Francesca Segal
While Edith Wharton’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel provided you with a plot, what difficulties or challenges did you encounter when attempting to re-imagine this story? What led you to retell this story in a new time and place?
I’d read The House of Mirth when I was about twelve and barely remembered it, and I think I tried the off Henry James around the same time and had struggled a bit. But...
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The Innocents: Discussion Questions
Reading along with the #BiggerBookClub? Follow along with these The Innocents discussion questions!
1. Segal’s debut novel is a re-telling of the classic novel The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. For those of you who have read the book or seen the movie adaptation of The Age of Innocence, discuss the specific ways in which The Innocents parallels Wharton’s novel, and then consider the...
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The Innocents: An Introduction
Adam Newman belongs to a strong and vibrant community of Jewish Londoners. His fiancée, Rachel Gilbert, and her large family have considered him one of their own for years. And as a junior member of his future father-in-law’s law firm, he’s entwined himself inextricably with the people among whom he has grown up. But it isn’t until one of Rachel’s cousins, the enigmatic and atypical Ellie...
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