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Penguin using heavy social media ploy for “Likes” on anniversary

Phyl — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:49:24 +0000

It's all about the number of "Likes" of the PAGE rather than about people who have actually heard of Penguin and really like Penguin BOOKS. [...]

100 Best Last Lines from Novels

Phyl — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:33:27 +0000

The American Book Review has published a list of what they consider to be the 100 Best Last Lines from Novels. Isn't that the greatest idea? [...]

Browsing and Books

Phyl — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:04:34 +0000

HAPPY DIWALI TO MY INDIAN FRIENDS!

You may have noticed that I haven’t been able to do my Sunday morning browse through my blogroll in recent months. Life has just been too packed with STUFF, unfortunately. I may see if I can do a couple peeks at a time every day or two, rather [...]

A school library tossing its books

Phyl — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:58:43 +0000

This has me so horrified I can't even write about it. [...]

I could never be the sausage maker

Phyl — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:40:10 +0000

It felt like pieces of my soul that had been missing for 4 years were suddenly flying back into me. I was Myself for the first time in 4 years and 6 months. [...]

Book vs. Kindle – some funny videos

Phyl — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:58:29 +0000

I’m not really slagging the Kindle today (I’m being passive), but the people at Green Apple Books have put up some amusing videos both at their blog, The Green Apple Core, and on their YouTube channel. They’re setting the Kindle battling with books, and so far they’re on round 6.

You’ll have to watch the [...]

Quick stroll through the book blogosphere

Phyl — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:59:52 +0000

Good day! Just a quickie today, I think, before I settle in to watch the men’s final at Wimbledon. (Go Federer! Sorry to my American friends, but my ancestors were Swiss. And he’s just so cute! But I digress…) Let’s have a swift peek at what some of my bookish friends have [...]

This Kindle news makes me sad and uneasy

Phyl — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:57:18 +0000

I suddenly realize why, even though I enjoyed the various incarnations of Star Trek, I never really wanted to live in their world even though I would definitely love space travel and exploring new worlds and so on. But those people had no things. ... [...]

Sunday Browse in the Book Blogosphere

Phyl — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:10:30 +0000

Good morning! I’ve had some lovely time in the sun on my balcony, puttering with plants in pots, and now I’m going to browse through the book blogs in my neighbourhood. I may try to be a bit quicker than usual, though, because it’s going to be a busy day. For one [...]

Yann Martel finally hears from Prime Minister Harper — sort of

Phyl — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:06:04 +0000

I’m sure my American readers won’t know the story: how writer Yann Martell, of Life of Pi fame, decided in April of 2007 to send Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper a book every two weeks. Each book would be designed, as Martel says, to “expand stillness.” And he would list all the books on the [...]