Bookish
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Make Reading a New Year’s Resolution!
The folks over at BOOKish have a wonderful idea: add reading to your list of New Year’s resolutions. They have helpful hints for how you can accomplish this: “Read a new author It’s so difficult to determine which authors are…
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Pop Quiz, Hot Shot
No, really, here’s a fun little quiz from Bookish on trivia about classic short stories. How much do you remember about the tiny details from classic short stories like Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” or John Cheever’s “The Swimmer”?
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Give Thanks for this Book Flowchart
Thanksgiving can be a trial sometimes, but one can always turn to books for comfort. Here’s a fun Thanksgiving flowchart from Bookish to help you determine which book you need to help you through any holiday situation.
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Literary Mustaches of Note
To celebrate Movember or No-Shave November or whatever we’re calling it this year, Bookish has a fun little quiz about literary mustaches of note. See if you can tell whether those whiskers belong to Henry James or Thomas Hardy, or…
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Emily Dickinson: Karaoke Queen?
For Bookish, music writer and self-described “karaoke ho” Rob Sheffield lists which songs famous authors of the past would have belted out on karaoke night. He’s unquestionably right about Oscar Wilde crooning something from The Smiths, though it seems a…
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Let A Rumpus Pal Choose Your Next Book
Bookish, the new website that helps you choose and buy books based on input from writers, editors, and publishers, has a post up by Rumpus contributor/interviewee Scott Hutchins. Read it if you’re interested in books concerning father/son relationships and want recommendations…
