Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Book lovers unite


Edith Wharton's estate is facing imminent foreclosure, but the good news is we can help! Edith Wharton Restoration has launched a major effort to raise enough money to keep the landmark open to the public. They have already raised a third of what they need! Visit http://www.edithwharton.org/ to learn more!

Friday, August 15, 2008

Blog Crush

The Olive Reader has some of the best posts. It started with this title Jhumpa Lahiri wins short story prize; everyone else sucks, and I just read their love of the new Gossip Girl ads (there’s no such thing as bad publicity) floating around the US.

Oh Olive Reader I wish we were friends.

Friday, August 8, 2008

The Road

Maybe you've already heard and I'm terribly out of some loop...
There's going to be a movie version of Cormac McCarthy's The Road? Is it because of Oprah? Is it because of its Pulitzer Prize? Is it because of No Country For Old Men?

Who knows, but here's an article about it.

Monday, August 4, 2008

Still judging books by their covers

I was reading Harper Perennial's blog, The Olive Reader, and found an interesting site about book jackets! We love talking about book covers at LBB, so check out this amazing site http://covers.fwis.com/. Share your opinion or judge silently.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

A Summer List of Summer Lists

Summer is the time when most of us get to take a holiday of sorts and read a little more than usual. To prepare us for that time everyone prepares a list to tell you what is new (or sometimes old) and worth reading. We've gathered a few of those lists and brought them to you.

Richard and Judy’s hot summer reads

Hit the Stack! Top 10 summer reads from MSNBC

Summer Reading WSJ.com

NPR came up with several lists: Summer Books 2008

Real Simple magazine had authors make some lists for them.

If you want to know what we're reading, visit our staff pick page.

Enjoy your summer and your reading.