Jan 28, 2012
McDonalds giving away books with Happy Meals; Is it OK to make fun of tragedy? And we can't wait for you to read Quiet by Susan Cain and The Ice Balloon by Alex Wilkinson.
McDonalds recently announced that it would be including books with children's Happy Meals in the United Kingdom. This has...
Jan 25, 2012
Deadlines approaching for World Book Night and The International Readers Book Awards. The Alex Awards honoring adult books perfect for teens. We share our love of Defending Jacob by William Landay and Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward.
January 31 and February 1 are two dates to circle on...
Jan 17, 2012
Should you trust author blurbs? What are your thoughts on destroying a book for the sake of art? We share our love of The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker and The Thorn and the Blossom by Theodora Goss.
Betsy in our Goodreads Group asked whether or not she should trust author blurbs....
Jan 11, 2012
A reminder about our new monthly newsletter, and the book we'll be publishing to celebrate this year's Booktopia events. In honor of the Sundance Film Festival, we discuss books and short stories that have been or will be, made into movies. And finally, it's one book, we both love: The Orphan Master's Son by...
Jan 4, 2012
Resolving to carve out more reading time. Who should be our Literary Ambassador and what should that job entail? Two books we can't wait for you to read: Enjoy Every Sandwich by Lee Lipsenthal and The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson.
My amazingly wonderful wife surprised my with an iPad...