This piece of ultra coolness has been rather unceremoniously stolen borrowed from my lovely friend Jen, too - AKA the Captain. Of her own boat, sure. Of her own destiny, without question.
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The Mood
Blurbs
Preface
- adjuvant: serving to help or assist.
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.
~ Richard Armour
All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.
~ Johann von Goethe
Spilled Ink
Margin Notes
John Irving: Last Night in Twisted River
I am more excited about this book than should be legal. And so I'm not saying a word. But here's a few from Mr. Irving himself that might interest you as much as they did me:
"This is my twelfth novel. Only once before in The World According to Garp which was my fourth novel have I been able to insert the title of the novel into the last sentence. I don't always try to do that; I don't force it. But its usually an idea in the back of my mind, and if it works, I don't hesitate to do it.
"I always begin with a last sentence; then I work my way backwards, through the plot, to where the story should begin. The last sentence I began with this time is as follows: He felt that the great adventure of his life was just beginning as his father must have felt, in the throes and dire circumstances of his last night in Twisted River. And theres the title, waiting for you at the end of the story Last Night in Twisted River."
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Working in the bookstore has led me to a whole wide world of bookish websites I should have known about before, but didn't. I like to share.
Quarterly Conversation.
"Good lit crit for good readers."
Unbridled Books.
Rethinking publishing.
Indie Bound.
Be part of the story.
Granta Magazine.
The magazine of new writing.
2009 WV Book Festival.
Mark your calendar!
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Pages
On the Nightstand
Illustrations
Footnotes
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This is so cool! I borrowed (stole) it, too.
Posted by: josephine | March 12, 2007 at 01:31 PM
I am a thief as well. The little booklet thing WAS eerily correct. What fun.
Now I'm going to look at every one else's!
Posted by: AC | March 11, 2007 at 08:15 PM
This thing is amazing. So, of course, I shamelessly stole it. Because I'm like that.
Posted by: wordnerd | March 11, 2007 at 01:38 PM
Yeah, I did it, stole it from you, and the tabbed book thingy is freaky on the mark!
It's the coolest thing I've seen in a while.
Thanks.
Posted by: Karen | March 11, 2007 at 12:40 AM
My favorite part of it is the little tabbed notebook they put together. Did you read yours? Mine is as eerie dead spot on as it gets. Fascinating stuff.
Um, yeah. Not me so much with the "fascinating". The spot on analysis. THAT is much with the fascinating.
Posted by: Jennifer | March 10, 2007 at 09:45 PM
I stole it from Wordnerd, who go it from you!
Posted by: kenju | March 10, 2007 at 08:29 PM
Love it. Theft shall commence immediately :)
Posted by: poopie | March 10, 2007 at 08:24 PM
That is seriously cool!
Posted by: Karen | March 10, 2007 at 07:34 PM
Oh, girl, you know I had to steal this one.
Posted by: terrilynn | March 10, 2007 at 05:40 PM