Be still my beating nerdy heart. The world of Little House on the Prairie is about to get oh-so-adult. I remember very distinctly when I found my mother’s Little House boxed set in the attic and read them cover to cover. More than once. Between my mother and I, we wore those paperbacks out and … More Laura Ingalls Wilder’s full, unedited story to be published
. . . Print’s long history is riddled with errors and strikethroughs and rewrites— a fact worth celebrating and in some ways emulating, actually. In the earliest days of the book, writers and readers gathered around mistakes as a means of discourse about the work. When books were new, people saw them as fluid, changeable. … More The mindset of mistakes and technology
I somehow missed that this movie was a legitimate and happening thing. The Book Thief is probably one of my favorite books of all time. Markus Zusak is up there on my list of favorite authors as well, although if you asked me to rank them (my favorite authors that is), I would fail miserably. There is … More ‘The Book Thief’ MOVIE?!?!
If you write or even just enjoy Young Adult literature, you NEED to pick up a copy of the short story collection (The Curiosities) I just finished by YA writers Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton and Brenna Yovanoff. Even if YA isn’t your area and you appreciate the short story form, you should still pick it up. … More YA Writers Must Read: The Curiosities
What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn’t happen much, though. ― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye Have you … More On excitedly meeting authors (but not stalking them because that is bad)
When you are flipping through Facebook, do you ever feel like you don’t belong? Amidst the poorly spelled posts and the “Like for Justin Bieber Share for Justin Timberlake” style posts, nerds can feel a little lost in the world of social networking, especially if your friends with a lot of people on the “normal” end … More English nerds on Facebook
If you haven’t seen The Great Gatsby yet, then stop what you are doing right now and go see it. I know it’s getting questionable reviews, but if you’re a fan of the book, you will enjoy the movie (as these English profs can attest). With this new movie, The Great Gatsby has been the center of attention for … More GATSBY and what makes literature great
I’ve been feeling a little hopeless about my future career prospects lately. It’s a difficult life for us Englishy folks and sometimes it seems like success is impossible. Yesterday, however, I got my copy of Zarconian Island by Aja Hannah. Aja went to school with me… In fact, I sat next to her in my … More I’m friends with a published novelist: Q&A with Aja Hannah
I have been rather pleased by the amount of Jane Austen in my life today. I can’t think of a better pick-me-up/ pre-returning-to-school binge than Jane Austen. After all, she was my very first classic literature and I’ve been in love ever since. Pride and Prejudice was the first movie I ever watched with my fiance when … More A whole lotta Jane Austen in my life
Sometimes I get crafty…and sometimes my nerdiness and my craftiness collide and I get a really cool scarf. My recent project, pictured below, was inspired by Pinterest and required only a super thick Sharpie and a cotton scarf. Scarves and words are some of my favorite things. These words happen to be quotes about reading … More For the Love of Books– A Craft
