December 2011
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November 2011
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Twain on a Bike
Found this beauty on Etsy today! What a gift to look that boss on a bike.
Happy Bday, Mr. Twain!
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Book Discovery Month- Part 5!
Well folks, it’s time for our last book discovery. This week, we’re showcasing Love and Freindship and other early works, by Jane Austen!
(Yes, “friendship” is misspelled, but that’s apparently intentional.) Synopsis: In “Love and Freindship” and “Lesley Castle,” Austen parodies the sentimental and Gothic novels of love at first sight,...
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I Heart Classics Quotes: L. Frank Baum
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TV Characters and Their Literary Counterparts
We loved this post from Flavorpill!
Our favorite comparison, Ron Swanson and Ernest Hemingway! Classic
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Book Discovery Month- Part 4!
This week’s classic book discovery is The Professor, by Charlottle Bronte: Synopsis: In The Professor, Charlotte Brontë defiantly created an externally unprepossessing protagonist in William Crimsworth, whose unglamorous appearance and station belie an internal power. He is conscious of banked energies and emotions that must find an outlet in a hostile world. The Professor also happens to...
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HELLO Mr. Gatsby!
We can’t get enough of these photos from the set of Gatsby 3-D!
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Would you rather...?
Would you rather hear The Call of the Wild or the mysterious melodies of the Phantom?
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Book Discovery Month- Part 3!
This week’s classic book is The Black Arrow, by Robert Louis Stevenson: Synopsis: Betrayed by the guardian who raised him, young Richard Shelton relies on his cunning to survive the Wars of the Roses. Though history records two sides fighting for control of England, The Black Arrow presents a third side: the exploited commoners joined together by their black arrow weaponry. Through...
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Would you rather...?
Would you rather go adventuring on the high seas or in Camelot?
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Book Discovery Month- Part 2!
This week’s featured book is A Tramp Abroad, by Mark Twain. This book is actually a sequel to his book Innocents Abroad, though Tramp is often praised as a better work. Synopsis: In A Tramp Abroad (1880), written eleven years after the best-selling Innocents Abroad, Mark Twain claims to be mad for adventure. Instead, he is more likely to scale a mountain by telescope or launch a fantasy...
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The Original Bel(l)a!
We love this fantastically terrifying piece of Bela Lugosi by Steffi Shotwell.
You can check out more from her Night Gallery here.
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Great Expectations - Sneak Peak
Look at these fantastic first images of Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham from the new adaptation of Great Expectations!
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Would you rather...?
Would you rather fight the martian invaders or the White Whale?
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Pride and Prejudice shoes! →
These are so wicked awesome! theotherausten:
ravengoodwoman:
oooooooooo WANT SO MUCH
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November is Book Discovery Month!
Each November, thousands of people undertake the challenge that is NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month,) where they try to write 50,000+ words in a single month (in other words, a whole book.) Many people will “win” this contest, and even though these stories may not be the best works in the world (yet, but there’ll be time to fix that in the National Novel Editing Month), we...
